An inquest heard the suicide might have been a depressive reaction to the drug he was taking for severe acne.

The coroner ’ s inquest heard that the angle of the bullet was consistent with a self-inflicted wound, and the inquest ruled that he had committed suicide.

She telephoned his girlfriend, Maya, who told her Drochon, Duggan's roommate, had called to ask whether Maya had heard from him, because Duggan had left the apartment and had not returned ; this call was at 7: 40 am, according to the inquest.

* February, 2010-Peter McEvoy told New South Wales Police, in anger, that he had heard the final words of a dying constable, prompting calls for a coronial inquest into the deaths of the two policemen.

Serving time for traffic offences, a coronial inquest heard that threats were made against the prisoner's life by his cellmate whose sleep was disturbed by snoring.

The inquest heard that the pressure of management had put some strain on his marriage and that he and Louise had argued the night before his death.

In 2007 an inquest heard that the Red Hand Defenders and the OV may have worked together in the killing

The inquest also heard evidence showing that lights in the car park had been broken before the meeting time set with Mackay, indicating a premeditated act to ambush him, and that Mackay feared for his life after learning that the crop leading to the convictions of the four men had an estimated street value of more than A $ 25 million.

The inquest takes place two days later and a tramp comes forward who states that he heard Protheroe and Parker rowing about money at midnight on the night of the death.

The inquest heard that an officer accidentally pushed against Mrs. Jarrett, causing her to fall.

Lizzie stated during the inquest that while her father and uncle were in the sitting room the afternoon before the murders, she had been disturbed by their voices and had closed her door, even though it was a very hot day.

At the inquest she was asked specifically whether she knew anybody her father had bad feelings toward, or who had bad feelings toward her father.

Davis testified before an inquest that she knew of no event that might have caused the injury.

During the coroner ’ s inquest on Morgan's murder, Pete Spence's wife Marietta Duarte testified that her husband, Frank Stilwell, Frederick Bode, Florentino " Indian Charlie " Cruz, and an unnamed half-breed Indian had turned up at her home an hour after the shooting, and that Spence threatened violence if she told what she knew.

An inquest jury found by a majority verdict of 3-2 that an overdose of fentanyl was responsible for the death by misadventure of Anita Chan Lai-ling, 69, who died on October 17, 2007, after she was given an overdose of fentanyl.

Boyer's leaving the motel room with almost all of Cooke's clothing, regardless of exactly why she did so, combined with the fact that tests showed Cooke was inebriated at the time, provided what inquest jurors deemed a plausible explanation for Cooke's bizarre behavior and state of dress, as reported by Franklin and Carr.

Her death was announced shortly after Brown received this letter, which led him to wonder whether she had finally carried out her side of the pact and had used the suicide pill at last: apparently no post-mortem inquest was carried out on her body.

An inquest came to the conclusion that she committed suicide in 1967, but in 2002 an ex-lover of Reggie Kray came forward to allege that Frances was actually murdered by a jealous Ronnie.

Roberts testified at the inquest that she was sent the tape " some months " after the incident and that the she was told by the U. S. authorities that the footage they handed over was " everything that they had ".

It was originally thought that she had died of natural causes, but an inquest ruled that she had died of acute alcohol intoxication, though the coroner stressed that there was no evidence that she had intended to commit suicide.

After the execution of her husband, Morton's wife, Dame Elizabeth Douglas was found by an inquest to be incapable of managing her affairs, as she was " idiot and prodigal " in the language of the time.

Susan Banks, learning she inherited her Aunt Cora's property, went to her cottage to clear up the possessions, ready them for auction, on the day of Cora's inquest.

A subsequent inquest determined that her death was actually not directly due to MDMA consumption, but rather the result of the large quantity of water she had consumed, apparently in observation of an advisory warning commonly given to ravers to drink water to avoid dehydration resulting from the exertion of dancing continuously for hours.

At the inquest it was stated by toxicologist Professor John Henry, who had previously warned the public of the danger of MDMA causing death by dehydration, " If Leah had taken the drug alone she might well have survived.

The official inquest into Fletcher's death concluded she had been killed by shots from a Sterling submachine gun fired from the first floor of the Libyan embassy.

The inquest established that she had tried to reach a branch of chestnut buds.

At the inquest into her death, it was revealed that she had been drinking upwards of half a bottle of brandy a day for ten years, and that she had, in the words of her lawyer, Mario Uziell-Hamilton, become a victim of her own success and the thought of being typecast as Mildred Roper.

At the inquest one of the witnesses, Mrs. Elizabeth Long testified that she had seen Chapman talking to a man at about 5: 30 a. m. just beyond the back yard of 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields.

An inquest was held, and after a good deal of testimony about the anonymous notes, the county coroner estimated that the shooting had been done from a distance of 300 yards.

the press reported the same facts in using Harrington's interview, but Lizzie did not suggest at the inquest that Harrington was the killer.

An inquest determined that his death was suicide ; his mother and some others believed his death was accidental.

At the coroner's inquest the next day, the jury, which included Oxford's servant and Cecil's protégé, the future historian Raphael Holinshed, found that Brincknell was drunk when he ran onto Oxford's blade.

Neither was an inquest held at the time because Victorian law did not provide any mechanism for reporting presumed or suspected deaths to the Victorian Coroner.

In August 2006, an inquest into the plane crash was opened by South Africa's High Court.

The inquest concluded that " the death of the deceased Wessel Johannes ( Hansie ) Cronje was brought about by an act or omission prima facie amounting to an offence on the part of pilots.

The coroner must hold an inquest where the death was:

For example, where a prisoner hanged himself in a cell, he came by his death by hanging and it was not the role of the inquest to enquire into the broader circumstances such as the alleged neglect of the prison authorities that might have contributed to his state of mind or given him the opportunity.

The cause of death was asphyxiation from vomit, and a verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held on 27 October.

Joinville was a close friend, confidant, and counsellor to the king, and also participated as a witness in the papal inquest into Louis ' life that ended with his canonisation in 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII.

On 2 October 2007, an inquest was opened in London.

The inquest lasted for six months, and the jury verdict, declared given on 7 April 2008, was that Diana and Dodi had been unlawfully killed through the negligent driving of Henri Paul and those in control of the pursuing vehicles.

An inquest recorded an open verdict, as it was not possible to establish whether his death was a suicide or an accident.

This last measure was done in preparation for an extensive inquest covering all of England, that would hear complaints about abuse of power by royal officers.

The second purpose of the inquest was to establish what land and rights the crown had lost during the reign of Henry III.

During this interval ( 1429 ) Joan of Arc was subjected to a formal inquest in the town.

At the inquest yesterday, the damaging fact was ascertained that only two of the cowboys were armed, it thus being a most unequal fight.

" Ten days after his death an inquest was held in secret which returned a verdict of " misadventure ".

In 2004, the inquest was reopened and, after a 64-day inquest hearing, the jury ruled that Maddison had been unlawfully killed by the " application of a nerve agent in a non-therapeutic experiment.