Lawrence Steven Addesso
Lawrence Steven Addesso, 63, was arrested in Costa Mesa in February 2025 and held at the Costa Mesa police jail. According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office report, he reported numbness in his legs and difficulty moving, and was taken to Hoag Hospital, where doctors found septic shock and pneumonia. He died there on February 8, 2025. The district attorney's office concluded no criminal conduct occurred, and the forensic autopsy classified the death as natural, with complications of acute bronchopneumonia with sepsis as the cause.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The forensic autopsy classified the death as natural, from complications of bronchopneumonia with sepsis, and the Orange County District Attorney's Office reported that no criminal conduct occurred.
Reported by: Orange County District Attorney's Office (outside investigators); forensic autopsy.