As per Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, “Empire” actor died by suicide from sodium nitrate toxicity on 18 Feb.
As per reports, Lindsey Pearlman, aged 43, went missing after she was last seen at her home in East Hollywood on 13 Feb.
A missing person report was filed/issued five days later. Her body was found on Feb. 18 inside a vehicle near Runyon Canyon Park in Hollywood.
Cause of death was not released at the time and has been made public now.