Inquest
Peta went fishing on an Albany cliff with her husband in 1997. She has not been seen since.
According to her husband, the young Albany mother of two small children told him she was going to the toilet. Then she vanished into thin air.
- by Heather McNeill
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Inquest into suspected ‘wrong skin’ Kimberley tribal killing begins after podcast investigation
The disappearance of Richard Milgin and the death of his ‘forbidden’ girlfriend 30 years ago will be put before a Coroner following an award-winning podcast into the mystery.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Crime
Officer admits pursuit of petrol thief who killed grandmother was breach of police rules
Betty Sloan was killed when Ryan Tulloch, who was being chased by police after stealing petrol, lost control of his car and caused a four-car pile-up in Box Hill in 2019.
- by David Estcourt
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Hospitals
Hospital failed to report Baylen’s injuries. Eight days later he was dead
A coroner has blasted Tamworth Hospital for not reporting the suspicious injuries suffered by 21-month-old Baylen Pendergast in November 2013.
- by Laura Banks
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Disability
Josh lived with a disability. His family want to know how a train station arrest led to his death
Josh died last Friday night from a heart attack after transport officers arrested him at a Perth train station. His family have been denied access to CCTV footage that shows his final moments.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
The death of Josh Warneke to get a coronial inquest 13 years after the fact
Josh Warneke’s mother has spent years campaigning for an inquest into her son’s death. More than a decade later she has her wish.
- by Michael Genovese and Mark Naglazas
FIFO dad shot by police acted ‘erratic’ at work before South Hedland stabbing rampage
Ashley Fildes, 34, was shot multiple times by officers at South Hedland Square on May 3 after the asphalt worker started stabbing people at random.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Koletti ‘chose not to disclose’ details leading up to Caddick’s disappearance, coroner finds
A coronial inquest has found that while the conwoman is dead, her husband waiting 30 hours to report her missing suggested he withheld information about her disappearance.
- by Kate McClymont
Shark theory explored in disappearance of missing Swedish man, inquest told
Noa Samrud-Sage, 20, vanished after he fell from a cliff at Blue Fish Point in Manly, hit his head and was swept out to sea. A scrap of T-shirt was the only trace found.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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Caddick disappearance
Melissa Caddick inquest finds fraudster is dead, but coroner can’t determine cause
One of Australia’s most perplexing missing persons cases is set to remain a mystery. The deputy coroner has reserved her harshest criticism for husband Anthony Koletti.
- by Kate McClymont
Indigenous teenager’s death at Perth prison puts inmate care in spotlight
The family of 19-year-old who died by suicide at Acacia Prison says culturally safe care needs to be provided to Indigenous inmates to reduce spate of prison deaths in WA.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt