(L.A.) Alma Verástegui, 48, Died From a Fentanyl OD

Case Number: 2024-20435

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 48-year-old Hispanic female that occurred on a sidewalk.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Alma Verastegui.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Fentanyl Intoxication

RIP ALMA VERASTEGUI (September 15, 1976 – December 29, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 8:52 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published in mid-March, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.