(L.A.) Mercedes Yglesias, 22, Died at a Residence
Case Number: 2025-03306
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 22-year-old Hispanic female that occurred at her residence.
The coroner’s office identified the young woman as Mercedes Yglesias.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Effects of Fentanyl and Alprazolam
RIP MERCEDES YGLESIAS (December 10, 2002 – February 20, 2025)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 12:20 a.m.
Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published in mid-May, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab. This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.