(L.A.) Pauline Tran, 43, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2025-07800

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 43-year-old Asian female that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Pauline Tran.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Methamphetamine

RIP PAULINE TRAN (September 14, 1981 – May 10, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 10:51 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on June 18, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.