(L.A.) Sunchai Somboonsook, 45, Died at a Residence

Case Number: 2025-16051

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 45-year-old Asian male that occurred at his residence.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Sunchai Somboonsook. Born in L.A. County.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Methamphetamine

RIP SUNCHAI LEE SOMBOONSOOK (April 27, 1980 – October 11, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on December 14, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab. This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.

The decedent appears to have been of half-Thai descent.