To the Attorney General, Premier’s Department and the Coroner,

Sam’s Dad, Andrew, and I are still reserving our decision regarding the kind offer to “set the findings aside” until the balance of information has been released, and we have knowledge of all material which led to Magistrate David O’Connell’s verdict.  Otherwise the same verdict will be reached again.

How can we be expected to ever accept a verdict of “suicide” when we are denied the information which caused the Coroner to reach such an unsubstantiated finding?

In the absence of proper Police investigations, parents sometimes have pressure to submit correspondence to the Coroner when going through unimaginable shock and grief.  

You are denying Andrew and I the ability to reach an informed opinion as to whether our beloved son Samuel Eamon Palm did in fact suicide or not.  It is approaching five years since we lost our Sam, so it seems to us the Queensland Government through from the Premier’s Department, the Attorney General’s Department and the Coroner’s Departments a systemic arrogance without any compassion or empathy.  I have been made to feel by the Queensland Government that no matter the information I found during my extensive research I am completely disregarded.  Please don’t silence us, disregard us.

Suicide was a cost effective conclusion for the end of our beautiful son Sam’s life reached immediately, as per the knock on my door by Rockhampton Police on the 13th January 2019 at 3.00/3.30pm.

Just because the Coroner closed Sam’s case doesn’t mean he was right.  It is truly frightening realising that here in Queensland, Australia, anyone can kill anyone and get away with it by simply rushing to a Police Station and make a Witness Statement stating the person was suicidal.  It is that simple. That easy.

As per all my numerous previous correspondence, I need to see the Xray of damage to Sam’s jaw, as I cannot find closure knowing a formal statement was made describing the end of Sam’s life was by a fatal punch, then covered up by being blasted by gun shot.

Is it actually still a democracy if justice cannot prevail because of bureaucracy?

22,000 people have signed a Change.Org petition caring that we haven’t received the information requested about the end of Samuel Eamon Palm’s life.

Yours faithfully,

Jacqueline McCamley-Woods.