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44y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm
A 44-year-old man died in prison from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm. He had pre-existing hypertension, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. While at the remand centre, …
33y · Male·Crush injury to the head (depressed right temporoparietal skull fracture)
A 33-year-old man died from crush injuries to the head while working on a Land Rover at home. He was working alone beneath the vehicle supported by a single jack stand when it failed and the vehicle crushed him. The jack…
23y · Male·Effects of fire
Harley Larking, a 23-year-old Aboriginal man with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder, died from effects of fire on 13 May 2016 while absconding from a psychiatric unit. He was on clozapine for only two weeks wh…
18y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
Jason Pinto Jayawardena, an 18-year-old provisional plate driver, died in a single-vehicle motor accident on a rural road when he lost control navigating a sweeping bend at excessive speed. He was driving a 2001 Holden C…
44y · Male·compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
A 44-year-old man with a 42-year history of intimate partner violence died by hanging. He had recently separated from his wife and was enrolled in a 18-week men's behaviour change program, having completed 17 of 18 sessi…
73y · Male·Metastatic rectal carcinoma
A 73-year-old man died from metastatic rectal carcinoma while serving a prison sentence. He was transferred from Port Phillip Prison to St Vincent's Hospital on 16 September 2018 for end-of-life care and died five days l…
29y · Female·Hanging
A 29-year-old South Asian woman who emigrated to Australia in 2018 died by hanging. She had a history of suicidality in India but never received mental health treatment. She experienced multiple stressors including finan…
40y · Female·Injuries sustained when struck by a train (in circumstances where the deceased i…
A 40-year-old South Asian woman died by suicide when struck by a train, four weeks after arriving in Australia. She was deeply distressed by financial circumstances—construction delays on her new home and storage fees fo…
37y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as a direct result of neck compression
Ms TP, a 37-year-old woman of Indian origin living in Victoria, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from ligature strangulation (neck compression). She was admitted to ICU in cardiac arrest and died nine…
0y · Female·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS Category II)
A 3-month-old female infant died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS Category II) after co-sleeping with her parents. The death occurred in the context of unsafe sleeping practices despite prior intervention by Child…
38y · Male·Consistent with Drowning
A 38-year-old male tourist from the UK drowned while swimming at an unpatrolled beach (Mounts Bay, Apollo Bay) in Victoria. Despite being described as a competent swimmer with recent ocean swimming experience, he encount…
55y · Male·Electrocution
Gavin Boyd, a 55-year-old truck driver, died from electrocution when his trailer contacted overhead 22kV power lines while delivering fertiliser to a dairy farm. The farm owner directed him to unload in Paddock 1 but did…
48y · Male·unascertained
Gregory David Tory, aged 48, disappeared from Mallacoota, Victoria in April 2018 and is presumed deceased. He had a history of methamphetamine use with associated paranoia and thought disorder, requiring psychiatric admi…
69y · Female·Toxicity to pentobarbitone in circumstances where she intended to end her own li…
Heather Telfer, a 69-year-old woman with longstanding asthma, chronic health anxiety, and significant social isolation, died from pentobarbitone toxicity. She had a prior suicide attempt 12 years earlier and expressed su…
54y · Male·Methadone use in a man with asthma and sarcoidosis of the lungs
Wayne Marshall, a 54-year-old registered nurse, died from respiratory depression caused by methadone use in the context of underlying asthma and pulmonary sarcoidosis. He was found gasping for air at home and could not b…
22y · Female·Complications of blunt force trauma to head, neck and chest
Brittany Harvie, aged 22, was killed by her de facto partner Mataio Aleluia in June 2015 following a 15-minute violent assault involving repeated punching to the head, neck and chest. She died from complications of blunt…
29y · Male·Incised injury to the neck
Benjamin Browne, 29, died from a neck laceration sustained during acute behavioural disturbance in August 2018. He had diagnosed major depression with anxiety, prescribed mirtazapine but attended only two psychology sess…
81y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
81-year-old man struck by car while crossing Thompson Road in North Geelong to access a bus stop. He sustained severe head injuries with intracranial haemorrhage and bilateral haemothoraces and died at Alfred Hospital. T…
13y · Female·Acute paracetamol toxicity
Angel Hensgen, aged 13, died from acute paracetamol toxicity following intentional self-harm with an excessive overdose. She was exposed to intense cyberbullying, distressed by family relationships, peer conflicts, and a…
69y · Male·Complications of Downs syndrome and dementia (palliated)
Maxwell Rowllings was a 69-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia who died in supported group accommodation. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, severe dys…
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