26y · Female·asphyxia and compression of the neck due to manual strangulation; death was a ho…
Snezana Stojanovska, 26, died from asphyxia due to manual neck strangulation on 27 November 2010. The death was initially misrepresented as a weightlifting accident…
1y · Male·neck compression due to hanging from curtain cord
A 15-month-old boy died from neck compression caused by entanglement in a curtain cord while sleeping in his cot. The cord, used to close nea…
21y · Male·Cause of death unascertained but not from natural causes; injuries inflicted by …
…ungalow after a fire in September 2015. Autopsy revealed injuries consistent with blunt force trauma to the neck, occurring before the fire, with an unascertained cause of death. The coroner found evidence of injuries in…
32y · Female·Injuries caused by asphyxiation and blunt force trauma to the head inflicted by …
…man unit on 22 April 2013. A forensic pathologist determined death resulted from asphyxiation (likely from manual neck compression/strangulation) combined with blunt force trauma to the head. The coronial inquest identif…
27y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia during restraint; mechanism involved hypoxia and asphyxiation…
…ic, he was restrained face-down by security and nursing staff. Post-mortem examination revealed significant neck injuries consistent with abnormal flexion/extension, extensive petechiae suggesting asphyxiation, and evide…
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 str…
23y · Male·compression of the neck, secondary to coronary arteriosclerosis
…ck. Intravenous psychiatric medications were administered. The autopsy found fatal internal injuries to the neck from broad application of force. The coroner made no criminal findings but identified systemic failures: in…
13y · Male·Asphyxiation as a consequence of neck compression
Daniel James Morcombe, a 13-year-old boy, disappeared on 7 December 2003 while waiting for a bus at Kiel Mountain Road, Palmwoods. He was abducted by Brett Cowan, a known child sex offender, who falsely offered him a rid…
60y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
A 60-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes and low mood died by hanging within 24 hours of being interviewed by police regarding child sexual abuse allegations. While police identified that suspects are at heightened suicide…
19y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck
…ginal male, died by suicide at St John of God Midland Hospital on 13 July 2020, two days after ligature compression of the neck at Acacia Prison. He was on low-level ARMS (at-risk management) observation when he hanged …
37y · Male·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
Andrew David Hollonds, a 37-year-old man with personality disorder, substance misuse, and recent psychosis, presented to hospital after a suicide attempt (temazepam overdose) following job loss. He explicitly threatened …
24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)
Kirsty Anne Slater, a 24-year-old woman with extensive mental illness and substance abuse history, was found hanging from a tree in a park on 19 April 2006, nine days after absconding from Fremantle Hospital's Alma Stree…
41y · Female·neck compression
Kim Lynch, 41, died from neck compression between 12-14 February 2016. She was in a relationship with LM, who had paranoid schizophrenia,…
15y · Male·compression of the neck by hanging
A 15-year-old Aboriginal male, Johnno Wurramarrba, from Groote Eylandt died by hanging in Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre on 10 February 2000, while serving a 28-day sentence for property offences. Key preventable fac…
30y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Jomen Blanket, a 30-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man, died by suicide in prison on 12 June 2019 after eight months incarcerated for assault. He had a known suicide plan (hanging from his cell door using…
47y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 47-year-old Aboriginal man died by suicide in custody at Roebourne Regional Prison while on SAMS mental health monitoring. He had paranoid ideation, delusions about 'black magic', and auditory hallucinations, which wer…
Male·Multiple: ligature compression of neck (hanging) in four cases; incised injury t…
Five male prisoners died by suicide at Casuarina Prison, Western Australia between 2014-2015. All deaths were by hanging or self-inflicted laceration. The coroner identified multiple systemic failures including: inadequa…
32y · Male·asphyxia arising from neck compression from self-inflicted ligature strangulatio…
Glen Russell, 32, died by suicide in Cessnock Correctional Centre while on remand. He had a complex history including childhood sexual assault, schizophrenia diagnosis, heroin use, and recent self-harm episodes. Although…
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