Deceased (female aged 28 from eastern Europe) was raped
five months before her death. She had ceased taking
methadone 2–3 months before her death but on the day of
her overdose, it was her 28th birthday, and while she was
cleaning the house she found her husband’s methadone and
drank 50ml of it and then took some Valium®. Her husband
came home and found her lying on the bed and drowsy so
he left her sleeping and went off to work. PM toxicology:
methadone = 0.76mg/L; urine alcohol = 1.7g/L; diazepam =
0.80mg/L; temazepam = 0.40mg/L. [Coronial file no. 73]