(L.A.) Gilberto Alvarez, 27, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2024-05034

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 27-year-old Latino male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Gilberto Alvarez.

STATUS: The decedent’s body has been released. Ruling by the deputy medical examiner is deferred pending additional investigation.

Manner and cause of death will be added to this page when it becomes available.

If the DME has ordered toxicological screening, the next public update may take six to nine months.

RIP GILBERTO ALVAREZ (June 9, 1996 – March 25, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 10:08 p.m.

This is an in-custody death. The decedent had been arrested for forcible rape on April 19, 2023. The violation date appears to have been December 8, 2015.

287. (a) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life.

He died in an operating room of L.A. General Medical Center, aka LAC+USC.
 

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