The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner report confirms that Daveigh Chase died of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and lists chronic polysubstance use as a significant condition.The medical examiner rules the manner of death natural and says Chase died in a Los Angeles hospital after meningitis and several serious blood infections that progressed to sepsis and organ failure.Roy Hernandez says he launched a GoFundMe after Chase was hospitalized earlier this month for malnutrition; her former manager John Ryan disputes the fundraiser’s legitimacy and points to a Screen Actors Guild trust fund.Chase rose to prominence as a child actor voicing Lilo in
Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara in
The Ring, later winning an
MTV Movie Award, and family members say long struggles with addiction, painkiller dependence after a 2016 motorcycle accident and homelessness marked her later years.