192 results for “domestic homicide”
20y · Female·Stab wound to the left mid-anterior of the chest in the context of multiple othe…
A 20-year-old Aboriginal woman was fatally stabbed by her intimate partner during an escalating domestic violence relationship. She sustained a stab wound to the chest perforating her heart, causing cardiac tam…
Mixed·Hannah Clarke: multi-organ failure due to effects of fire; Aaliyah, Laianah and …
…he family with petrol and set them alight, then died by self-infliction. The inquest identified extensive domestic violence and coercive control throughout the relationship. Significant missed opportunities included: fai…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the neck
Ying Ying Zhou, aged 36, was fatally stabbed in the neck by her husband Wei Hu on 14 September 2019 in a domestic violence homicide-suicide. The death was preceded by escalating family violence including threats, sexual…
34y · Female·Blunt force trauma on a background of contributing ischaemic heart disease
A 34-year-old Aboriginal woman died from blunt force trauma inflicted by her domestic partner over a prolonged period. Critical failures in police coordination and communication systems delay…
Male·stab wound to the chest
…ansection of a lung, large artery, and bronchus, resulting in fatal blood loss and aspiration. This was a homicide finding based on the factual circumstances. There were no clinical intervention opportunities as death wa…
36y · Male·Multiple stab wounds to the chest and blunt force trauma to the head
This inquest examined the death of Asim Kumar, an Indian national resident in Australia, who was killed by his wife Nidhi Parashar in June 2012 following prolonged family violence. Kumar died from multiple stab wounds an…
Male·Self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head (Walker); Homicidal cutthroat (Morrison…
Two deaths occurred at a Katherine residence: Jacqueline Morrison (homicide by cutthroat on 9 February 2008) and Wayne Walker (suicide by self-inflicted gunshot on 13 February 2008)…
27y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage with associated blunt head, chest and abdominal trauma
…e he was on parole with conditions explicitly prohibiting contact with her. Despite documented escalating domestic violence over 12 years (including boiling water burns causing permanent disfigurement), inadequate parole…
Female·Incised wounds to the neck and chest intentionally inflicted by Marcus Rappell, …
Tara Maree Costigan died on 28 February 2015 from incised wounds to her neck and chest deliberately inflicted by her ex-partner Marcus Rappell at her home in Calwell, ACT. The perpetrator was subsequently convicted and s…
34y · Female·Head injuries from blunt force trauma (multiple blows from axe); abdominal injur…
…r-old pregnant woman died from severe head and abdominal injuries inflicted by her estranged partner in a domestic violence homicide. The death followed escalating domestic and family violence (DFV) including physical as…
44y · Female·inhalation of products of combustion and burns (suicide)
…t identified no matter of public safety or systemic failure in handling of the case by courts, police, or domestic violence services.
46y · Female·Unascertained - death occurred in the course of an assault by her husband; evide…
Zahra Rahimzadegan, a 46-year-old Iranian-Australian woman, was killed by her husband in a domestic homicide on 16 December 2011. The death occurred in the context of a 16-year history of physical abuse, t…
24y · Female·Shotgun injury to the head
…suicide, particularly Amy's right hand position. Cold Case Review left three possibilities open: suicide, homicide, or accident. The coroner made an open finding, citing insufficient evidence to determine manner of death…
28y · Female·hypovolaemia due to spleen laceration due to blunt force trauma to the torso
…ration. Critical failures included: police misclassifying her 000 calls as general disturbance instead of domestic violence, failing to access his criminal history or EMD location data, and dismissing her complaints; lac…
29y · Female·Multiple severe blunt traumatic injuries to the face, neck and head
…for several days. The coroner recommended statutory amendment to impose a duty on organisations to report domestic violence.
55y · Female·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the preci…
…55-year-old schoolteacher, died on or about 14 March 2015 as a result of interpersonal violence, ruled as homicide. Her estranged husband was convicted of her murder. She has not been found. The coroner could not determi…
24y · Male·Blood loss due to multiple stab wounds to chest and multiple incised wounds of n…
… expected tests), inadequate inter-agency communication between correctional services, mental health, and domestic violence services, failure to implement domestic violence risk assessments despite a strangulation incide…
56y · Female·Blunt head injury, with hyoid bone fracture being a significant condition contri…
Deborah Spencer, a 56-year-old woman with a history of heavy alcohol use and previous falls, died from blunt head injury with hyoid bone fracture. She was found unconscious near Lemongrove Bridge in Penrith on 22 May 201…
1y · Male·Blunt force abdominal trauma; laceration of spleen with intra-abdominal haemorrh…
…ner found insufficient evidence to determine manner of death and referred the case to NSW Police Unsolved Homicide Unit.
51y · Female·Multiple sharp force injuries to the chest
… The coroner found no individual officer breached policy, but identified systemic failures in recognising domestic violence escalation, compounded by resource shortages and communication failures between agencies. The fi…
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