(L.A.) Kristin Kumagawa, 21, Died in a Hospital 🥕🧁

Case Number: 2023-02411

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 21-year-old Asian female that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Kristin Kumagawa. Chapman University ’22

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death A: Consequences of Acute Liver Failure

Cause of Death B: Consequence of Systemic Lupus

RIP KRISTIN KUMAGAWA (August 17, 2001 – March 2, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 8:37 a.m.


The decedent’s surname is Japanese in origin.

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