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43y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
A 43-year-old woman with longstanding depression and previous suicidal ideation presented to Emergency Department twice within 14 days and was referred to psychiatric services. She had persistently refused antidepressant…
36y · Male·Large calibre gunshot wound to the chest
A 36-year-old Aboriginal man died from a gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by police during a confrontation while attempting to enforce a restraining order. After the deceased fled from police, he attacked a police of…
80y · Male·metastatic carcinoma
Kenneth William Glencross, an 80-year-old prisoner, died of metastatic lung cancer at Mary Potter Hospice on 8 June 2001 while on conditional leave from prison. He was diagnosed with end-stage metastatic lung cancer in M…
0y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (no legal death of person found; coroner declin…
A full-term infant, Matthew Anthony McPhail, was delivered at 9.55 pm on 9 July 2000 at Naracoorte Health Service with no signs of life (Apgar 0). CTG monitoring during labour showed concerning fetal bradycardia episodes…
25y · Female·inhalation of petrol (hydrocarbon inhalation)
This is a complex coroner's inquest into three Aboriginal deaths from petrol inhalation on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. Kunmanara Hunt, age 25, died on 27 January 2001 after inhaling petrol fumes while lying face-dow…
27y · Male·hydrocarbon inhalation
This inquest involved three deaths from petrol inhalation (1999-2001) on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. All three deceased were chronic sniffers (10+ years) who died from respiratory depression/asphyxia with distinctiv…
29y · Male·inhalation of petrol (hydrocarbon inhalation) causing respiratory depression wit…
Three Aboriginal men aged 25-29 years died from petrol inhalation in identical circumstances over 1999-2001, each found face-down in bed with a shaped petrol can sealed to their face. All were chronic sniffers (>10 years…
47y · Female·serotonin syndrome due to combined toxicity of moclobemide and paroxetine
A 47-year-old woman with a long history of prescription drug abuse died from serotonin syndrome caused by combined toxicity of moclobemide (MAOI) and paroxetine (SSRI). She had experienced multiple previous overdoses and…
20y · Male·Closed head injury
Jason Troy Barber, aged 20, died from severe closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 3 October 2000. He had been driving a stolen vehicle recklessly at high speed through Adelaide, intoxicated with…
48y · Male·Cause of death has not been determined; likely drowning, hypothermia, or trauma …
Danny Thorpe, an experienced abalone sheller, disappeared after his fishing boat capsized on 20 November 2000 near Ceduna, South Australia. The vessel overturned in rough weather conditions while the crew was returning f…
17y · Male·cranial and facial trauma
A 17-year-old male with acute schizophrenia died from cranial and facial trauma after running off a 15.6-metre cliff during a psychotic episode. Hours before, he had been seen by a trainee psychologist who failed to reco…
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Nicole Davies, 17, died from mixed drug toxicity after rapid methadone dose escalation during early maintenance therapy. She presented with clear signs of intoxication (drowsiness, slurred speech, incoherence) yet receiv…
38y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (lethal level of dothiepin, potentially lethal level of morp…
A 38-year-old woman with long-standing heroin and benzodiazepine dependence died from mixed drug toxicity following injection of heroin. Her GP had prescribed multiple benzodiazepines (diazepam, oxazepam, temazepam) and …
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Nicole Memory Faye Davies, age 17, died on 4 April 2000 from mixed drug toxicity. She enrolled in methadone maintenance with GP Dr T. on 27 March after moving from Melbourne. Dr T. rapidly escalated her dose from 35mg to…
13y · Male·Electrocution
Robert Gregg, aged 13, died from electrocution in his family's underground dugout home in Coober Pedy after touching a defective floodlight connected via extension cords to an unearthed socket outlet lacking a residual c…
42y · Male·salt water drowning
A 42-year-old man drowned at Gunyah Beach while attempting to rescue another adult in difficulty in a rip. Despite resuscitation efforts by bystanders, he could not be revived. The coroner identified inadequate warning s…
68y · Male·Head injuries (multiple skull fractures with subdural and subarachnoid haemorrha…
A 68-year-old man died from head injuries sustained in a fall onto rocks while fishing at Frenchman's Bluff, South Australia. He was found face-down in a rock pool with multiple skull fractures, subdural and subarachnoid…
42y · Male·salt water drowning
A 42-year-old man drowned after slipping from rocks while fishing at Browns Bay, Innes National Park. He was wearing smooth-soled leather shoes without cleats on steep, slippery granite rocks during windy conditions. He …
88y · Female·sepsis of unknown origin
An 88-year-old woman with multi-infarct dementia and behavioural disturbance was detained under the Mental Health Act following assault of her GP. She presented with abdominal symptoms and deteriorating vital signs, tran…
26y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest due to massive gastric dilatation with gastric rupture
Assunta Petroccia, a 26-year-old woman, died from cardiorespiratory arrest due to massive gastric dilatation with rupture following a bulimic episode. She presented to hospital with severe abdominal pain and was incorrec…
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