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53y · Male·Hanging
William Maxwell, a 53-year-old corrections officer, died by hanging on 27 March 2018. The inquest examined whether workplace bullying contributed to his death. Maxwell had changed his statement about a colleague's miscon…
8y · Male·Suffocation
Brodie Moran, an 8-year-old boy, died by suffocation at the hands of his mother, Ms Finch, on 8 March 2018. Ms Finch had a history of depression and anxiety, experiencing significant deterioration in mental health follow…
59y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage
A 59-year-old man imprisoned at Hopkins Correctional Centre collapsed on 16 July 2019 with a left thalamic intracerebral haemorrhage with intraventricular rupture. He was transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital where an …
27y · Female·Multiple sharp force injuries
Ms ZT, a 27-year-old Lebanese woman, was murdered by her husband Mr BR on 17 June 2016 through multiple sharp force injuries. The coroner's investigation revealed a prolonged pattern of severe domestic violence, physical…
45y · Male·Blood loss due to multiple self-inflicted incised injuries
Karim Aarras, a 45-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues, chronic pain, and substance use disorder (methamphetamine), presented to police in a severely agitated state following self-harm with a broken bottl…
26y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the context of neck compression
A 26-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues and substance use died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy caused by neck compression during a physical altercation with his brother at a family event. Mr Anthon…
91y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Arthur Smith, 91, fatally shot his wife of 68 years before taking his own life. He had recently undergone cardiac surgery and expressed concerns about losing independence and being forced into care. The couple faced fina…
91y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
Gwen Adeline Smith, 91, was fatally shot by her husband Arthur Smith on 25 July 2018 at their home in Parwan, Victoria. Mr Smith then died by suicide. The couple had been experiencing significant stressors including fina…
42y · Female·Neck compression due to self-suspension
Joanne Finch, a 42-year-old woman remanded in custody on charges related to her son's death, died by hanging in her cell at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 24 July 2018. She had chronic suicidal ideation with periods of acu…
39y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
A 39-year-old woman with brief psychotic disorder experiencing suicidal and homicidal ideation killed her 4-year-old daughter and herself. She had been diagnosed with psychosis in 2015, treated with olanzapine, and disch…
3y · Female·gunshot wound to the head
A 3-year-old girl was killed by her mother, who was experiencing a severe psychotic episode with suicidal and homicidal ideation. The mother had a history of Brief Psychotic Disorder (diagnosed 2015), was on olanzapine 1…
37y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity
Sharni Dee Connolly, a 37-year-old registered nurse turned naturopath, died from multiple drug toxicity following a hamstring injury requiring opioid analgesia. She was prescribed excessive quantities of pregabalin (105m…
68y · Male·Hanging
Kent Thomas, aged 68, died by hanging in December 2018. He had experienced chronic tinnitus since 2013 which severely impacted his mental health and quality of life. Despite referral to mental health services and a reaso…
94y · Female·Complications of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast in a woman with deme…
A 94-year-old woman with advanced dementia and metastatic breast cancer died from complications of her malignancy. She presented repeatedly with vomiting due to duodenal obstruction from metastatic tumour, but this was n…
45y · Male·coronary artery disease and mechanical asphyxia in a man using cocaine
A 45-year-old man with a history of drug-induced psychosis, cocaine use, and underlying coronary artery disease died in police custody following physical restraint at a licensed bar. After consuming cocaine, he experienc…
30y · Male·neck compression
Mohamed Omar, a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 25 June 2017 from neck compression while on remand. He had a history of command auditory hallucinations instructing self-harm, re…
64y · Male·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating end stage Parkinson's disease
Gary Edward Holmes, 64, died from hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating end-stage Parkinson's disease while receiving palliative care at Colac Hospital. He was a profoundly disabled man (deaf and blind from childhood)…
69y · Female·Complications of a subdural haemorrhage (palliated) sustained in a fall
Josephine Helen Clarke, age 69, died from complications of a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at Kingston Centre rehabilitation facility on 11 September 2018. Mrs Clarke had been recovering from a subarachnoid ha…
20y · Female·haemorrhage from lacerated throat
Barbara Ellen Dawson, aged 20, disappeared on 29 October 1980 and was found dead three days later with a lacerated throat in Kororoit Creek, Altona North, Victoria. A coronial re-investigation utilising modern DNA profil…
70y · Male·Hanging
A 60-year-old man with recent pituitary surgery developed persistent fatigue and depressive symptoms. Despite normal cortisol levels, he remained convinced his symptoms were due to hormonal deficiency rather than depress…
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