Police will ask a coroner to reopen an inquest into the death of Gregory Lynn’s first wife. Lisa Lynn, 34, was found dead in the garden of her home on October 26, 1999. Her death was found to have been caused by an overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol.
Lisa Lynn with son Geordie in an undated family photo. But investigators now believe there is sufficient new evidence for the coroner to order a second inquest. Lisa’s body was found in the fetal position in the grass outside her sprawling stone home in Mount Macedon, with family photo albums spread over the floor inside.
The Lynns’ two sons, aged one and three, were asleep inside. Toxicology results showed antidepressants in her system and a blood alcohol reading of .21.
Lisa and Greg Lynn’s son Geordie Lynn leaves court with stepmother Melanie Lynn during the missing campers trial. Credit: The Age No suicide note was found and no friends or family suggested she was considering self-harm. Coroner Graeme Johnstone found that Lisa had been in an abusive relationship with Gregory Lynn, but concluded: “As no suicide note or other definitive indications of the deceased’s intentions were found, it is unclear whether she intended to take her own life.
“Police investigations failed to reveal any suspicious circumstances or the involvement of any other person in the death of Lisa Lynn.” A friend of Lisa’s told The Age that the marriage deteriorated when Lisa found photos of Lynn in his pilot’s bag that showed .
