(L.A.) Jeffrey Kress, 57, Died From a Polysubstance OD

Case Number: 2025-03055

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 57-year-old White/Caucasian male that occurred at a motel.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Jeffrey Kress.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Acute Intoxication by Cocaine, Fentanyl, Acetylfentanyl, Mitragynine, Heroin, Codeine, and Ethanol

RIP JEFFREY KRESS (August 14, 1967 – February 15, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 11:37 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on April 29, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab. This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, overdose.

Mitragynine is the most abundant active alkaloid in the Southeast Asian plant Mitragyna speciosa, commonly known as kratom.