The Final 24 Hours of Cindy Crawford’s Son: What Happened Before Presley Gerber’s Death

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Presley Gerber had only been at the Santa Monica recovery residence for hours when the emergency call came in.

By the following morning, the 27-year-old son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber was dead.

The circumstances surrounding those final hours are now at the center of an ongoing investigation, with authorities examining what happened after Gerber arrived at Resolutions Living and before first responders found him unresponsive.

The official cause and manner of death have not yet been determined. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner says additional testing is required.

Saturday evening: Presley arrives at the residence

According to reports, Gerber arrived at the Santa Monica facility on Saturday evening, Sept. 19.

The Los Angeles Times reported that he checked in at approximately 10 p.m., just hours before his death. TMZ, citing sources familiar with the situation, reported that he arrived earlier, shortly after 6 p.m. The precise timing has therefore been reported differently by news outlets.

The residence was designed to provide sober-living and outpatient support rather than operate as a medical detoxification facility.

Sources cited by TMZ said Gerber appeared to be under the influence when he arrived. Those reports remain allegations from unnamed sources and have not been established as an official finding by investigators.

A video from later that night

One of the most significant pieces of information to emerge came from video obtained by TMZ.

According to the outlet, Gerber recorded himself inside the residence at around 10 p.m. Saturday night.

The footage showed him moving through a bedroom and other parts of the home.

TMZ’s sources characterized his behavior as appearing to indicate that he was under the influence of a substance.

The video provides a rare glimpse into Gerber’s final known hours, but it does not by itself establish what substance, if any, he had taken or what ultimately caused his death.

Hours later, everything changed

By Sunday morning, Gerber was unresponsive inside the residence.

Santa Monica police received an emergency call at approximately 9:35 a.m. reporting a suspected overdose and cardiac arrest.

First responders attempted life-saving measures.

Gerber was pronounced dead at 9:45 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.

He was just 27 years old.

What investigators are trying to determine

Police have been investigating the death as a suspected overdose, but authorities have said there was no indication of foul play at the time.

Investigators have also been looking into where any drugs involved in Gerber’s death may have come from and have interviewed people who were staying at the residence.

The Los Angeles Times reported that detectives were trying to trace a possible source of drugs.

But investigators have not publicly announced what substance caused Gerber’s death.

That answer may depend on toxicology results.

The autopsy did not provide the final answer

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner completed an examination shortly after Gerber’s death.

But instead of immediately listing a cause of death, the office deferred both the cause and manner while additional testing and studies are conducted.

Officials said such cases can take months before a final determination is made.

That means some of the most important questions surrounding Gerber’s final hours remain unanswered.

What did he take, if anything?

When did he take it?

Who was with him during those final hours?

And could anything have changed the outcome after he arrived at the residence?

None of those questions has been definitively answered by authorities.

A family left waiting for answers

Presley Gerber was the only son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber and the older brother of model Kaia Gerber.

His family has asked for privacy following his death.

For his parents, the final 24 hours have become more than a timeline of police calls, medical records and unanswered questions.

They are the last known hours of their son’s life.

And until toxicology and the broader investigation are complete, the exact sequence of events that led from Presley walking into the Santa Monica residence to his death the following morning remains unresolved.

For now, investigators are still trying to reconstruct what happened during those final hours.

And the most important answer — what ultimately caused Presley Gerber’s death — has yet to be officially revealed.