Francisco San Martin, who was perhaps best known to daytime soap fans for his roles on NBC’s Days of Our Lives and CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Jan. 16. He was 39.

The cause of death, according to the Los Angeles County Coroners Office, was suicide by hanging.

On NBC’s Days, San Martin had a six-month run in 2011 as Dario Hernandez, who first arrived in Salem appearing to be just a petty thief; the role was subsequently played in 2015-16 by Guiding Light alum Jordi Vilasuso.

In 2017, San Martin had a brief arc on CBS’ B&B as Mateo, a Forrester Manor staffer who was recruited/paid by Sheila to seduce Quinn (though he wound up being rebuffed).

Gina Rodriguez as Jane and Francisco San Martin as Fabian in ‘Jane the Virgin‘ episode “Chapter Sixty-One” (Everett Collection)

San Martin’s TV credits also included The CW’s Jane The Virgin, where in Seasons 3-4 he played Fabian Regalo del Cielo, an actor on Rogelio’s telenovela Los Viajes de Guillermo. Jane was instantly attracted to Fabian, and the two had a brief and ultimately messy courtship.

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