{"id":517522,"date":"2026-03-06T05:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517522\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T05:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:50:15","slug":"piper-james-official-cause-of-death-was-drowning-as-a-result-of-a-dingo-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517522\/","title":{"rendered":"Piper James\u2019 official cause of death was drowning as a result of a dingo attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The Coroner\u2019s Court of Queensland has confirmed that a B.C. woman\u2019s official cause of death was drowning as a result of a dingo attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11651957\/piper-james-parents-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Piper James<\/a> from Vancouver Island was found dead on an Australian beach in January, surrounded by a pack of dingoes.<\/p>\n<p>James was working on K\u2019gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, when she went for an early morning swim on Jan. 19. 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