Evan Ellingson’s Autopsy Report Reveals What Happened Leading Up To Overdose

'CSI Miami' actor Evan Ellingson was found dead from an accidental fentanyl overdose on November 5, 2023.

His autopsy report, which was just released and obtained by The Blast, reveals what happened leading up to his overdose.

According to the documents obtained by The Blast, the late actor was a recovering heroin addict, and his official cause of death was listed as fentanyl and para-fluoro fentanyl toxicity.

On Sunday, November 5, 2023, Evan Taylor Ellingson's girlfriend came to pick him up for church, however, "he never responded to her telephone calls or texts" she sent, according to the docs. Around 11:30 a.m., Evan's housemate, Adam, found Evan on the floor of his bedroom, not breathing, unresponsive, and cool to the touch. He then called 911.

As The Blast has previously reported, "SBCFD had previously responded to the location for a subject not breathing and upon arrival, they requested our assistance. Once on scene, a 35-year-old white male was found deceased in his bedroom. His pronounced time of death was 1137 hours. There were no obvious signs of foul play."

When AMR paramedics arrived six minutes later, they confirmed the actor was deceased, and his face "appeared purple in color," per the documents obtained by The Blast.

The Fontana Police Department officers "found drug paraphernalia near the body in Evan's bedroom, including a cigarette lighter that was in the right hand." According to the documents, his housemates had last seen Evan in the evening prior.

Evan has been in a sober living facility for two years, as "he was a recovering heroin addict."

According to Officer R. McDowell's statement, which was included in Evan's autopsy report, "The scene was a bedroom of a two-story residence. The perimeter of the bedroom interior contained a bed, a dresser, a nightstand, a wooden chair, a tray table, and a portable air conditioner. The body was prone on the carpet in the center of the bedroom."

"There was blood on the carpet beneath the face of the body," he added, according to the report.

Officer McDowell also found "prescribed medications (Cephalexin and Ivermectin) on the dresser of the bedroom," plus, "a glass container with a white powdery substance and a piece of foil with white and orange residue was on a dresser."

A straw was also found on the carpet, according to the responding officer.

After Officer McDowell's investigation, he found out that Evan Ellingson had been "living in a sober living facility in Fontana for the past two years."

To Evan's mother's knowledge, "He had been clean from using heroin for the past three years. He did not use tobacco products, nor did he consume any alcoholic beverages. He had never expressed any suicidal ideations nor made any attempts at deliberately harming himself."

She also claimed Evan had no primary care doctor.

Evan got his start at 13 on the soap opera General Hospital, but in 2009, he starred in My Sister’s Keeper alongside Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, and Abigail Breslin.

Following his death, Breslin broke her silence, saying, "Evan Ellingson was a kind, funny, and extremely talented human being. He played my big brother in a film I did called 'My Sister's Keeper.'"

She added, "Evan was a genuinely thoughtful person who cared so much about turning in the best performance, which he accomplished. Some of his scenes in MSK still give me chills. He was also silly, funny, a prankster, a lover of Red Bull (I hated the smell of Red Bull ?) and he was energetic and the life of the party."

"I didn’t keep in touch a lot with him after the film, but he always stayed in my mind as a wonderful and sweet soul, one I am grateful to have crossed paths with," the actress added. "My prayers and condolences are with his family at this difficult time."