(L.A.) Randy Bekstrom, a Baby Boy, Died in Summer 2023
Case Number: 2023-10578
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a male child.
The coroner’s office has identified the infant boy as Randy Bekstrom.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death A: Intrauterine Fetal Demise
Cause of Death B: Maternal Demise
RIP BABY BOY BEKSTROM ( August 10, 2023)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 9:40 a.m.
The child’s mother, Randi Bekstrom, passed away on July 20. It is still unclear as to why the medical examiner listed the baby’s date of death as much later. Oddly as well, the infant’s age was noted as 22 weeks.
Previously posted simply as “Baby Boy,” his name was posted as “Randy” by the M.E. on August 26.
Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on October 27, on the same date that the cause of death was published for the mother.
Intrauterine fetal demise is the medical term for a stillbirth. Instead of classifying this as a natural death, the manner was ruled an accident, perhaps because the mother was found to have meth in her system. Drug deaths are frequently classified as an accidental overdose.