(L.A.) Andrew Padilla Pacheco, 19, Died in a Vehicle

Case Number: 2023-01090

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 19-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a vehicle.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Andrew Padilla Pacheco.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Cocaine Intoxication

RIP ANDREW PADILLA PACHECO (July 6, 2003 – January 27, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 11:41 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published in early August, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for the drug. This was an accidental overdose.