(L.A.) Gia Galaviz, 20, Died in a Park

Case Number: 2023-00679

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 20-year-old of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a park.

The coroner’s office has identified the individual as Gia Galaviz.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

RIP GIA GALAVIZ (December 15, 2002 – January 17, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 11:23 a.m.

* In late August, along with publishing the cause of death, the medical examiner changed the decedent’s gender from male to female, as well as the forename from Giovani to Gia.

January 19: male named Giovani
August 26: female named Gia