Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner found that Chase died of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, with chronic polysubstance use cited as a contributing condition and the manner of death recorded as natural.
- Her death was announced by a partner and is dated June 16th, when he also started a GoFundMe that family and friends have publicly questioned.
- Probate filings submitted by her mother estimate about $400,000 in personal property and request that Cathy Chase be appointed estate administrator, with a court hearing set for August 12 to resolve administration and oversight.
- Chase’s former manager and other relatives have said the fundraiser is not legitimate and urged donors to report the page, while the partner who organized it denies those allegations.
- Reporting describes a years-long retreat from acting after 2016, struggles with substance use and periods of homelessness on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, and family accounts say her body was cremated and released to her mother.