(L.A.) Daejon Morgan, 20, Died in Jail

Case Number: 2024-17066

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 20-year-old Black male that occurred in jail.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Daejon Morgan.

Height: 6 feet / Weight: 180 pounds

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Fentanyl and Heroin

Other Significant Condition: Asthma

RIP DAEJON ANTHONY MORGAN (June 13, 2004 – October 30, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 7:42 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on December 27, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab. This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.

The decedent had been arrested on August 10, 2023, for murder and assualt with a firearm. His next court date was to have been on November 20 in 2024.

He was found dead inside his cell at Men’s Central Jai, located at 441 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

This is LASD’s 26th in-custody death this year.