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44y · Male·Unascertained
Mark Beames, a 44-year-old Aboriginal man with epilepsy, acquired brain injury, and alcohol dependency, disappeared on 4 September 2014 from Swan Hill, Victoria. He had recently been discharged from hospital after self-d…
23y · Male·Neck compression as a result of hanging
Jonathon Hogan, a 23-year-old Aboriginal man of Wiradjuri, Ngiyampaa and Murrawarri descent, died by hanging at Junee Correctional Centre on 3 February 2018 while serving remand. He had longstanding schizophrenia with pr…
37y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents
Joelene Dowden, 37, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury following aspiration of gastric contents. She presented at Alfred Hospital ED on 9 July 2017 with erratic behaviour, then went to a tram stop where she express…
70y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 70-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, dementia, diabetes, hypertension and aortic stenosis died suddenly of acute myocardial infarction while in compulsory mental health detention. He had fallen the previous mo…
25y · Female·Compression of the neck
Baillee Schneider, a 25-year-old woman, died by suicide via neck compression while intoxicated. She had a history of substance misuse (cocaine, alcohol), anxiety treated with Zoloft, and was taking alprazolam. On the mor…
60y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 60-year-old man with schizophrenia and depression presented to Maroondah Hospital ED with acute psychotic symptoms after stopping his antipsychotic medication (trifluoperazine) due to manufacturer discontinuation. He w…
81y · Female·Complications of choking on a food bolus in a woman with dementia
Dorothy May Nelson, an 81-year-old woman with dementia, died from complications of choking on a food bolus at an aged care facility. She was served diced beef in casserole (approximately 4cm bolus found at autopsy, despi…
32y · Male·neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
Jesse Bird, a 32-year-old Torres Strait Islander veteran, died by suicide in June 2017 after struggling to navigate the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) compensation system. He served in Afghanistan in 2009, develop…
51y · Male·hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to hanging
Darren Brandon died by hanging in prison on 10 June 2018, two days after arriving at Melbourne Assessment Prison. He was a 51-year-old man with acquired brain injury from a 2003 motorcycle accident, depression, and histo…
29y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
Robert James Lawrence, a 29-year-old man with complex mental health needs including ADHD, depression, anxiety, Tourette's syndrome, and borderline personality traits, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound. He held a C…
67y · Female·bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure on a background of liver cirrhosis and …
Valerie Kelly, a 67-year-old woman with cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and multiple comorbidities, died at Royal Perth Hospital from bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure. She was in custody at Bandyup Women's P…
54y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, cannabis, and prescription medications…
Laureen Kaye Reilly, aged 54, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, cannabis, and prescription medications including antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. She had complex mental health disorders, acquired bra…
59y · Female·Unable to determine - body too decomposed at autopsy
Mrs Szemes, a 59-year-old woman with longstanding mental health issues living alone, was found deceased after an interval of approximately 5 months. On 28 May 2018, police attended her home after welfare concerns and cal…
73y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung with palliation
Norman Hazelgrove, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic lung carcinoma in September 2017. Early in his imprisonment (2013), a chest X-ray showed COPD but this diagnosis was not formally documented or managed desp…
54y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
Paul Peterson, 54, died by hanging after leaving a private psychiatric hospital on unapproved leave while on close observations. He was admitted with major depression, suicidal ideation, and opioid dependence. On 1 July …
50y · Female·unknown
Christina Burgess, aged 50, was found deceased in her mother's home in August 2018, having likely died between May and August 2018. Autopsy examination could not establish a cause of death due to advanced decomposition. …
35y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, morphine, clozapine and aripiprazole)
A 35-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, opiate use disorder, and amphetamine use disorder died from mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, morphine, clozapine, and aripiprazole) after absconding from an inpatient ment…
38y · Male·Hallucination, dehydration and exposure, exacerbated by untreated mental illness…
Gordon Colley, a 38-year-old Aboriginal man from the Marto people, disappeared on 7 December 1997 from Mundiwindi Station near Newman, Western Australia. He was known to have mental health issues requiring anti-psychotic…
86y · Female·complications of femoral, radial and ulnar fractures; antecedent cause Alzheimer…
86-year-old Hazel Brockett died from complications of fractures inflicted by a fellow dementia-affected resident in a locked Memory Support Unit (aged care dementia facility). Over months prior, the other resident demons…
48y · Male·unascertained
Robb Thomas Lawson, a 48-year-old man with a long history of mental illness including depression, anxiety, paranoia and multiple suicide attempts, disappeared in July 2007 after declining psychiatric care. He had been ma…
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