(L.A.) Fortino Perea, 53, Died in a Shed

Case Number: 2022-03978

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 53-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a shed.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Fortino Perea.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Ethanol and Methamphetamine

Other Significant Condition: Hypertensive Heart Disease

RIP FORTINO PEREA (July 13, 1968 – April 10, 2022)

Not a suicide or a homicide or a natural death, but an accident. The decedent didn’t consciously intend to kill himself.

Ethanol toxicity results from the ingestion of ethanol in large quantities. This can occur from the ingestion of beverage ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, and non-beverage ethanol, present in substances such as mouthwash, cologne, and cough medicine.

Alcohol is the most common form of ethanol and is a widely used and abused substance, mostly in western culture, representing the oldest and most widely abused substance.