(L.A.) Bitelio Aleman Sibrian, 47, Died at an Encampment

Case Number: 2024-07428

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 47-year-old Latino male that occurred at an encampment.

The coroner’s office had initially identified the man as Jose Aleman-Rivera, later updating the name to Bitelio Aleman Sibrian.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Toxicity

RIP BITELIO ALEMAN SIBRIAN (July 14, 1976 – May 5, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 8:14 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on September 16, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back positive for the drugs.

The decedent was discovered inside a makeshift cave in Northridge, together with another deceased man.

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