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18y · Female·Multiple fractures of the skull, separation of C2 and C3 and generalised cerebra…
Sarah Waugh, aged 18, died on 24 March 2009 following a fall from a horse (Dargo) during a Jackaroo/Jillaroo course at TAFE NSW Western Institute Dubbo. The coroner found multiple critical systemic failures: TAFE impleme…
14y · Female·Neisseria meningitidis infection (meningococcal septicaemia)
A 14-year-old girl presented to Gosford Hospital Emergency Department on 4 December 2007 with high fever (40°C), headache, vomiting, myalgia, and haemodynamic instability (hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnoea)—all signs …
Male·Suicide: hanging (Al-Akabi, Saunders); diving from balcony (Rauluni)
Three immigration detainees died by suicide at Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney within three months in 2010. Josefa Rauluni (Fijian) jumped from a balcony on 20 September after being informed of imminent removal desp…
Undetermined - coroner could not find cause or manner of death from available ev…
Zaharo Michales died at her residential address in Picnic Point in July 2010. A death certificate was issued by Dr S., but expert opinions disagreed strongly with the certification. The coroner found insufficient evidenc…
22y · Unknown·not able to be determined by coroner
Linda Susanne Davie, aged 22, disappeared on or about 6 April 1980. At inquest in December 2011—31 years later—the coroner found insufficient evidence to determine the place of her death, cause, or manner. The case remai…
23y · Male·cerebral hypoxia secondary to strangulation from hanging by belt
Samuel Dibley, aged 23, was involuntarily admitted to the Mental Health Unit on 19 May 2009 with cannabis-induced psychosis and suicidal ideation. He was placed in the Low Dependence Unit (LDU) based on risk assessment. …
5y · Female·Cardiac and respiratory arrest probably connected with embolic stroke
A 5-year-old Aboriginal child with complex congenital heart disease (DORV with asplenia and situs inversus) died of cardiac arrest from embolic stroke. She had undergone initial BT shunt surgery but required a Glenn shun…
40y · Male·Asphyxia caused by restraint during security incident at Campbelltown Club Hotel
Paul Ahsin, aged 40, died on 2 April 2010 after being restrained by security guards during his ejection from Campbelltown Club Hotel. He had been ejected with his brother for intoxication; after being asked to leave, he …
Female·undetermined
Christine Crickitt died on 31 December 2009 or 1 January 2010 at Woodbine in unexplained and possibly suspicious circumstances. The coroner conducted a full inquest spanning eight hearing dates but could not determine ei…
2y·head injuries from accidental fall from third-floor window
A 2-year-11-month-old boy died on 19 March 2011 at Westmead Children's Hospital from head injuries sustained in an accidental fall from a third-floor window three days earlier. The coroner found the death was accidental …
Female·Multiple Blunt Force Head Injuries
Melisa Anne Kelly died on 13 March 2005 at Nepean Hospital from multiple blunt force head injuries sustained during an assault at her home on 8 March 2005. The identity of her assailant or assailants remains unknown. The…
55y · Male·blunt force head injury and its complications sustained during an assault
Brian Gilsenan was assaulted by a person unknown on Bathurst Street, Sydney on 8 February 2008, sustaining a blunt force head injury. He was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital and died on 24 May 2008 from complicatio…
13y · Female·Burning sustained in a motor vehicle collision
On 28 December 2009, a fuel tanker carrying 38,000 litres of flammable liquid rolled over on the Princes Highway at East Lynne, NSW, colliding with three vehicles traveling in the opposite direction. Four people died inc…
64y · Male·Postoperative intra-abdominal bleeding from pancreatic artery injury and its con…
John Reginald Beech, 64, died at Sydney Adventist Hospital on 24 April 2007 from postoperative intra-abdominal hemorrhage following colonic surgery. One week earlier, he underwent high anterior resection and hernia repai…
2y · Male·drowning
Zane Robert Hill, aged 2 years 6 months, drowned in an unfenced portable swimming pool at his home in Yarrawonga, NSW on 28 November 2009. During a family dinner, the inquisitive toddler left the table unobserved and acc…
6y · Male·Drowning due to epileptic seizure while bathing
A 6-year-old boy drowned in a bath at home during an apparent epileptic seizure. He had a history of recurrent seizures since infancy attributed to febrile convulsions, with eight hospital admissions between 2003-2008 ac…
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to chest
Adam Quddus Salter, aged 36, experienced acute psychiatric decompensation on 18 November 2009 while living at his family home. After stabbing himself multiple times, paramedics and police were called. While paramedics tr…
53y·Undetermined – insufficient evidence available
Reuven Ovadia disappeared in New South Wales in September 1987, aged 53 years. The inquest was held 24 years later in September 2011. The coroner found insufficient evidence to determine the cause or manner of death. No …
3y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in dog attack
Ruby-Lea Burke, aged 3, died on 7 January 2009 after being fatally attacked by dogs at a private residence in Whitton, NSW, where she was being minded by family friends. While cared for by Ms Lorraine O'Donnell and her p…
16y · Male·Peritonitis as a result of ruptured duodenum following blunt trauma of the torso
A 16-year-old boy died from peritonitis secondary to duodenal rupture two days after being treated and discharged from Campbelltown Hospital Emergency Department for a rugby injury. He sustained blunt abdominal trauma fr…
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