244 results for “intimate_partner_violence”
47y · Female·Multiple blunt force injuries
A 47-year-old Aboriginal woman died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained during a prolonged violent attack by her domestic partner at a bush camp in Karama, NT on 17 January 2022. She had a documented history of …
49y · Female and male·Gunshot wound to head inflicted by spouse
Karina Lock was fatally shot by her husband Stephen Lock in a murder-suicide at a McDonald's restaurant on 10 September 2015. The coroner identified multiple systemic failures that failed to protect Ms Lock despite her h…
31y · Female·Pressure applied to neck (asphyxia); not ascertained due to advanced post-mortem…
A 31-year-old First Nations woman was killed by her partner during intimate partner violence. She was pregnant at the time of death. Despite multiple contacts with police, court services, employment agencies, and domesti…
0y · Female·global hypoxic brain injury caused by prolonged cessation of breathing arising f…
An 11-week-old healthy infant died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest at home. Multiple rib fractures and a clavicle fracture in various stages of healing indicated repeated non-accidental trauma i…
32y · Female·combined effects of blunt force head injury and stab wounds to the neck and back
Dr R., a 32-year-old dentist, was killed by her ex-partner Dr N. on 3 March 2019 at the Swissotel in Sydney. She died from blunt force head injury and stab wounds to the neck and back. The death occurred in a hotel room …
44y · Female·blunt force head injuries
Kerry Lyn Michael, 44, died from blunt force head injuries sustained during a homicidal attack by her husband Robin Michael on Mount Roland, Tasmania on 11 February 2015. Mr Michael struck his wife between 3 and 8 times …
31y · Female·Consequences of an undetermined assault
Dulcie Birt, a 31-year-old woman with a history of substance abuse, died in Riverview bushland in October 2009 following an assault by her partner Alwyn Gwilliams. While Gwilliams provided a detailed account of a fatal m…
20y · Female·unascertained
Alyce Pollett, a 20-year-old pregnant woman, was found dead in her bed on 14 July 2011 after being unwell for approximately one week with flu-like symptoms. Autopsy findings were concerning for possible asphyxia due to n…
44y · Female·Compression of the neck
Elaine Pandilovski, aged 44, was killed by her estranged husband through manual strangulation on 14 July 2020. The case highlights critical risk factors in family violence: non-fatal strangulation in November 2018 (which…
30y · Female·Injuries inflicted by John Shepherd; pathological cause unable to be determined
Darlene Avis Geertsema, aged 30, disappeared from Devonport, Tasmania on 23 October 1978. The inquest concluded she died as a result of injuries inflicted by her intimate partner, John Shepherd, on the evening of her dis…
32y · Female·Neck compression in the setting of self-suspension
A 32-year-old woman with a documented history of intimate partner violence died by self-suspension. She had reported ongoing physical, sexual and psychological abuse to police on 12 May 2020 and was assessed under mental…
91y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
Gwen Adeline Smith, 91, was fatally shot by her husband Arthur Smith on 25 July 2018 at their home in Parwan, Victoria. Mr Smith then died by suicide. The couple had been experiencing significant stressors including fina…
42y · Female·Complications of cutaneous burns
Nicole Joy Millar, 42, died from severe burns inflicted by her intimate partner in a premeditated attack at a petrol station. She had disclosed prior intimate partner violence to support services but remained isolated an…
32y · Female·Gunshot wounds to the head
Elissa Anne Burnett, 32, was fatally shot by her former partner Lachlan O'Rourke during what was intended as a property retrieval visit. O'Rourke had a documented history of controlling, abusive, and violent behaviour ac…
32y · Female·Multiple stab injuries to the neck
Deepshikha Godara, a 32-year-old physiotherapist from India, was killed by her husband Sunil Beniwal through multiple stab injuries to the neck following blunt force trauma to her head. The death occurred in the context …
31y · Male·Complications of self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest
Patelesio Kenner, age 31, died from self-inflicted stab wounds on 2 February 2017 following the murder of his partner, Pelelini So'oula. The death is not a clinical matter involving medical errors or healthcare failures.…
25y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
CM, a 25-year-old woman experiencing depression, anxiety, and substance misuse, died by suicide while in an intimate partner relationship characterised by documented family violence. She presented to hospital multiple ti…
50y · Female·Hanging
A 50-year-old woman died by hanging in December 2017 after a relationship characterised by family violence and her own depression. She had been in an intimate partner violence situation for years, had presented to ED wit…
29y · Female·Blunt force injuries to the head
Catherine Louise Haley, a 29-year-old woman, was fatally assaulted by her de facto partner Shane Robertson on 9 March 2018. Robertson displayed escalating controlling and possessive behaviour including obsessive phone mo…
19y · Female·bronchopneumonia due to cerebral anoxia due to neck compression (hanging)
Kylie Maree Reid, a 19-year-old Aboriginal woman, died from hanging on 21 September 2006, three days after police attended her home in response to a domestic violence complaint. She had been in a 3-year relationship with…
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