College student Emily Beutner’s cause and manner of death were revealed on March 20, more than two months after she died on Jan. 6
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- The cause of death for Emily Beutner, the daughter of former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, was revealed on March 20, more than two months after she died on Jan. 6
- The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner released the specifics regarding her manner of death
- On Feb. 5, Emily’s father had announced that he was ending his bid for L.A. mayor over the “unimaginable loss”
The death of Emily Beutner, the daughter of former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, was initially investigated as a homicide in January. More than two months later, her death has been ruled a suicide.
Emily died on Jan. 6 from the “effects of mitragynine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, quetiapine, and mirtazapine,” the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner (DME) said in a news release on Friday, March 20. “The manner of death is suicide,” said the medical examiner.
Mirtazapine is used to treat depression, while quetiapine is used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, according to MedLine Plus, a health information website run by the National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine…