Access to coroners findings.

VIC

Feels like a weird question to be asking.

For background, over covid lockdown days, I got stuck in a domestic violence relationship, he was extremely violent and made every day feel like life or death. Long story short he did a couple of short stints in jail, followed by 12 months due to being a repeat offender.

I was notified that he was for release end of October 2022, and went back to fearing my life until police showed up on my doorstep in April 2023, when I was informed he had suddenly passed away (suicide) December 2024.

I unfortunately have CPTSD, and wonder if reading the coroners findings that include a bit of a background on his life, might help me deal with it a bit better, make sense of it all and move forward.

I gave a statement to a coroner in Melbourne, so for the last 4 years I’ve been keeping an eye on the VIC coroners findings cases to see if he shows up - with no luck. Today I realised his body was found in a state park in South Australia. So I assume I gave my statement in Melbourne because it local to me, however the coroners findings would come under SA? I’ve browsed these cases and can’t find him.

Who do I try contact to see if they might release the findings to me? VIC or SA coroners court? And how likely is a “victim” to obtain the findings?

Posted Aug 27, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC

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