(L.A.) Mercedes Hardy Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2024-03565

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a female that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office identified the individual as Mercedes Hardy and listed her race/ethnicity as Hispanic/Latino + Black.

STATUS: The decedent’s body has been released. Ruling by the deputy medical examiner is deferred pending additional investigation.

Manner and cause of death will be added to this page when it becomes available.

If the DME has ordered toxicological screening, the next public update may take three to five months.

RIP MERCEDES HARDY ( January 29, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 6:58 p.m.

It was on March 6 that the government investigator provided the decedent’s forename+surname as Mercedes Cruz Hardy. By March 15, this had been changed to simply Mercedes Hardy.