(L.A.) Jose Sosa, 31, Died in Jail

Case Number: 2023-03192

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 31-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a jail.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Jose Sosa.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Cocaine

Other Significant Condition: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

RIP JOSE SOSA (June 18, 1991 – March 23, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 5:40 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on August 17, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for the drug.