(L.A.) Eslam Zahran, 45, Died in a Vehicle

Case Number: 2023-08932

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 45-year-old male that occurred in a vehicle.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Eslam Zahran.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Effects

RIP ESLAM ZAHRAN (April 27, 1978 – July 17, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 12:38 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on August 31, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for the drugs.

The government investigator had initially given listed the decedent’s race/ethnicity as Black, which was later deleted. The decedent’s name appears to be Middle Eastern / Arabic, likely Egyptian. اسلام زهران

His body was found at 3410 West 3rd Street by the Westlake district near Koreatown.

* In 2024, the City Controller of L.A. characterized the decedent as homeless / unhoused.