(L.A.) Iskindir Haile, 42, Died in a Vehicle

Case Number: 2023-05727

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 42-year-old male that occurred in a vehicle.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Iskindir Haile.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Sequelae of Chronic Drug Use

RIP ISKINDIR HAILE (October 19, 1980 – May 18, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 6:05 p.m.

The decedent’s name appears to be Ethiopian. Variation of Eskinder / Iskinder.

There is a community of about 15,000 Ethiopians who have settled in L.A. The neighborhood of Little Ethiopia is located on Fairfax Avenue between Olympic Boulevard and Whitworth Drive.