Brittany Murphy Likely Poisoned, Lab Report Says
by Tim Molloy
November 18, 2013


A new laboratory report lends credence to what actress Brittany Murphy’s father has long suspected: that she and her husband died not of natural causes, but of poisoning by someone out to kill them.

“It’s a bona fide report,” the lab’s general manager, Denny Seilheimer, told TheWrap. “It was our client’s prerogative to release the report. That’s all I can tell you.”





Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, didn’t accept the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office conclusion that the Clueless star and husband Simon Monjack died of natural causes — pneumonia and anemia — five months apart. He sued to gain access to her hair samples, and hired Seilheimer’s private lab, the Carlson Company, to look for signs of poisoning.

The lab found evidence she was poisoned — probably by “a third party perpetrator with likely criminal intent,” according to the report, which was authorized by Seilheimer. The report found that Murphy’s body had dramatically elevated levels of aluminum, manganese, barium and other metals.





Coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter said his office has not been in touch with Murphy’s father and had no updates Monday.

“We have no comment on that and our report stands as of now,” he told TheWrap.



LAPD spokesman Officer Cleon Joseph said it would be up to the coroner’s office whether to take further action.

“Whatever the findings, if there was something to report, they would report it to us,” he said.



Bertolotti told TheWrap he was not immediately available to comment Monday.

http://www.thewrap.com/brittany-murphy-may-poisoned-lab-report-says/

Who would wanna kill the two and why? Did something happen years ago, that had whoever killed them holding a life-long grudge?

I always thought it was very strange that both Brittany and her husband died from anemia and pneumonia, among other things. Doesn't add up.

I thought it was strange as well, especially at how the husband died not too long after Brittany.

Brittany Murphy's Dad Tells "GMA" Daughter was Poisoned
11/19/13
by THR Staff


Brittany Murphy's dad suggested that his daughter was murdered and poisoned on Tuesday's "Good Morning America".

"I have a feeling that there was definitely a murder situation here," Angelo Bertolotti told the morning show in an interview. "Yeah, it's poison. Yes, yes, I know that."





Murphy, best known for her roles in Clueless and 8 Mile, was found unconscious in her Los Angeles home in 2009 and died shortly thereafter. The coroner ruled that she died of natural causes, claiming that her death was due to pneumonia and iron-deficiency anemia and noting that the prescription medicine she was taking weakened her system.

In 2011, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Murphy's use of prescription drugs had steadily increased in the time up to her death as she coped with pain from an auto accident, took medication for seizures after an incident during the production of 8 Mile and coped with other health issues.





She also caught Staphylococcus aureus, a bug that played a major role in her death, while she was filming an independent movie in Puerto Rico.

To deal with that, she took the antibiotic Biaxin, migraine pills, cough medicine and an over-the-counter nasal spray. The day she died, she also had taken an anti-depression drug (fluoxetine, aka Prozac), an anti-seizure drug (Klonopin), an anti-inflammatory (methylprednisolone) and a beta blocker that her doctor gave her, as well as Vicoprofen to ease pain from her period.

But she kept getting sicker, and her laryngitis during her final 10 days was the worst of her life. She also was weakened by her period -- the second in a month -- which was causing anemia that cut her red-blood count to a quarter of normal.





On her final night, Murphy was gasping for breath, her lips turning blue from a lack of oxygen as her lungs filled with fluid. Murphy had not seen a doctor for six weeks, despite her problems, and had accepted being sick, practicing her own form of "holistic" medicine.

She and her husband also were afraid they would be seen as sick and that that would hurt their job prospects in Hollywood.





After her autopsy, assistant L.A. Coroner Ed Winter said, “She had been sick at least two weeks. Had they taken her to a doctor or hospital, it would have been treatable.”

On her final morning, Murphy's mother found her lying on the patio, trying to catch her breath. “I said, ‘Baby, get up.’ She said: ‘Mommy, I can’t catch my breath. Help me. Help me,’” Murphy's mother recalled.

Her husband, Simon Monjack, added, “She said to her mom: ‘I’m dying. I’m going to die. Mommy, I love you.’”





Murphy was able to make it to her bathroom, but as she collapsed around 8 a.m., her mother pulled her daughter to her and screamed for Monjack, who said to call 911 while he moved Murphy into a cold shower.

Her mother, acting on instructions from the 911 operator, talked Monjack through resuscitation efforts until the paramedics arrived. Murphy was rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital but at 10 a.m., a physician said they couldn't save her.





