(L.A.) Leuane Chounlabout, 79, Died in a Desert

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Case Number: 2020-11288

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 79-year-old male of Asian ethnicity that occurred in a desert.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Leuane Chounlabout.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Carbon Monoxide Toxicity

RIP LEUANE CHOUNLABOUT (February 6, 1941 – December 4, 2020)

The decedent was found lifeless, lying on his back surrounded by a tangle of electrical cords connecting heat lamps to a greenhouse generator outside Palmdale. He had arrived two days earlier to help harvest the cannabis plants.

The name appears to be Laotian. Many cannabis harvesters are from the Khmer / Cambodian / Hmong communities.