(L.A.) Rico Arambulo, 58, Died From Substance Abuse

Case Number: 2025-00751

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 58-year-old Asian male that occurred in a parking lot.

The coroner’s office has identified the individual as Rico Arambulo.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Acute Intoxication by the Combined Effects of Methamphetamine and Ethanol

RIP RICO ARAMBULO (January 9, 1967 – January 12, 2025)

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

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on March 23, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab. This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, overdose.

The decedent may have been of Filipino descent.