(L.A.) Kalisha Thomas, 23, Died in a Sober Living Facility

Case Number: 2022-13109

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 23-year-old “American Indian” female that occurred in a sober living facility.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Kalisha Thomas of Belcourt, North Dakota.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Fentanyl

RIP KALISHA THOMAS (January 19, 1999 – December 16, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 8:31 a.m.

At some point between December 16 and June 10, the MEC changed the decedent’s ethnicity from Caucasian to American Indian, by which they mean Native American.

Drug deaths are frequently classified as accidents under the assumption that the users didn’t intend to kill themselves.