(L.A.) Makai Prenatt, 13, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2025-01577

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 13-year-old Black male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the boy as Makai Prenatt.

STATUS: The decedent’s body is ready to be released. Ruling by the deputy medical examiner is deferred pending additional investigation.

Manner and cause of death will be added to this page when it becomes available.

If the DME has ordered toxicological screening, the next public update may take three to five months.

RIP MAKAI PRENATT (June 16, 2011 – January 23, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 6:44 p.m.