(L.A.) Giselle Vergara, 25, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2024-13555

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 25-year-old Hispanic female that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office identified the young woman as Giselle Vergara.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Acute Difluoroethane Intoxication

RIP GISELLE VERGARA (November 1, 1998 – August 27, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 4:25 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on January 15, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.

Difluoroethane is a common inhalant abused through huffing, which involves inhaling vapors from household products to achieve a euphoric effect.

The term “sudden sniffing death syndrome” is associated with difluoroethane abuse, where death can occur rapidly due to cardiac arrhythmias or respiratory failure.