(L.A.) Ki Jung Nam, 32, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2023-06496

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 32-year-old Asian male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Ki Jung Nam.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Sodium Nitrite Toxicity

RIP KI JUNG NAM (January 21, 1991 – June 2, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 2:31 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on August 16, presumably after the results of tox screening came back.

The decedent’s name is Korean.