254 results for “family violence and abuse”
39y · Female·ligature strangulation
Fatima Batool, a 39-year-old woman from Pakistan, was fatally strangled by her husband on 7 July 2018. She had experienced ongoing family violence including physical assault, controlling behavio…
32y · Female·Multiple stab injuries to the neck
Deepshikha Godara, a 32-year-old physiotherapist from India, was killed by her husband Sunil Beniwal through multiple stab injuries to the neck following blunt force trauma to her head. The deat…
25y · Female·Stab wounds to the chest and abdomen
…ravis Cooke who had chronic treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, was on a Community Treatment Order, and had a history of violence and threats. Despite documented risks and observations of threatening behavior to…
31y · Female·Stab wound to the abdomen
Suzil Oghia, 31, was fatally stabbed by her estranged husband Bona Lual in a domestic homicide. The case highlights critical gaps in family violence risk assessment and …
20y · Female·Fatal Fall Injuries
…' was actually her best friend Camila Zeidan using catfishing—creating a fake identity to exercise coercion and control. Renae had ended her friendship with Camila and appeared to be escaping the controlling dynamic. On…
Sodium nitrite toxicity
A 63-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and chronic medical conditions including emphysema and blindness, and his 32-year-old daughter with depression,…
37y · Male·Stab wound to the left kidney
A 37-year-old man was fatally stabbed by his de facto partner during a family violence incident. He had a documented history of perpetrating family violence including threats, stalking…
40y · Female·Head injuries inflicted by axe blows in context of intimate partner domestic abu…
Teresa Bradford, aged 40, was killed by her husband David Bradford in a premeditated domestic homicide at their Pimpama home on 31 January 2017, followed by hi…
43y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, synthetic cannabinoids (5f-cumyl-pinaca and cumy…
…d man with epilepsy, died from mixed drug toxicity involving methadone, synthetic cannabinoids, olanzapine, and duloxetine. He had a significant history of substance abuse, family violence offending, and mental health i…
87y · Male·Consequences of an assault with severe facial fractures
RFV, an 87-year-old man, died from severe facial fractures and traumatic brain injury sustained during an assault by his daughter-in-law. He presented to hospital in crit…
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 f…
61y · Male·Hanging
Stanley Bruce Weaver, a 61-year-old firefighter with a history of depression and previous suicide attempts, died by hanging at his workplace on 26 August 2019. His wife had reported concer…
7y · Male·Blunt force head injury with bilateral acute subdural haemorrhage, hypoxic/ischa…
…his mother's boyfriend Kodi Maybir on 20 May 2013. The coroner identified systematic failures by NSW Police and FACS. Police failed to properly investigate welfare concerns on multiple dates (8, 27, and 31 March 2013), …
33y · Female·Compression of the neck
… Rahimi, a 33-year-old Afghan refugee, died from compression of the neck following an incident with her husband. She had disclosed a history of extensive physical, verbal, financial and emotional abuse. In the weeks bef…
18y · Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run
…struck by a train near Zillmere Railway Station in January 2012. He was moderately intoxicated with alcohol and cannabis, with recent cannabis use. The coroner could not definitively determine whether this was suicide o…
37y · Male·Stab wound to the chest
…December 2016 during an argument at his boarding house. He had previously assaulted Ms Jones, leading to a Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO) in May 2015. The coronial investigation identified significant systemic…
3y · Male·Head injury resulting from blunt force trauma
…ng physical punishment at home in Glenroy, Victoria on 9 May 2014. Hughes grabbed Zane by the neck in anger and threw him toward the bed after the child ripped down curtains. Zane's head struck the bed frame and wall ca…
33y · Male·Extensive burns sustained when former partner deliberately splashed petrol on hi…
F and M, two parents involved in family law proceedings over their three children, both died in a house fire in M…
23y · Female·stab wound of the chest
Kunmanara May, aged 23, was killed by her partner SK in a domestic violence homicide in 2015. Multiple agencies—South Australia Police, Families SA, Aboriginal Family Support Servic…
0y · Female·Blunt head trauma from multiple deliberate blows inflicted by father
…on authority (Families SA) did not obtain information about Bradley Napier-Tucker's documented history of violence toward young children in New South Wales, which was readily available. When a broken femur was discovered…
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