(L.A.) Carlynn De Joya, 28, Committed Suicide
Case Number: 2022-03645
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 28-year-old of Asian ethnicity that occurred at a residence.
The coroner’s office has identified the non-binary person as Carlynn De Joya. Born in New York.
Manner of Death: Suicide
Cause of Death: Sodium Nitrite Toxicity
RIP CARLYNN GAITE DE JOYA (January 23, 1994 – March 31, 2022)
Portland State University. Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies: Arts & Letters, 2019.
The decedent was of Filipino descent with grandparents from the Philippines.
Marlo Madlangbayan (né Carlynn Gaite de Joya), an American multimedia artist, photographer, and filmmaker of Tagalog, Ilokano, and Bikolano descent. Used “they/them” pronouns.
This is the second record of a suicide by a non-binary person that can be found in the medical examiner’s database. The first publicized suicide by a non-binary person in L.A. County was Brandon Redler in 2021.
death to america (｀･ω･´)ゞ pic.twitter.com/btJ1vVboPh
— marlo madlangbayan gaite de joya (@authorsremorse) September 2, 2020
are you referring to me wrt to the seizure? hahahahaha yeeeah definitely had one. there was a lot of debate from medical professionals what was going on w me. one nurse even said she thought i was roofied. makes no sense. checking to see if i have epilepsy tho quite possible pic.twitter.com/wsUgHa9T51
— marlo madlangbayan gaite de joya (@authorsremorse) July 27, 2020