(L.A.) Richard Hawkins, 20, Died at a Residence

Case Number: 2024-19286

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 20-year-old male that occurred at his residence.

The coroner’s office identified the young man as Richard Hawkins and listed his race/ethnicity as Latino.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Possible Chronic Nitrous Oxide Abuse

Other Significant Condition: Cardiomegaly

RIP RICHARD HAWKINS (June 12, 2004 – December 9, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 9:30 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on January 10.

Long-term nitrous oxide (whippet) use, rather than a one-time exposure, can cause complications like vitamin B12 deficiency, nerve damage, and cardiac stress; cardiomegaly (an enlarged heart) indicates an underlying disease process, and these chronic effects can ultimately lead to death.

Note that the govenrment’s medicolegal investigator Kristy McCracken had initially given the date of death as December 8, Sunday.

We do not know if the decedent was injected with synthetic mRNA.