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43y · Male·head, chest and abdominal injuries sustained when intentionally stepping into th…
Adrian Steven Lacroix, a 43-year-old man with a long history of mental health problems, severe depression, and suicidal ideation since 2013, died by suicide on 6 March 2021. On the day of his death, following a police ca…
78y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure due to complications of tracheal stenosis
Bruce Hodges, a 78-year-old man with a 20-year-old tracheostomy following laryngeal cancer surgery, presented to hospital with progressive shortness of breath and tracheal stenosis. Over 48 hours of admission, his respir…
53y · Female·Unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) together …
Anna Maree Parsons, aged 53, died from unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) combined with advanced lung disease from heavy smoking. She consumed morphine (Ordine) supplied by a friend wi…
Unknown·Mr Christensen: stab wound to the chest. Mr Davy: blood loss caused by stab woun…
Two men died following stab wounds sustained while forcing entry to a dwelling in the early hours of 1 October 2018. The deceased had been misled about the circumstances of an injured woman they believed needed urgent as…
45y · Male·Aspiration of food bolus, with cerebral palsy as contributing factor
Stuart Wills, a 45-year-old man with cerebral palsy and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration of a food bolus while receiving meal assistance at a supported accommodation facility. Prior to his death, a speech pathologi…
71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability
A 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic aspiration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had a longstanding history of dysphagia with multiple previous aspiration episodes d…
60y · Female·acute cerebral bleed resulting from blunt trauma and late haemorrhagic progressi…
Gwenith Elkington, aged 60, died from acute cerebral bleed resulting from haemorrhagic progression of a traumatic brain injury sustained in a bathroom fall on 21 September 2015. The injury caused a contre coup contusion …
42y · Female·Traumatic right subdural haematoma
A 42-year-old woman died from a traumatic right subdural haematoma sustained on 22 January 2015. She was found unresponsive at home with severe head and facial injuries after falls. Critical delays in medical assessment …
46y · Male·blunt force injuries from motor vehicle collision with a tree
A 46-year-old Aboriginal man died by suicide following a motor vehicle collision with a tree while being pursued by police responding to a welfare check. He had a complex history of depression, amphetamine addiction (ice…
47y · Female·complications of rapidly progressing motor neurone disease
A 47-year-old woman with motor neurone disease died from respiratory complications while in immigration detention, residing in aged care. She collapsed at 1:00am with respiratory distress. Nursing staff did not attempt C…
37y · Male·Mixed Drug Toxicity (Oxycodone, Quetiapine, Pregabalin and Clonazepam)
A 37-year-old man died from mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone, quetiapine, pregabalin, clonazepam) after ingesting unknown quantities of his own medications in an ED. He presented with trauma symptoms four days post-motor v…
Male·respiratory failure from blunt trauma to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle …
Nigel Douglas Suter died from respiratory failure caused by blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 April 2021. He collided with a gumtree on Argonaut Road, St Helens, after his vehicle left the road.…
47y · Male·Hanging
John Harris, a 47-year-old life prisoner at Townsville Correctional Centre, died by hanging in his cell on 4 July 2019. He had an elevated baseline suicide risk due to a previous 2012 suicide attempt, yet was housed in a…
59y · Female·mechanical asphyxia
Cheryl Anne Taylor, aged 59, died from mechanical asphyxia when a timber balcony collapsed at a Christmas party on 16 December 2017. The balcony had multiple structural deficiencies: the main support bearer was undersize…
37y · Female·Multiple injuries
Sarah Michele Kajoba, aged 37, died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained when a timber balcony collapsed at a Christmas party on 16 December 2017. The balcony had been undersized from construction in 1987, with ina…
63y · Male·metastatic rectal carcinoma
Jeremy Scott, a 63-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic rectal carcinoma on 3 July 2017. From 2015 onwards, he reported rectal and anal symptoms including pain, bleeding, and palpable masses, which were repeatedly att…
49y · Female and male·Gunshot wound to head inflicted by spouse
Karina Lock was fatally shot by her husband Stephen Lock in a murder-suicide at a McDonald's restaurant on 10 September 2015. The coroner identified multiple systemic failures that failed to protect Ms Lock despite her h…
38y · Male·combined effects of acute-on-chronic respiratory disease and cardiomegaly
Marshall Ruben Edgill, a 38-year-old Indigenous man, died in custody from acute-on-chronic respiratory disease and cardiomegaly. He had longstanding obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), obesity, asthma, and hypertension. Crit…
35y · Male·Not determined
Benjamin Batalha, aged 35, died in custody at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre. The exact cause of death could not be determined, though respiratory depression from mixed drug toxicity or fatal arrhythmia were likely. H…
58y · Female·Enterococcus faecalis sepsis and acute renal failure
Robena Lloyd, a 58-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizophrenia, died from enterococcus faecalis sepsis and acute renal failure on 7 August 2009. She presented to Angliss Hospital ED on 31 July with urin…
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