34y · Male·multiple injuries
Paul Dickson, a 34-year-old man with severe paranoid schizophrenia managed on a Community Treatment Order, died by suicide on 11 November 2013 after stepping in front of…
0y · Female·Unascertainable
Shar Rose Benfield, a 7-month-old Aboriginal infant born prematurely to parents with significant psychosocial challenges, died unexpectedly on 24 June 2008 at Kalgoorlie Hospital with an unascertainable cause. The child …
2y · Female·drowning
…: the child protection service had closed the case file prematurely in February 2015 despite known severe maternal mental illness and prior child removal; the community mental health team discharged the mother on 9 Septe…
7y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the back
Claire Perinovic, aged 7, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her mother Katica during a filicide-suicide incident. Katica had been diagnosed with First Episode Psychosis in November 2020 and treated by NorthWest…
1y · Male·Complication of burns and trauma to the mesenteric artery
A 15-month-old child died from complications of severe scalding burns (55% of body) sustained when left unsupervised in a bath of hot water (65°C) for 10-15 minutes, combined with traumatic mesenteric artery tears of unk…
22y · Male·Hanging
A 22-year-old man with severe chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia and substance use disorder died by hanging in prison custody. He had been recently discharged from a m…
3y · Male·Multiple stab wounds to the back
Matthew Perinovic, aged 3 years, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by his mother Katica during a first-episode psychosis. Katica had been receiving mental health treatment from NorthWestern Mental Health Service f…
43y · Female·Neck compression
TCW, age 43, died from neck compression inflicted by her adult son OMP (age 17 at time of incident, now convicted of manslaughter). OMP had intellectual disability (IQ 59), autism spectrum disorder, and hypersexual disor…
Unknown·Ruby Nicholls-Diver: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly Jean Elliott:…
Five psychiatric patients of Alma Street Centre died between March 2011 and March 2012. Two (Ruby Nicholls-Diver and Anthony Edwards) died within 24 hours of discharge; two (Carly Elliott and Michael Thomas) died shortly…
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