New information has surfaced after the death of Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, who was found dead at a rehab facility in Los Angeles on Sunday local time. According to a 911 call obtained by Page Six, the 27-year-old suffered an apparent overdose at the facility.
The call was made at 9:35am, and a voice could be heard saying “cardiac arrest” and “overdose”. The address provided matched the California rehab centre where Gerber was staying. Page Six reported that the call was then apparently upgraded by the operator, with police, firefighters and an ambulance all responding at 9:35am. Presley was pronounced dead 10 minutes later, and authorities were reportedly at the scene for three hours.
In a statement later shared with People magazine, the Santa Monica Police Department said officers found Presley dead when they arrived at the facility and that detectives “are investigating the death as a suspected overdose”.
“At this time, there is no indication of foul play,” the statement read in part. “The official cause and manner of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. The investigation remains ongoing.”
An autopsy was carried out on Monday, but “the cause and manner of death have been deferred, which means additional testing and/or studies were requested in order to make a determination,” the statement continued. It also noted that “deferred cases can take a few months before a cause of death is determined”.
As news of his death spread, Crawford, businessman Rande Gerber and Presley’s sister Kaia Gerber issued a joint statement through a representative.
“The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time,” they said.
A separate Page Six report said Presley had checked himself into a Santa Monica rehab facility only days before his death because “he knew he needed help”.
“He had not been doing well,” a source told the outlet. “He’s always suffered from a huge lack of self-esteem and had trouble accepting his real self and feeling fully confident in who he was as a person.”
The same source said Presley “was such a good kid” but had “seemed a little off in recent weeks” and was dealing with “the full gamut” at the time of his death.
“Energetically, he didn’t seem like himself,” the source said, adding that Presley “hadn’t really found his place” and “didn’t really know where he wanted to go and what he wanted to do”.
“He wanted so, so badly to be free of his addictions.”
In the months before his death, Presley had spoken publicly about addiction and mental health struggles. In 2024, he acknowledged on Instagram that he was “dealing with [a] current, very high opioid addiction”.
His family had supported him through what was described as a decade-long battle with addiction and mental health issues. In March, Crawford posted a message of encouragement beneath a post Presley shared from a wellness clinic in Cancún, Mexico.
“You are a warrior!” Crawford had commented. “Walked thru the fire to find yourself! So proud!”
Rande Gerber also praised his son at the time.
“I’m so proud of you and your courage,” the businessman commented. “Facing what’s hard takes real strength and watching you find your way back to yourself is everything. I love you so much.”
In that same Instagram post, Presley wrote: “I faced what I had been running from, and somewhere in all of it, I started finding my way back to myself.”
Just one month before his death, Kaia Gerber, a model and actress, spoke openly to Vogue about her brother’s long-running struggles.
“When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,” she told Vogue in August. “I think that’s also why I started to self-identify as the easy one and never wanted to ask for help. Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing.”
Presley is survived by his sister Kaia Gerber, his mother Cindy Crawford and his father Rande Gerber.
