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31y · Female·Unable to be determined; possible causes include hypothermia, trauma, or drownin…
Céline Aline Cremer, a 31-year-old Belgian tourist, went missing while hiking near Philosopher Falls, Waratah in Northwest Tasmania on 17 June 2023. She deviated from the marked walking track late in the afternoon and be…
82y · Female·Acute subarachnoid haemorrhage; cause remains under investigation
This ruling establishes a coroner's jurisdiction to investigate an 82-year-old woman's (Margaret Joyce Binns) death following a fall at home on 6 January 2020. She sustained a subdural haematoma and subarachnoid haemorrh…
28y · Male·Undetermined
Edward Harold Tait, a 28-year-old man with a history of homelessness and substance abuse, was identified through forensic investigation more than two decades after his death. Last known alive on 30 November 1999 in Hobar…
88y · Female·Cardiac failure secondary to pacemaker failure and pacemaker battery exhaustion
This case involves an 88-year-old woman with a pacemaker who became lost to follow-up after her last clinic visit in May 2019, when no follow-up appointment was arranged. Without systematic tracking between the specialis…
55y · Male·Multiple pelvic and limb injuries
Hilton Lindsay Chilcott, a 55-year-old experienced motorcyclist from rural Tasmania, was riding his 2009 Victory Kingpin motorcycle with his wife Karen as passenger when he lost control at a sweeping bend on the Arthur H…
82y · Male·hypostatic pneumonia following recovery from left hip hemiarthroplasty due to fr…
Maurice Geard, an 82-year-old prisoner serving a 12-year sentence for sexual assault convictions, died on 19 March 2026 at Risdon Prison from hypostatic pneumonia following hip surgery. On 6 March 2026, he fell from a ch…
Male·stage 4 lung cancer with pleural metastases
Kenneth Plumstead died of stage 4 lung cancer with pleural metastases at Launceston General Hospital on 18 October 2014, receiving appropriate palliative care including morphine pain relief. Eleven years later, his widow…
21y · Male·Cerebral temporal lobe uncal and cerebellar tonsillar herniation
Brady Hubbard, 21, died from traumatic brain injury with cerebral herniation after falling from an unsecured utility vehicle driven by Andrew Hilfenhaus at West Ulverstone Football Club in June 2023. While riding on the …
63y · Male·Crush injuries from falling tree: traumatic abdominal wall hernia, bilateral rib…
LO, a 63-year-old retired senior nurse with chainsaw experience, died on 23 November 2023 when crushed by a large black wattle tree he was felling at a Buddhist monastery property in rural Tasmania. Despite using safety …
13y · Male·Severe diffuse hypoxic brain injury; cerebral mass effect and uncal herniation d…
A 13-year-old boy with Down syndrome and severe developmental delay (mental age 18 months) died from asphyxiation caused by accidental entanglement in a fabric sensory swing. While unsupervised for approximately 10 minut…
30y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries
SU, aged 30, an experienced bushwalker, fell approximately 80-100 metres from Federation Peak on 30 December 2024 while undertaking the Eastern Arthur Range Traverse with two companions in Southwest National Park, Tasman…
50y · Male·complications of blunt force injuries of the head
A 50-year-old farm manager, Karl Wayne Stokes, died from traumatic brain injury after being struck in the head by a dairy cow while riding an ATV on Beattie-Lester Beef farm near Smithton, Tasmania on 1 August 2024. Stok…
66y · Male·positional asphyxia whilst unconscious due to intoxication
Dale Robert Pennicott, aged 66, died from positional asphyxia after becoming extremely intoxicated at a licensed RSL club on 10 July 2023. He consumed approximately 15 stubbies of beer and 4 glasses of port over 7.5 hour…
Male·Probable drowning at sea
Five experienced sailors—Lawrence Corkhill (61), Jeffrey Corkhill (32), Charles Davies (35), Ian McIndoe (27), and David Symes (37)—departed Tasmania on 8 December 1979 aboard the racing yacht Charleston for Sydney, inte…
82y · Male·respiratory failure
Graham John McKay, aged 82, was a front-seat passenger struck in a motor vehicle collision on 15 July 2023 when another vehicle failed to give way on Flagstaff Gully Link Road, Hobart. With significant pre-existing condi…
54y · Male·Hypothermia (environmental cold exposure)
This case concerns the death of a 54-year-old man who died from hypothermia while bushwalking the Western Arthur Range in Tasmania. He had planned to turn back due to forecast bad weather but became disoriented in poor c…
76y · Male·Unable to be determined; expert opinion suggests likely hypothermia, exhaustion …
Joao De Ornelas, aged 76, disappeared at Tahune Airwalk, Geeveston on 3 March 2010 during a Portuguese community tour. He became disoriented and wandered off defined walking tracks into dense bushland. Despite comprehens…
18y · Male·Multiple head, trunk and limb injuries from motor vehicle collision
Jesse Tyler Alexander, aged 18, died from multiple head, trunk and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Elderslie Road, Brighton, Tasmania on 27 November 2021. While driving a 1991 Toyota Corolla unreg…
Unknown·Nicholas Brown: combined drug (methadone and benzodiazepine) intoxication; Toni …
Joint inquest into four deaths of individuals prescribed opioid replacement therapy by Dr J. between September 2016 and August 2017: Nicholas Shane Brown (35), Toni Lee Wiki (38), Matthew Wayne Winwood (47), and Belinda …
32y · Female·Unable to be determined
A 32-year-old woman with obesity was prescribed Ozempic 1mg weekly in August 2024 (above the recommended starting dose) for weight management. She developed prolonged gastrointestinal symptoms and took loperamide for dia…
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