Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Morgan Rae

Case Number: 2020/0078309

Date of Findings: 4 November 2022

Magistrate: Deputy State Coroner, Magistrate Erin Kennedy

Catchwords: CORONIAL LAW-death in custody- mandatory inquest-adequacy of treatment of liver disease-adequacy of clinical handoveradequacy of scan result follow up-adequacy of Advance Care Planning and Resuscitation Planning

Responses

Recommendations

To the Commissioner of the NSW Police Force:

1. Ensure that the Missing Persons, Unidentified Bodies & Human Remains Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) clearly require the following:
   a. That for the first five days after a missing person investigation commences, one designated officer on each shift holds responsibility for the investigation and is nominated as the contact officer for family and friends of the missing person;
   b. That the name and telephone number(s) of the contact officer is provided to family or friends of the missing person as soon as possible and, if the contact officer changes, at the beginning of next relevant shift.