(L.A.) Narineh Avakian, 37, Died on a Hiking Trail

Case Number: 2021-04019

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 37-year-old “Caucasian” female that occurred on a hiking trail.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Narineh Avakian of Glendale, California.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death A: Hypothermia

Cause of Death B: Environmental Exposure

RIP NARINEH AVAKIAN (January 5, 1984 – March 13, 2021)

The decedent may have been of ethnic Armenian-Iranian descent.

Her body was found a week after she went missing during a solo hike in the Angeles National Forest in San Fernando.

She was last seen when she set out on March 7 from her home in Glendale for a one-day hiking expedition.