243 results for “relationship breakdown”
Sally-Anne Wills: multiple stab wounds to the chest; Christopher Polden: single …
This inquest examined three deaths resulting from random violent attacks on 11-12 March 2020 in Melbourne. Mohammed Ibrahim fatally stabbed Sally-Anne Wills (30) and Christopher Polden (59), and stabbed two others non-fa…
36y · Male·multiple injuries consistent with a fall from a height
A 36-year-old man with severe depression, social isolation, and recent life crises (job loss, marital breakdown, reduced child contact) posted suicidal messages on social media and stood on a cliff ledge. Police nego…
34y · Male·Asphyxia consistent with plastic bag asphyxia
A 34-year-old male in pre-trial custody at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag on 3 September 2008. He had a psychiatric history with prior suicide attempts and was on olanzapine. H…
28y · Female·compression of the neck and hanging
…uicide in December 2020 after becoming increasingly isolated during COVID-19 lockdowns and experiencing relationship breakdown. She was actively help-seeking via private mental health admission but was unable to access p…
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…
18y · Female, female, male·Caitlin: suicide by hanging; Talieha: suicide by hanging; William: suicide by tr…
…tive disorder and PTSD; she lived with her mother and a family member with whom she had a dysfunctional relationship, medication non-compliance (particularly lithium), housing instability, and recent relationship breakdo…
38y · Male·combined effects of inhalation of products of combustion and incineration
Paul Scott Roberts, aged 38, died from incineration and inhalation of combustion products after setting himself alight during police attendance at his home on home detention bail. He had a history of chronic dysthymia, a…
33y · Male·Contact range shotgun injury to the head
A 33-year-old man died from a contact range shotgun injury to the head while subject to a Mental Health Act apprehension order. Police conducted a six-hour operation involving 120 members across multiple units after he p…
29y · Male
Anthony Fahey, aged 29, was last seen on 3 July 2013 in Canberra after purchasing a bus ticket to Sydney. He was grappling with personal issues including alcohol use, mental health concerns, and existential questions abo…
56y · Male·Hanging
…esented to hospital on 16 December after expressing suicidal intent (plan to overdose in Bali following relationship breakdown). He was assessed by a consultant psychiatrist on 17 December, found to lack current suicidal…
29y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the neck
A woman was fatally stabbed 12 times in the neck by her husband during an escalating family violence situation. She had disclosed family violence to Victoria Police on multiple occasions and to her General Practitioner. …
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury
David Leslie Chapman, age 39, collapsed from a suspected heroin overdose in Richmond on 9 June 2016 and died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury on 17 June 2016. He had a lengthy history of heroin use, mental health cond…
21y · Male·external neck compression due to hanging; intentional self-harm
James Barton, aged 21, died by suicide on 27 March 2013, three days after discharge from psychiatric care. He was appropriately assessed and admitted as a mentally disordered person on 3 March following a deliberate over…
27y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest fired by Sergeant Matthew Gale of the Australian Fede…
…ession, anxiety, and alcohol abuse, with two prior suicide attempts by overdose in 2010 and 2011. After relationship conflict with his ex-partner, he attended her home intoxicated with a meat cleaver and knife, refusing …
21y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Sarwan Al Jhelie, a 21-year-old Iraqi-born man in immigration detention, died by suicide on 5 September 2018 after hanging himself. He had a history of trauma, depression, drug abuse, and prior self-harm and overdose att…
47y · Male·Compression of the neck arising from hanging
… at discharge, contact family before discharge, and arrange safer assessment locations when therapeutic relationship is compromised.
50y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
…prior suicide attempts, depression, alcohol use disorders, history of perpetrating violence, and recent relationship separation. Clinicians should understand systemic safeguarding failures in family violence response, th…
25y · Male·hanging
Logan Brown, a 25-year-old man on home detention bail, died by hanging. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, polysubstance use disorder, and chronic suicidal ideation dating fro…
19y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained on a train impact (pedestrian)
Casey Evan Cahill, aged 19, died by suicide on 10 October 2019 when he placed himself in front of a train near Berwick Railway Station. He had a significant history of mental ill health including depression, psychotic sy…
26y · Male·Self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head
Joshua Walsh died by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head following a police siege after abducting his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint from a women's refuge. Walsh had a history of violent offences, crystal methamphetamine…
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