(L.A.) Benjamin Arredondo, 23, Died in a Hospital

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Case Number: 2025-02226

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 23-year-old Latino male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the young man as Benjamin Arredondo.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Fentanyl Effects

RIP BENJAMIN ARREDONDO (November 8, 2001 – February 1, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 5:47 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on March 27, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab. This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.