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60y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
A 60-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes and low mood died by hanging within 24 hours of being interviewed by police regarding child sexual abuse allegations. While police identified that suspects are at heightened suicide…
54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine
JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an altercation with another resident at support…
54y · Male·Glioblastoma
Benjamin Goossens, a 54-year-old man in custodial supervision for a prior forensic mental health matter, died from glioblastoma at Austin Hospital following palliative care. He had a Grade 2 glioma identified in 2010 tha…
76y · Male·complications of cerebrovascular accident on a background of atrial fibrillation
Malcolm George Baker, a 76-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence, died from complications of cerebrovascular accident on a background of atrial fibrillation. He had suffered two prior strokes (2020, 2021) leaving him…
16y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 16-year-old Aboriginal youth, Cleveland Keith Dodd, died by suicide via hanging in Unit 18, a youth detention centre housed within an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia. The coroner found Cleveland's de…
39y · Male·Unascertained
Niels Gunther Becker, a 39-year-old man with schizophrenia on stable antipsychotic therapy, disappeared while hiking in the Victorian High Country on 26 October 2019. His last communication was a text message sent at 11:…
47y · Male·self-inflicted stab wound to the chest with penetration of the left ventricle of…
A 47-year-old man serving his sentence on home detention died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest. He had a history of heroin and methamphetamine use and was receiving methadone maintenance and mirtazapine whil…
36y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
Paul Douglas Gifford, aged 36, died by hanging while on home detention bail. He had a long history of substance abuse (methamphetamine, opioids), mental health issues including borderline personality disorder, childhood …
27y · Male·heroin toxicity
A 27-year-old man died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a history of depression, anxiety, and substance use (cannabis, methamphetamine, heroin). During home detention, he was compliant, engaged w…
25y · Male·hanging
Logan Brown, a 25-year-old man on home detention bail, died by hanging. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, polysubstance use disorder, and chronic suicidal ideation dating fro…
Constable Arnold: single gunshot wound to the chest. Constable McCrow: gunshot w…
On 12 December 2022, two Queensland Police Constables (Matthew Arnold, Rachel McCrow) and a civilian (Alan Dare) were fatally shot at 251 Wains Road, Wieambilla by Gareth and Nathaniel Train while responding to a missing…
50y · Male·Mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine); cardiac hype…
A 50-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder died from mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine) combined with cardiac hypertrophy. He ceased his antipsychotic medication o…
40y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to ligature compression of the neck
Wendy McCabe, a 40-year-old woman with a history of depression, anxiety, substance use and previous self-harm, died of asphyxiation from ligature compression after fashioning a noose from a standard blanket in her police…
86y · Male·Oesophageal perforation
An 86-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia residing in a secure psychiatric unit died from oesophageal perforation. He experienced two unwitnessed falls on 20 October 2024 and declined post-fall m…
43y · Female·undetermined
Veronica Cheney disappeared on 1 March 1945 at age 43 from Melbourne. She had a significant psychiatric history including hospitalisation for psychosis and auditory hallucinations at Royal Park and Mont Park asylums in 1…
39y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (methadone, benzodiazepines, olanzapine, zopiclone)
Jason Hosier, a 39-year-old man with complex mental health and substance use history, died from mixed drug toxicity following discharge from Sunshine Hospital. He was subject to an inpatient temporary treatment order and…
62y · Male·Shotgun injury to the head
Kon Maximos, aged 62, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head on 15 October 2023. He was in acute interpersonal crisis following marital separation, family estrangement over infidelity, and police interventi…
60y · Female·multiple injuries
JF, a 60-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder and a history of suicide attempts, died by suicide at Redhead Headland on 12 February 2024. Despite three prior psychiatric hospitalizations and documented…
34y · Female·not able to be determined - body not found
Sana Salman, a 34-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, went missing on 1 September 2022 after being discharged from Northern Beaches Hospital on 22 August 2022. She had been admitted for a p…
44y · Female·Cardiac arrest in the context of several contributory factors (physical exertion…
Selesa Tafaifa, a 44-year-old woman with Samoan heritage, died in custody at Townsville Women's Correctional Centre on 30 November 2021 during physical restraint by correctional officers, including application of a safet…
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