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58y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia caused by a combination of pre-existing myocarditis and the a…
Melinda Miller, aged 58, died unexpectedly at home on 21-22 August 2013 while receiving treatment-resistant bipolar disorder management with clozapine and olanzapine. Her death was investigated thoroughly following detec…
44y · Male·Positional asphyxia
Scott Allen Daniels, a 44-year-old with chronic schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse history, died from positional asphyxia on 17-19 March 2016. He consumed significant alcohol (BAC 0.220), cannabis…
Male·hanging
Michael William Hamlyn, aged 17–27 years, died by hanging in bushland in July 2016, discovered three months later in October 2016. He had a history of mental health crisis at age 17 following a police interaction, includ…
67y · Female·metastatic carcinoma of the colon
Lynne Maree Bessell, aged 67, died of metastatic colon cancer at North West Regional Hospital on 13 March 2016. She had a history of bipolar affective disorder managed at the Spencer Clinic and was subject to a mental he…
22y · Male·combined mixed drug intoxication
A 22-year-old medical student with chronic spinal cord pain and depression died from combined drug intoxication involving U-47700 (a potent uncontrolled synthetic opioid 7.5 times more potent than morphine), venlafaxine …
35y · Male·drowning following combined drug and alcohol intoxication
Brock Vince, a 35-year-old man with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and alcoholism, died by drowning in his bathtub while intoxicated with alcohol and therapeutic-level psychiatric medications.…
25y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Lauren Elizabeth Bunn, aged 25, died by voluntary ingestion of mixed drugs in October 2016. She had a longstanding history of serious mental illness with multiple documented suicide attempts and police welfare checks in …
62y · Male·Mr Evans: self-inflicted gunshot wound to head and asphyxiation by hanging. Mrs …
In September 2013, Mr John Evans (62) killed his wife Jillian after he experienced psychosis manifesting as delusions about chemical infestation of their home. The coroner found Mr Evans was psychotic at the time of deat…
Unknown·Michael William Dunk: gunshot wounds to upper abdomen and head. Elishka Dawn Joh…
This finding concerns two deaths arising from a domestic tragedy involving relationship breakdown. Michael William Dunk (46) was shot by his de facto partner Elishka Dawn Johnson (41) on 8-10 April 2015 at their Tasmania…
38y · Male·acute on chronic right hemisphere subdural haematoma
Martin Towns, 38, died from acute-on-chronic subdural haematoma after a fall while severely intoxicated on 30 December 2015. He had a chronic subdural haematoma from an earlier injury sustained when falling against a bat…
36y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Justin Blade Stewart, a 36-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia managed with antipsychotic medications, died from mixed drug toxicity. He was found deceased at home after sleeping overnight. Toxicology revea…
45y · Male·Stab wound to the chest, self-inflicted
Shane Lockwood, a 45-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died by self-inflicted stab wound in April 2009, approximately two months after discharge from psychiatric hospital on a Community Treatment Order. He was dis…
38y · Male·Unable to determine; presumed to be drowning, hypothermia, or other cause follow…
Matthias Alexander Lehmann, a 38-year-old man with a significant history of mental health difficulties and multiple suicide attempts by drug overdose, disappeared during a ferry journey from Devonport to Melbourne on 15-…
34y · Male·sudden unexpected death in a person with epilepsy (SUDEP)
Samuel Anthony Plummer, aged 34, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) at his assisted living residence. He had longstanding epilepsy managed with sodium valproate and lamotrigine, with his last major sei…
75y · Female·pyelonephritis and pneumonia
Molly Jessie Smith, a 75-year-old woman with longstanding severe mental illness, died of pyelonephritis and pneumonia on 16 August 2009. She had been in state psychiatric care continuously for 53 years. During her final …
63y · Female·unable to determine; possibly mirtazapine toxicity, cardiac disease, or injectio…
Sue Denise Allie, aged 63, died at home in July 2015. She had presented to hospital in May 2015 with superwarfarin (brodifacoum) poisoning from rat poison, which she attributed to handling contaminated material. Medical …
37y · Female·asphyxia due to hanging
A 37-year-old woman with major depression and Crohn's disease was admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt. She was discharged after less than two days following clinical improvement, against her husband's reserv…
Unknown·Troy Monson: asphyxia due to partially suspended hanging using seatbelt; Robin M…
This inquest examined three deaths in Tasmanian custody: Troy Monson (asphyxiation in prison van during transport in June 2015), Robin Michael (hanging in prison cell June 2015), and Scott Mitchell (cardiac arrhythmia fr…
61y · Female·Drowning due to asphyxia from saltwater ingestion
Ms Elizabeth Ann Higgins, aged 61, drowned at Little Howrah Beach on 14 March 2011. The coroner found she was an inexperienced swimmer who entered water beyond her depth. While her son-in-law Mr Lacroix shouted loudly at…
56y · Male·Probable cardiac arrhythmia
Stephen Russell Harris, a 56-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, died of probable cardiac arrhythmia while an involuntary patient at Spencer Clinic on 18 December 2014. He pres…
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