(L.A.) Nelson Rodas, 27, Died on a Highway 🏳️‍🌈

Case Number: 2022-12468

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 27-year-old “Caucasian” male that occurred on a highway.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Nelson Rodas.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Ethanol Toxicity

RIP NELSON DAVID RODAS (May 8, 1995 – December 1, 2022)

The decedent just recently came out as a trans woman named Day Rodas.

Roas went missing in late November in the middle of a family move from Chatsworth to Reseda. Calls and texts to Rodas over a two-day period went unanswered prompting family members to file a police report.

The dead body was found in Malibu in the 33100 block of Mulholland Highway on Thursday at around 8:00 in the morning.

Drug deaths are frequently classified as accidents under the assumption that the users didn’t intend to kill themselves.