(L.A.) Augustine Tossoun, a Baby, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2025-01002

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the infant boy as Augustine Tossoun and listed his race/ethnicity as Middle Eastern or North African.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Sequelae of Extreme Prematurity

Other Significant Condition: MIRAGE Syndrome

RIP AUGUSTINE TOSSOUN (September 5, 2024 – January 13, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 8:14 p.m.

The government investigator had initially misspelled the child’s forename as Agustine.

MIRAGE syndrome is an acronym for the major findings of myelodysplasia, infection, restriction of growth, adrenal hypoplasia, genital phenotypes, and enteropathy.