Jack Dunn The DEA and LAPD have launched a criminal investigation into Matthew Perry‘s death, which was caused by acute ketamine effects last year.
Variety confirmed with a LAPD spokesperson that there is an ongoing investigation into Perry’s death; the Los Angeles Times reported the DEA is also involved.
Perry died on Saturday, Oct. 28 2023, at 54 years old. When authorities arrived at his Los Angeles home at 4 p.m., they found him unconscious in his hot tub.
Although first responders were called for cardiac arrest, the toxicology report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office later revealed the actor died from “the acute effects of ketamine.” Investigators are now trying to decipher where Perry got the ketamine and how so much of it got into his system.
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