A 21-year-old Sacramento State student who vanished after a Halloween night out was found dead the next morning under the Howe Avenue bridge, and the coroner's office says the cause of his death remains undetermined. Frankie Larios was identified by the Sacramento County coroner's office following a death investigation that began with a missing-person report and ended hours later with officers finding him beneath an overpass that crosses the American River.
According to KCRA, Larios was a 21-year-old Sacramento State student who went missing after a Halloween night out. He was found dead the following morning. Police had responded to a missing-person report near the 7500 block of La Riviera Drive before 3:10 a.m.
Conflicting Accounts of When Officers Responded
Accounts of the exact timing of the follow-up call differ. KCRA reports that officers responded to the medical-aid call before 6:45 a.m. in the 100 block of Howe Avenue, while Newsbeep's account of the same call describes officers responding before 6:45 p.m. in the same location, according to Newsbeep. Despite lifesaving efforts, the man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, per the station's report.
Officers found Larios underneath an overpass that crosses the American River, according to FOX40. Police said the incident was being treated as a death investigation, and the Sacramento County coroner identified him as Frankie Larios and said the cause of death was undetermined, KCRA reports.
Family Remembers a Caring, Hardworking Son
His family described Larios as patient, kind, funny, reliable, caring and hardworking, and said he loved animals.
Larios's family expressed in a GoFundMe post their belief that his death was a tragic accident — a belief, not an official determination, since the cause of death has not been established.
Police asked anyone with information about the incident to contact the Sacramento Police Department at 916-808-5471, per KCRA's report.
