(L.A.) Eugene Prieto, 59, Died from Ethanol Toxicity

Case Number: 2022-00016

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 59-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred at a business.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Eugene Prieto.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Acute Ethanol Toxicity

RIP EUGENE PRIETO (May 10, 1962 – January 1, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 9:56 a.m.

The decedent was indigent and homeless. He was found dead at 10923 Firestone Blvd, Norwalk, CA 90650. The address belongs to Thrifty Wash Coin Laundry, part of the strip mall called Firestone Shopping Center, where there’s a Smart & Final and Chuck E. Cheese’s.

Map views only approximate location and do not indicate the precise spot where the incident happened.