26 results for “strangulation injury”
2y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Brain Injury in circumstances of Ligature strangulation (Blind…
Lachlan McCann, a healthy 2-year-old, died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following ligature strangulation by a blind cord. While playing on a couch beneath a window, he became ent…
35y · Female·hypoxic brain injury, with strangulation being an antecedent cause
Blair Dalton died from hypoxic brain injury following strangulation by her partner LP on 26 September 2017. She was resuscitated at the scene and admi…
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 involving a ba…
28y · Female·asphyxia due to neck compression or strangulation
Jodi Michelle Eaton, aged 28, died from asphyxia due to neck compression/strangulation on 1 February 2014. She was killed by Darren Dobson at a social gathering in Bridgewater. The coroner'…
51y · Female·head injury in a woman with evidence of ligature strangulation
Joanne Elizabeth Howell, a 51-year-old woman, died on 21 April 2007 from head injury sustained in conjunction with ligature strangulation. The coroner found on the balance of probabilities th…
49y · Female·strangulation
Jingai Zhang, a 49-year-old sex worker, died from strangulation during a consensual sexual encounter on 26 December 2020 in Launceston, Tasmania. The perpetrator, Tob…
1y · Female·hypoxic brain injury caused by pressure to the neck from entrapment on a loop-to…
Ebony Thompson, aged 22 months, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by neck entrapment in a loop-topped chickencoop gate at a childcare centre. She became trapped whil…
4y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the setting strangulation by a roller blind …
A 4-year-old girl died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following accidental strangulation by a roller blind cord. She climbed onto bedside drawers near a window blind and became entangled in t…
44y · Female·Head injury sustained when exiting a moving vehicle
…le travelling at 100 km/h during an episode of domestic violence. Ms Blackmore had reported non-lethal strangulation and threats to police 40 hours before her death, but police did not adequately assess the high-risk si…
2y · Female·compression of the neck as a result of having become entangled in a blind cord
…t. The coroner emphasised that young children aged 18 months to 3 years are particularly vulnerable to strangulation from blind cords. While this was an accidental death with no medical mismanagement, the case highlight…
37y · Female·Unknown - Open Finding
… home in Armadale, Western Australia on or about 14 May 1992. She had left-sided paralysis from a 1978 strangulation injury by her husband James Donnachy, which significantly limited her mobility. The coroner found her …
26y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
…present with injuries and trauma histories; (3) Failure to escalate risk assessment appropriately when strangulation, threats to kill, and controlling behaviour are present; (4) Poor interstate information-sharing about…
1y · Male·hanging from curtain cord with neck compression
A 13-month-old boy died by hanging from a Roman blind cord in his bedroom cot. The child was able to stand and pull himself up, gaining access to the cord which hung into the cot. His father left him alone briefly while …
19y · Unknown·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest as a result of injuries sustained …
Two teenagers, Eliza Wannan (19) and William Dalton-Brown (19), died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest after being run over and crushed by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old learner dri…
58y · Female·consequences of acute subdural haemorrhage
Heidi Cox, 58, died from acute subdural haemorrhage after suffering interpersonal violence, likely at the hands of her long-term partner Karl Bingle. She was found unconscious at their residence and died in hospital. Evi…
34y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain injury following resuscitated cardiac arrest and hanging
…t's access to shoelaces (a known means) was not managed despite prior incidents of using them for self-strangulation. Preventable failures included inadequate escalation responses, fragmented communication, and discharg…
25y · Female·Undetermined
…ade pathological determination impossible; forensic entomology confirmed death within 1-2 days; absence of injury does not exclude asphyxia, strangulation, or sexual assault; and contamination issues compromised DNA evid…
21y · Male·Cause of death unascertained but not from natural causes; injuries inflicted by …
Connor Tolson, 21, was found deceased in his bungalow 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 de…
3y · Male·Neck compression due to entanglement in the cord of a blind
A 3-year-old boy died from neck compression due to entanglement in a vertical blind cord while in his mother's care. He was left unsupervised in a lounge room with free-standing blind cords that were not affixed to the w…
34y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury caused by hanging
Craig Stevens, aged 34, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury following a suicide by hanging on 17 June 2008. Despite police intervention, critical delays in cutting th…
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