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28y · Male·In keeping with Hanging
A 28-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and previous self-harm died by hanging during a police response to a domestic violence incident. Police attended after his sister reported he had breached an ADVO …
39y · Male·Hanging
A 39-year-old man died by hanging on 16 February 2023 at his home in St Marys, NSW. His mother requested a police welfare check at 8:40pm after he posted a suicide note on Facebook at 2:30pm. Police attended twice (11pm …
31y · Male·Status epilepsy secondary to cerebral cavernoma
Jesse Riley, a 31-year-old with undiagnosed cerebral cavernoma, experienced status epilepticus triggered by an unknown cause (possibly nicotine from recent vaping). While in post-ictal delirium, he was perceived as aggre…
48y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia which occurred in the context of physical exertion and hypoxi…
Phillip Walton, a 48-year-old with schizophrenia well-managed on clozapine for nearly 20 years, suffered an acute psychotic episode likely precipitated by cannabis use at a circus. After aggressive behaviour requiring po…
Multiple penetrating knife wounds with hemorrhagic shock and traumatic cardiac a…
On 13 April 2024, Joel Cauchi, with inadequately managed treatment-resistant schizophrenia, stabbed six people to death and injured ten others at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney. The coroner found Cauc…
40y · Male·Victims: fatal stab wounds from knife attack; Joel Cauchi: fatal gunshot wounds …
Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old man with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, carried out a stabbing attack at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney on 13 April 2024, killing six people (Dawn Singleton, Jad…
40y · Male·Acute methylamphetamine toxicity
Shane McMillan, aged 40, died from acute methylamphetamine toxicity while in police custody. He was arrested for domestic violence offences on 1 December 2022 and presented to Orange Health Service twice that day with su…
27y · Female·Cardiac arrhythmia (first confirmed as ventricular fibrillation) of unascertaine…
A 27-year-old Aboriginal woman suffered sudden cardiac arrhythmia (ventricular fibrillation) immediately after recording video evidence of a suspected breach of her protective apprehended personal violence order (APVO). …
37y · Male·self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck
Matthew Lothian, aged 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck on 6 January 2021 in Wollongong. He was on medical escort from custody when he seized the firearm from Correctional Services Officer…
0y · Female·Unascertained
An unnamed full-term baby was found deceased at Edmondson Park on 19 February 2022, hours after birth. The mother attended Liverpool Hospital with only a placenta, initially denying pregnancy and the baby's existence. Po…
1y · Male·Blunt force abdominal trauma; laceration of spleen with intra-abdominal haemorrh…
A 14-month-old Aboriginal boy died from blunt force abdominal trauma with a splenic laceration on 13 January 2019. He had multiple injuries documented at autopsy including rib fractures, extensive bruising, and patterned…
Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and lower abdomen
Hillal Barbour died from gunshot wounds sustained during a police response to a 000 call reporting welfare concerns. Officers responded to reports that Hillal was holding a shovel and following his mother. When police ar…
33y · Male·sharp force injuries of the neck
Malcolm Brown, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man with a history of methamphetamine use, mental health crisis, and self-harm threats, died from sharp force injuries to his neck on 29 June 2022 following a NSW Police operation.…
7y · Female·Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes) pneumonia with sepsis
A 7-year-old previously healthy girl died from Group A Streptococcus pneumonia with sepsis after paramedics failed to transport her to hospital despite recording a severely elevated heart rate (172 and 168 bpm) on 15 Sep…
84y · Male·haemoperitoneum due to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Bernard Greenwell, an 84-year-old male, died from rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) while in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre. He experienced sudden-onset severe left groin pain at 11:30am on 25 April …
59y · Female·multiple injuries from fall from height
Fiona Turnbull, a 59-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia on clozapine, died from multiple injuries after falling from her third-floor balcony on 12 October 2017 during a psychotic relapse. The death occurred shortl…
19y · Male·In keeping with hanging
A 19-year-old male with depression and anxiety died by hanging at his home on 5 March 2021, hours after police and ambulance attended him in the early morning of 4 March following his brother's emergency call. Jet had co…
27y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia triggered by prone restraint (some of w…
Michael Peachey, a 27-year-old First Nations man, died in custody following a police-initiated restraint during an acute psychotic episode. Over preceding days, his family repeatedly sought mental health intervention. On…
36y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries sustained after intentional self-infliction by fal…
Fiona Goodberg, a 36-year-old nurse with prior OCD history, died by falling from Landslide Lookout on 29 October 2020. She had experienced severe postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) following her daughter's bi…
20y · Male·Prone restraint asphyxia in the setting of alcohol intoxication and centripetal …
Jesse Edwards, a 20-year-old Yorta Yorta and Mutthi Mutthi man, died from prone restraint asphyxia following a physical altercation outside a nightclub in Swan Hill. He was restrained face-down by a security officer for …
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