Topic: Coroner’s Court
Family seeks answers over Amber Martinez’s death from faulty airbag
The family of the late Dr. Amber Martinez say their quest for answers relating to her death from an explosive part of a faulty airbag will go on.
Inquest: Shrapnel from faulty airbag shot ‘like a bullet’ into doctor’s neck
A piece of metal that shot from a defective airbag "like a bullet" was found lodged in the neck of the late Dr. Amber Martinez, who died in a fiery car crash in East End in 2022, a coroner's court jury heard.
Faulty airbag cited at inquest into doctor’s death
The Honda Fit in which Dr. Amber Martinez died following a crash in East End in 2022 was one of the cars on local roads that was subject to a recall of defective airbags, a coroner's court jury has heard.
Coroner’s jury rules George Town Harbour drowning a suicide
A Coroner's Court jury has found that Raheem Tyrike Barrett, a 27-year-old Jamaican national who drowned in George Town Harbour in October last year, committed suicide.
Man whose passport was sold on black market ruled unlawfully killed
The shooting death of a man, whose Cayman Islands passport had previously been sold on the black market, has been ruled an unlawful killing by the coroner's court.
Drowned child’s death ruled an accident
The death of a 14-month-old child, who drowned in East End four years ago, has been ruled as an act of misadventure.
10-year-old’s sudden death was due to ‘natural causes’
The Coroner’s Court has ruled that the sudden death of 10-year-old Jahzarah Caballero-Millwood was the result of natural causes.
Coroner’s court: Brac hit-and-run death was ‘horrible accident’
Four and a half years after 55-year-old Mitchell Ryan was killed in a hit and run in Cayman Brac, an official cause of death has finally been recorded – misadventure.
Court rules Addison Kelly’s death was connected to mental illness
The death of Addison Kelly has been ruled by the Coroner’s Court as a suicide, which was directly connected to the mental health illnesses which plagued her during her final years.
Decade-old shooting of teenager ruled unlawful killing
The Coroner’s Court has ruled that the 2011 shooting death of 18-year-old Jason Christian resulted from an unlawful killing.
Motorcyclist died ‘test riding’ dirt bike, inquest hears
A motorcyclist died after riding an off-road dirt bike without working lights or brakes on a public road, an inquest heard this week.
60 packets of cocaine found in dead man’s stomach
The coroner’s court has ruled that a double amputee who was found with five dozen packets of cocaine in his stomach, died as a result of misadventure.
Traffic fatalities ruled misadventure
The coroner's court has ruled that the deaths of two persons involved in a car accident three years ago were the result of misadventure.
No foul play in 2019 death of Northward Prison inmate
The coroner's court has ruled that the sudden death of an inmate at Northward Prison was the result of natural causes.
Coroners Court rules motorcyclist’s death was misadventure
The Coroners Court has ruled that the 2018 death of Lenny Ray Pinet-Trusty was the result of misadventure.
Slain man was ‘unlawfully killed’
A coroner’s court has ruled that the shooting death of Earl Joseph Hart was an unlawful killing.
Christmas Day shooting ruled an unlawful killing
The 2018 Christmas Day murder of Darrington Ebanks has been ruled as an unlawful killing, by a coroner's court.
Motorcyclist’s death ruled misadventure
A coroner’s inquest into the death of Shaun Ryan Newell has ruled that his passing resulted from misadventure.
Court rules four men were ‘unlawfully killed’
The deaths of four men who were gunned down in separate and unrelated incidents have all been ruled as unlawful killings by the Coroner’s Court.
