(L.A.) Jose Lino Isidro Pelayo, 49, Died in the Desert

Case Number: 2023-17736

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 49-year-old male in the desert.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Jose Lino Isidro Pelayo.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Fentanyl Effects

RIP JOSE LINO ISIDRO PELAYO (September 23, 1974 – December 17, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 7:36 p.m.

The government investigator had initially given the decedent’s forename + surname as Jose Isidro Pelayo on December 18 and changed it to Jose Lino Isidro Pelayo on February 4.

The Department of Medical Examiner publicly disclosed the COD ruling on February 14, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for the drug.