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Los Angeles Forensic Report Says Daveigh Chase Died From Complications Related to HIV/AIDS

The report attributes advanced immune failure to HIV and lists chronic polysubstance use as a contributing condition, closing the county’s medical inquiry.

Overview

  • The Los Angeles County Office of the Medical Examiner published a report late Monday that attributes Chase’s death to complications of HIV/AIDS and classifies the death as natural.
  • The report lists long‑term polysubstance use, malnutrition and opportunistic infections as significant contributors to her fatal condition.
  • Those forensic findings frame earlier accounts that named meningitis and sepsis as complications of advanced immune suppression rather than as primary causes.
  • Chase, who died in mid‑June while hospitalized, had a GoFundMe started by her partner before her death that family members and a former representative later questioned.
  • Her death has refocused attention on the arc from child stardom to years of addiction, housing instability and family estrangement and may prompt scrutiny of access to care for people with substance use and HIV.