18 results for “post-traumatic stress disorder (perpetrator)”
67y · Female·Head injuries
…ced severe childhood abuse by his stepfather and subsequently developed mental health issues including post-traumatic stress disorder. While receiving mental health support through Uniting and recently obtaining a mental…
38y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage in the context of chronic alcoholism due to post-traumatic …
…rotective orders despite clear indicators. The coroner found she died of head trauma in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic alcoholism. Key failures included: inadequate police investigations, failu…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries from assault
A 41-year-old woman with physical disability and stable mental health was killed by her adult son through severe blunt force trauma including extensive rib fractures causing flail chest, pneumohaemothorax, liver lacerati…
26y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
ZSQ, a 26-year-old woman, was fatally stabbed by her intimate partner MJD in April 2020 after a relationship marked by escalating family violence. Critical clinical and systemic lessons include: (1) Recognition of intima…
27y · Female·Cardiac arrhythmia (first confirmed as ventricular fibrillation) of unascertaine…
…abnormalities. Experts unanimously opined fatal arrhythmia was triggered by severe emotional/psychological stress superimposed on underlying cardiac predisposition (likely channelopathy such as long QT or Brugada syndrom…
44y · Female·Neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
A 44-year-old woman died by hanging following rape in 2014 and protracted criminal proceedings. She experienced ongoing trauma and PTSD exacerbated by reopening her complaint and multiple court processes. She had multipl…
40y · Female·Head injuries inflicted by axe blows in context of intimate partner domestic abu…
Teresa Bradford, aged 40, was killed by her husband David Bradford in a premeditated domestic homicide at their Pimpama home on 31 January 2017, followed by his suicide. She died from head injuries inflicted with an axe.…
43y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, synthetic cannabinoids (5f-cumyl-pinaca and cumy…
Shayn Darmanin, a 43-year-old man with epilepsy, died from mixed drug toxicity involving methadone, synthetic cannabinoids, olanzapine, and duloxetine. He had a significant history of substance abuse, family violence off…
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…
69y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
Caroline Willis, aged 69, was fatally stabbed by her son Jamie in May 2018, two hours after he was served with a Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO). The death was homicidal and occurred within a context of escalat…
27y · Female·neck compression (suicide by hanging)
Jandy Renia Shea, 27, died by suicide by hanging on 4 March 2018 after a history of depression, anxiety, and previous suicide attempts following childhood sexual assault at age 16. She had recently reconciled with her es…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries
Alicia Maree Little, aged 41, was struck and killed by a motor vehicle driven by her former intimate partner while she was leaving the relationship. The case highlights significant systemic failures in family violence re…
34y · Female·Drowning
… a bathtub. Ms Karakoc had mild intellectual disability, a history of mental illness (depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, PTSD), and had experienced prolonged family violence from Mr Davsanoglu includ…
45y · Female·Drowning whilst inebriated (ethanol)
FCP, aged 45, died by drowning while inebriated on 11 April 2020 at her home in Kilmore East, Victoria. She had a complex history of mental illness (psychosis, depression, anxiety, PTSD), substance abuse, and was in a re…
32y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including phenobarbitone
A 32-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder and depression died by intentional self-administration of pentobarbitone (Lethabarb) accessed from her wo…
42y · Female·Unascertained; possibly mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine) or sm…
Tracey Ellen Knowles, aged 42, was found deceased in a vehicle on 19 July 2021 from an unascertained cause. She had a history of heroin use and experienced family violence. Police misidentified her as the 'predominant ag…
26y · Female·Neck injury due to stabbing
A 26-year-old woman was stabbed twice in the neck and fatally injured by her former de facto partner. Critical clinical and systemic failures preceded her death: her psychologist failed to notify police or health authori…
33y · Male·Extensive burns sustained when former partner deliberately splashed petrol on hi…
…terim consent order the previous day after psychiatric assessment diagnosed M with borderline personality disorder and chronic PTSD, identifying her as posing significant risk of lethal violence to herself and children. …
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