(L.A.) Joseph Medina, 41, Died on an Embankment

Case Number: 2024-13958

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 41-year-old Latino male that occurred at an embankment.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Joseph Medina.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Methamphetamine

RIP JOSEPH MEDINA (April 1, 1983 – September 3, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 8:31 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on January 15, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.