(L.A.) Rufino Garcia Rivera, 36, Killed by Carbon Monoxide
Case Number: 2019-08225
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 36-year-old male of “Caucasian” ethnicity that occurred in a vacant lot.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Rufino Garcia Rivera.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Carbon Monoxide Toxicity
Other Significant Condition: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
RIP RUFINO GARCIA RIVERA (October 8, 1983 – November 2, 2019)
Miguel and Rufino Garcia Rivera, 28 and 36, collapsed on the floor of a desert greenhouse. The brothers, recent arrivals from Mexico, died of carbon monoxide poisoning near the small cannabis plants they had been hired to cultivate.