(L.A.) Marlin Anderson, 50, Died at a Prison/Correctional Facility

Case Number: 2025-16544

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 50-year-old Black male that occurred at a prison/correctional facility.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Marlin Anderson.

Height: 5 feet 6 inches / Weight: 200 pounds

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Other Significant Condition: Obesity

RIP MARLIN EUGENE ANDERSON (November 14, 1974 – October 21, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday.

The decedent was found unresponsive inside his cell at Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A.

He had a long rap sheet going back over a decade with arrests for shoplifting, theft, robbery, and drug-related offenses. He was picked up in February by Burbank PD.

This is LASD’s 39th in-custody death for the year.