14y · Male·Undetermined; high suspicion of non-accidental injury, most likely smothering, b…
…y. He had five partially healed rib fractures (3-6 weeks old) consistent with chest compression/squeezing, facial bruising suggesting possible smothering, and evidence of previous lung haemorrhage. Both parents gave conf…
0y · Female·head and neck injuries
…g inflicted by her mother on 28 May 2017. She had presented to an emergency department on 10 May 2017 with facial bruising, which physicians incorrectly assessed as accidental. The child health nurse and emergency doctor…
83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…
…document the fall. Subsequent nurses failed to recognize the significance of weight-bearing difficulty and facial bruising. The fracture was not diagnosed until 16 hours later on Boxing Day. She underwent hip repair surg…
83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…
… until the following morning when the deceased presented with obvious pain, shortened and rotated leg, and facial bruising. She underwent hip repair surgery on 29 December but developed post-operative pneumonia and respi…
0y · Male·Unascertained in the setting of detected methylamphetamine
A nearly 4-month-old boy was found unresponsive in his bassinet and could not be revived. Autopsy revealed facial bruising and injuries, and toxicological analysis detected methylamphetamine in his blood and hair. The ca…
9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…
…s—failed to protect him despite numerous concerning reports spanning 18 months. Teachers reported repeated facial bruising with implausible explanations; a mother repeatedly warned of abuse; child protection workers clos…
1y · Female·Multiple injuries (subdural clot, multiple rib fractures, injuries to liver, blo…
… inflicted by her mother's partner. She presented to hospital twice in two weeks with suspicious injuries: facial injuries on 7 June attributed to a puppy, and more extensive facial injuries on 13 June attributed to bump…
53y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest in a person with blunt force head injury, end-stage liv…
Sharon Bell was found dead in her hallway on 25 May 2013 aged 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…
40y · Male·Unascertained; opioid withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia could not…
Micky Craig Revera, a 40-year-old man with chronic heroin addiction, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 18 February 2019 from unascertained causes. He was arrested on 12 February after erratic driving, underwent poli…
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…
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