The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has released official death information on Maritza Gonzalez, the 20-year-old woman fatally stabbed in West Hollywood’s Rainbow District on Sunday, September 13. The updated report on Wednesday confirms Gonzalez died in a hospital from a stab wound to the chest three days after the incident.
According to case number 2025-14800, Gonzalez was pronounced dead on September 16, 2025. Her manner of death is listed as homicide. Deputy Medical Examiner Dr. Ansel Nam determined the cause of death as a “stab wound of chest.”
Conflicting information circulated in the days following the stabbing, with some outlets reporting Gonzalez was alive but in critical condition, while others, citing family members, reported she had already passed away…