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45y · Male·unable to determine
Peter Anthony Millett, a 45-year-old man with schizophrenia, disappeared on 27 August 2013 and is presumed deceased. In the weeks preceding his disappearance, his mental health deteriorated significantly—he exhibited rap…
17y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Jesse Dellar, a 17-year-old with a history of ADHD, learning disability, depression, and childhood sexual abuse, was admitted to Albany Regional Hospital on 23 November 2010 after intentionally overdosing on his ADHD med…
41y · Male·unascertained
David Davidson Lawson, a 41-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol use disorder and a history of psychotic symptoms during withdrawal, disappeared from a remote homestead on the Dampier Peninsula in October 2010. H…
0y · Female·head injuries
Twin infant died of head injuries inflicted by her mother, a previously well-functioning woman suffering unrecognized postnatal depression during the stressful period of managing unsettled twins with colic and poor weigh…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to an incision in the radial vein of his right wrist
Michael David John Nolan, aged 30, died in prison from exsanguination following a self-inflicted laceration to his radial vein. He had complex mental health needs including schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, developme…
68y · Male·Gunshot injuries to the abdomen
A 68-year-old man with bipolar disorder and alcohol excess died by self-inflicted gunshot wound. He held a current firearms licence despite a documented history of psychiatric illness and problematic alcohol use. In his …
69y · Male·Blunt head trauma
Ronald Donaldson, a 69-year-old fencing contractor, was killed by Justin Osborne with a sledgehammer in Katherine on 3 December 2013. Osborne was experiencing untreated schizophrenia with acute psychotic symptoms and bel…
18y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
An 18-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and PTSD was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit after expressing suicidal ideation and self-harm. She was changed from involuntary to voluntary status after clini…
25y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 25-year-old man with dexamphetamine-induced psychosis died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric patient. He was transferred from a locked to an open ward on 19 April 2013 after appearing to improve clinically. H…
27y · Female·Pentobarbitone toxicity
A 27-year-old veterinary nurse with a 5-year history of depression died from pentobarbitone toxicity self-administered at her workplace. She had two previous suicide attempts (2010, 2011) both involving alcohol. On the e…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
Jonas Jvirblis, a 23-year-old PhD student, died from combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disord…
47y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
A 47-year-old woman with depression following relationship breakdown was admitted involuntarily to St Vincent's Mental Health with high suicide risk. After 2 days in the secure Extra Care Unit, she was transferred to the…
57y · Female·Injuries sustained when struck by a train
Mairi Elizabeth Noble, a 57-year-old woman with a history of alcoholism who achieved sobriety, presented to the Northern Hospital ED twice in the days before her death by suicide. She was discharged prematurely on 21 Feb…
53y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
John Stephen Passmore, a 53-year-old man with severe treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide while on community leave from psychiatric hospital. He had been an involuntary patient at Graylands Hospita…
27y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, diazepam and amphetamines)
Hunter Joseph Stewart, a 27-year-old with major depressive disorder and alcohol dependence, was admitted to St Vincent's Acute Inpatient Service following police custody for public intoxication. He was treated for alcoho…
26y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity and bronchopneumonia
Daniel James Hall, aged 26, died on 31 July 2010 from multiple drug toxicity and bronchopneumonia after consuming approximately 10-12 OxyContin tablets over 24 hours, vastly exceeding the prescribed dose of one tablet ev…
35y · Female·Stab wound to chest penetrating the descending thoracic aorta resulting in catas…
DM, a 35-year-old woman, died from a stab wound to the chest inflicted by her husband during a domestic violence incident on 26 June 2011. The wound penetrated the descending thoracic aorta, causing catastrophic blood lo…
67y · Female·choking and ischaemic heart disease
Patricia Ann Fidge, 67, died at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital from choking and ischaemic heart disease. She was admitted with delirium, hypernatremia, and multiple comorbidities including COPD and sleep apnoea. While eati…
41y · Male·Hanging
Paul Cooper, a 41-year-old man with bipolar disorder, died by hanging in August 2015, eleven days after psychiatric review. He had recently commenced Isotretinoin for severe acne, which coincided with development of para…
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…
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