(L.A.) Unike Hayes, 42, Died at a Workplace

Case Number: 2025-10523

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 42-year-old Black female that occurred at a workplace.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Unike Hayes. Born in L.A. County.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

RIP UNIKE LATIKI HAYES (January 5, 1983 – June 28, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on August 26, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

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