Courier Mail | Tara Brown murder to be subject of coronial inquest Courier Mail TARA Brown's brutal death and how the system may have failed her will be subject to a coronial inquest. The 24-year-old was chased down in her car, forced off the road and bludgeoned to death by her former partner, Lionel Patea, in September 2015. Tara Brown had finally taken her daughter and broken free of Lionel Patea. He refused to let them go I'll never read killer's note: Tara's mum CCTV captures Tara Brown's killer grabbing murder weapon |