Inquest into the Death of Travis Barry Mark Kimberly HART
Inquest into the Death of Travis Barry Mark Kimberley HART
Delivered on : 9 July 2025
Delivered at : Perth
Finding of : Coroner Jenkin
Recommendations : No
Orders/Rules : No
Suppression Order : N/A
Summary : Travis Barry Mark Kimberley Hart (Mr Hart) was 33-years of age when he died in bushland in Kalgoorlie on or about 25 December 2022 from heat stroke (environmental exposure) in a man with methylamphetamine effect.
Shortly before his death, Mr Hart was the passenger in a vehicle with three friends that was being pursued by police. The police intercept was terminated when police lost sight of the Vehicle, and Mr Hart and his friends abandoned the Vehicle after it had become damaged. The men walked off in separate directions, and although three of them eventually made it home safely, Mr Hart did not.
On 25 December 2022, family members of one of the men in the vehicle contacted the Kalgoorlie police station to report their concerns for their loved one’s welfare. A police officer created a Computer Aided Despatch task (the CAD task), but after one of the relatives received confirmation that their loved one was safe, the CAD task was closed. In fact, at the time the CAD task was closed, Mr Hart had not returned to Kalgoorlie and was still missing.
Over the next few days, Mr Hart’s family had become increasingly concerned when they realised that he was not in hospital, as they had assumed. On 29 December 2022, several members of Mr Hart’s family contacted the Kalgoorlie police station to report their concerns for his welfare. A police search operation was commenced and Mr Hart’s body was discovered in bushland on 30 December 2022.
The coroner was satisfied that the actions of police involved in the attempted intercept of Mr Hart, and the actions of a police officer who closed the CAD task on 25 December 2022 did not cause or contribute to Mr Hart’s death.
Catch Words : Police intercept : Methylamphetamine : Heatstroke : Natural Causes
Last updated: 28 July 2025