(L.A.) Jose De Jesus Macias Valero, 44, Died on a Dock

Case Number: 2023-00572

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 44-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred on a dock.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Jose De Jesus Macias Valero.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death A: Drowning

Cause of Death B: Methamphetamine Intoxication

RIP JOSE DE JESUS MACIAS VALERO (June 18, 1978 – January 14, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 10:15 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published around July 18, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for meth.