(L.A.) Jessie Yonko, 29, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2025-02145

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 29-year-old Latino male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Jessie Yonko. Born in L.A. County.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Combined Effects of Alprazolam, Fentanyl, and Methamphetamine

RIP JESSIE ROMERO YONKO (September 25, 1995 – January 31, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 10:40 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on May 9, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab. This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.