(L.A.) Nicasio Bautista Santiago, 42, Died From a Meth OD

Case Number: 2024-14222

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 42-year-old Latino male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Nicasio Santiago Bautista.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Methamphetamine Toxicity

RIP NICASIO BAUTISTA SANTIAGO (October 11, 1981 – September 7, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 4:35 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on January 10, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

The government investigator had initially given the decedent’s name as Nicasio Santiago Bautista.