141 results for “domestic violence injuries”
54y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in fall from height
Ms Deborah Lee Humm, 54, died by suicide on 14 May 2013 after jumping from a fourth-floor balcony at a Cairns hotel. She was highly intoxicated (BAC 0.204%) and experiencing significant distress about upcoming eye surger…
31y · Male·Chest injuries (principal cause) with autism and epilepsy as underlying causes
Stuart Lambert, a 31-year-old man with cerebral palsy, autism, and epilepsy, died from chest injuries sustained at his carer's semi-rural residence. He collapsed during or after a seizure and experienced mul…
8y · Female·Multiple injuries
Bubba E, an eight-year-old Aboriginal child in state care, died from multiple injuries sustained when ejected from a vehicle during a motor vehicle crash on 3 September 2023. The vehicle rolle…
29y · Female·blunt head injuries
Sharon Denise Siermans, a 29-year-old mother, was murdered by Jason Dinsley in April 2013 while he was on parole. Dinsley had a long history of violent sexual offences and had tested positive to cannabis in March 2013, t…
53y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest in a person with blunt force head injury, end-stage liv…
…ged 53. She had end-stage liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy, had suffered recent blunt force head injuries of unclear origin, and had high blood methadone levels. She presented to Blacktown Hospital ED on 23 May …
27y · Male·Blunt head trauma and severe multiple injuries sustained in a single motor vehic…
… crashed into a power pole. Norman died from head trauma; passenger Jennifer Taylor (15) died from severe injuries including spinal cord damage and bilateral leg amputation. Two other passengers were seriously injured. T…
50y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…ive Disorder and anxiety died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after police responded to a domestic disturbance. He had received appropriate, evidence-based multidisciplinary mental health treatment throug…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries from pedestrian motor vehicle collision; suicide by stepping i…
…workers on 2 October evening and deemed not to be at imminent risk. However, later that night following a domestic incident, her mental state deteriorated acutely. Contributing factors included: fragmented care across mu…
9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…
Bradyn Dillon, aged 9, was brutally beaten to death by his father Graham Dillon in February 2016. The inquest examined how multiple agencies—police, child protection, education, and health services—failed to protect him …
14y · Male·injuries sustained in fall from height
… fall from an 11th-floor balcony. Over 12 years, he had 14 child protection notifications for exposure to domestic violence, neglect, parental substance misuse, poor school attendance, and homelessness. The coroner found…
22y · Female·multiple stab injuries
… was not communicated to the Adult Parole Board. An Offending Behaviour Program report documented his pro-violence attitudes, cognitive distortions, and hostility toward women, but this was not shared with the parole boa…
27y · Female·multiple gunshot injuries with a stab injury to the heart
Penelope Pratt, 27, was murdered on 28 November 2010 following discharge from a psychiatric admission at Maroondah Hospital. She called 000 twice that evening from an unsafe situation with armed individuals. The first ca…
57y · Female·Multiple penetrating (stab) injuries to the body and neck
Satwant Kaur, aged 57, was murdered by her stepson in her home on 5 December 2013 after he made multiple threats to kill her while in custody. Critical failures in intelligence sharing between the Department of Correctiv…
13y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
A 13-year-old Aboriginal girl in residential care absconded with a vehicle after an extended violent altercation with youth workers and died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. She had extensive trauma history, PTSD, re…
2y · Female·sequelae of blunt force head and spinal cord injuries
DB, aged 2 years 9 months, died from blunt force head and spinal cord injuries inflicted by her mother's boyfriend after DCJ closed its case in August 2015. The coroner found DCJ made …
53y · Male·Multiple gunshot injuries
53-year-old man with longstanding unresolved childhood trauma, affected by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, developed acute paranoia and anxiety. Believed people were hacking his devices and tracking him. When school welf…
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Cuzens: multiple i…
This tragic case involved a mother with severe untreated psychosis who killed her two daughters and then herself. Ms Glendinning had a longstanding history of paranoid delusions, cannabis use, and mental health difficult…
0y · Male·Non-accidental infliction of significant force to the head/face and gum region, …
…epartment of Communities and Justice failed to remove him from his parents' care despite these suspicious injuries, expert child protection concerns about maternal attachment and drug use indicators, and evidence of ongo…
8y · Female·Faith died from the combined effects of the haemodynamic consequences of extensi…
An 8-year-old girl, Faith, died from injuries caused by repeated beatings with a metal vacuum pole by her mother. She had previously disclosed abuse to…
35y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in fall from sixth-floor balcony
FJ, an Iranian woman with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, died by suicide at age 35 in November 2016. Key clinical lessons include: (1) the critical importance of continuity of psychiatric care during trans…
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