(L.A.) Javier Duarte, 35, Died in a Parking Garage

Case Number: 2025-13826

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 35-year-old Latino male that occurred in a stairwell of a public parking garage.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Javier Duarte.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Acute Intoxication by the Combined Effects of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, and Ethanol

RIP JAVIER DUARTE ( August 30, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on October 6, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

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