(L.A.) Leslie Hernandez, 17, Died at an Embankment

Case Number: 2017-02692

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 17-year-old Hispanic female that occurred at an embankment.

The coroner’s office has identified the teenager as Leslie Hernandez of Santa Monica, California.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Multiple Drugs

RIP LESLIE HERNANDEZ (October 3, 1999 – April 6, 2017)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 1:53 a.m.

The decedent’s body was found along the Los Angeles River in Long Beach. It was discovered at around 1:30 a.m. along the waterline just south of the Ocean Boulevard bridge.