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54y · Male·Toxic leukoencephalopathy (of uncertain aetiology)
David Main, 54, died from toxic leukoencephalopathy of uncertain aetiology following a ketamine-assisted oxycodone detoxification at Beleura Private Hospital. He had chronic pain from multiple injuries and opioid depende…
37y · Male·Acute external and internal blood loss from single stab wound to upper left ches…
MWJ, aged 37, was fatally stabbed by his intimate partner EW on 24 December 2016 during an escalating domestic argument. The coroner identified significant systemic failures in Community Corrections management of both of…
86y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
An 86-year-old woman with delirium, depression, and multiple cardiac comorbidities died by asphyxiation with a plastic bag while in a transitional care facility. She had expressed wishes to die, references to suicide, an…
40y · Male·Penetrating wounds to the chest
Scott William Martin, aged 40, was fatally stabbed in his apartment in Halls Head, Western Australia in January 2017 by Damian Maxfield, who was experiencing a methamphetamine-induced psychotic episode. Maxfield had been…
78y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating advanced multifactorial dementia
Alec Bester, a 78-year-old man with advanced dementia (primarily alcohol-related), chronic alcoholism, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease, died of aspiration pneumonia at the Roy Fagan Centre. He vomited after his ev…
75y · Female·Multiple injuries including stab wounds to the chest
A 75-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her son during a family violence incident. Her son had a 20-year history of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder with poor medication compliance, documented aggression tow…
71y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 71-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including obesity, diabetes, heart failure, and chronic pain died from mixed drug toxicity involving oxycodone, codeine, diazepam, and alcohol. The coroner determined he…
39y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia following violent exertion necessitating physical restraint i…
39-year-old Chad Riley died from cardiac arrhythmia following violent exertion during physical restraint. He presented to hospital intoxicated with methylamphetamine, exhibiting drug-induced psychosis with agitation and …
45y · Male·Hanging
A 45-year-old man with depression died by hanging after experiencing significant workplace stress. He had consulted his GP in October 2014 regarding grief over his mother's terminal illness and was prescribed sleeping ta…
36y · Male·multiple injuries consistent with a fall from a height
A 36-year-old man with severe depression, social isolation, and recent life crises (job loss, marital breakdown, reduced child contact) posted suicidal messages on social media and stood on a cliff ledge. Police negotiat…
65y · Male·Self-inflicted incised and stab wounds to neck and incised wounds to wrists
James Robert Sowden, aged 65, died by self-inflicted neck and wrist wounds on 28-29 March 2018. He had a history of depression with paranoid features (diagnosed 2003) and autoimmune thyroiditis. In the week before death,…
21y · Male·Hanging
Luke Cunningham, aged 21, died by hanging in a prison cell at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in Queensland in September 2018. He was on remand facing murder charges. An initial psychological assessment upon reception …
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Adam Laufer, a 32-year-old man with longstanding bipolar disorder, died by suicide on 24 November 2016 when he jumped from the LaTrobe Street overpass in Melbourne. In the early hours of 24 November, his father called tr…
72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease
Ms Vigor-Newitt, a 72-year-old woman in prison, died from pneumonia complicated by chronic obstructive airway disease. She had presented with respiratory symptoms on 27 and 29 September 2020 and was appropriately hospita…
22y · Male·Hanging
A 22-year-old man with severe chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia and substance use disorder died by hanging in prison custody. He had been recently discharged from a mental health hospital to police custody follow…
36y · Male·neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
Edward Espino, a 36-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died by hanging on 1 February 2016. In the hours preceding his death, he learned of a police 'whereabouts' alert placed six months after a minor assault a…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
56-year-old woman died from acute pentobarbitone toxicity in her Sydney apartment on 27-28 May 2016. She had a long history of mental health issues, depression, substance use, and prior self-harm. She had recently obtain…
84y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia and a fractured neck of …
84-year-old man with end-stage dementia died from general inanition following a fractured neck of femur sustained while under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order. He was admitted in January 2019 with confusion and agitat…
42y · Female·multiple organ failure due to sepsis on a background of pneumonia, spontaneous b…
Anthea Ryder Moketarinja, a 42-year-old Aboriginal woman with advanced cirrhosis, died from multiple organ failure due to sepsis, pneumonia, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and end-stage liver disease. She was admitte…
83y · Male·respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive lung disease
An 83-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, suspected mesothelioma, and recurrent respiratory infections presented with type 2 respiratory failure and delirium secondary to hypoxia and lower respirator…
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