The death of a U.S. Army veteran whose body was discovered by her daughter in a homeless encampment on the edge of downtown L.A. was ruled accidental and due to drug use, the L.A. County medical examiner’s office said Wednesday.
Lucrecia Macias Barajas, 46, succumbed to the effects of fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to Dr. Jamie Nakagiri, L.A. County deputy medical examiner.
Barajas was found dead May 12 at a tarp-covered shelter in a Westlake cul-de-sac along with 39-year-old Pojoy Sajqui. It’s unclear what the relationship was between them, though Sajqui also died of the same cause…