(L.A.) Edwin Galeas Ayala, 42, Died in Arleta

Case Number: 2022-06878

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 42-year-old Hispanic male that occurred on the premises of a business, specifically a commercial care facility.”

The coroner’s office identified the man as Edwin Galeas Ayala, resident of Clearfield Avenue in Panorama City 91402.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Hanging

RIP EDWIN GALEAS AYALA (March 4, 1980 – July 3, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 5:40 p.m.

Incident Location: Nikkei Senior Gardens
9221 Arleta Avenue, Arleta, CA 91331

Nikkei Senior Gardens is a licensed residential care facility for the elderly.

For public records management, this type of facility is treated as a commercial site rather than a residence, since staff are employed there and care is provided to multiple unrelated residents.