Murphy's father, who previously challenged the L.A. coroner's ruling, recently ordered a new toxicology report, which shows that samples of the star's hair tested positive for 10 heavy metals. The lab that conducted the test suggests one possible explanation "would be an exposure to these metals (toxins) administered by a third-party perpetrator with likely criminal intent," "GMA" reported.

The coroner's office said in a statement to ABC News, "We have not seen the results and nothing has been presented to us. We stand by what we ruled on the case."





Family friend Julia Davis added, in the "GMA" interview, that "our theory is that Murphy and her husband were poisoned. But the rest investigators should look into and determine."

"She was a young and wholesome girl, so we want the record to be set straight and for Brittany to have justice," Davis said.





ABC News legal analyst Dan Abrams told "GMA" he believed the case will either officially or unofficially be reopened.

The LAPD declined to comment on the new toxicology report.

The coroner's office has not responded to The Hollywood Reporter's request for comment.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brittany-murphys-dad-tells-gma-657420

I don't want to sound offensive in public, but I was wondering if Brittany Murphy was raped by a foot-fetish in her younger years, because over her years in life, before she died, she expose both her barefeet in front of men very badly.

Brittany Murphy's Mother Breaks Silence, Disputes Poison Claim in Emotional Open Letter (Exclusive)
11/25/13
by Sharon Murphy


I have chosen to stay out of the limelight since the tragic and sudden death of my wonderful, talented, loving daughter four years ago this Dec. 20.

From the day of her birth, Brittany was my precious, more dear to me than anything or anyone in the universe. I have been devastated by her loss and that of my son-in-law and have remained in seclusion in my mourning.





I have no choice now but to come forward in the face of inexcusable efforts to smear my daughter's memory by a man who may be her biological father but was never a real father to her in her lifetime.

Angelo Bertolotti has relocated to California in his old age to claim he is here for Brittany, as he never was in life. He has made outrageous statements over the past few years, culminating in this latest madness: that my darling daughter was murdered.

His claims are based on the most flimsy of evidence and are more of an insult than an insight into what really happened, as I will explain to you shortly.





First, I want you to know a little of the real story. I raised Brittany alone. We didn't have much at first, but we always had each other. My daughter and I were our only family, and we were inseparable and always there for each other in good times and bad. She never left my side as I battled cancer twice, and I was there for her through the trials and tribulations of her beautiful life and career.

Angelo was not there at all after age 1. He certainly wasn't around during the 12 years he spent in prison on three criminal felony convictions. Throughout her childhood, I was Brittany's only parent and sole support. No bond could have been stronger.





Angelo did come out of the woodwork when Brittany was a teenager and found success in a number of TV shows just before she was in Clueless. But she quickly saw him for who he is -- and didn't want anything to do with him.

He now claims to have had a few meetings with Brittany over the years where he took the occasional photograph, but those must have been brief moments because I was there with her most of the time at home and when she was working -- and he was never, ever around. He has admitted he did not see her at all during the final three years of her too-short life.

It sends pain through my heart when I read that "the family said" -- meaning Angelo -- because he was never her family in reality. She and I and our extended family and close friends were her family, and as she grew in years and professionalism, she was beloved by many, many people, including fellow performers and the great artists in Hollywood.





In light of the recent publicity about a lab test Angelo had done, I have asked some knowledgeable people, and they tell me that an analysis from a sample of hair is not considered dependable unless it is backed up by tests of tissue and blood and other analysis -- which he did not do (the coroner did, but they show no similar results).

I am also told one lab may give different results than another lab in terms of heavy metals, and the proper method requires multiple tests before any results are released.

The lab Angelo used, if you can call it that, is an Internet site that farmed out the actual testing and then wrote horribly untrue things under the guise of "analysis." It mentioned rat poison as a possible cause and claimed to be able to say that a third party murdered my beloved daughter.





To even mention that the heavy metals that were listed in his test are in rat poison, leading to articles suggesting Brittany ingested that or anything like it, is absurd. If she had, don't you think it would have shown up in the coroner's test of her blood and tissue?

A reputable expert will tell you that what this lab did is an ethical violation of the highest order; to even pretend to be able to draw such conclusions on unreliable evidence is the real crime.





This report conveniently ignores what any good scientist will tell you: A hair sample can be affected by many outside factors, including hair dye, hair spray, prescription medications, foods, smoking the occasional cigarette and environmental factors.

One cause we now know may have been toxic mold that was eventually discovered in that house -- which may have been what really killed her.

We will never know for sure. However, we do know the Los Angeles County Coroner did extensive tests and found that she died of natural causes. And now she is a real living angel in heaven.











Angelo has also formed the Brittany Murphy Foundation, as if he is fit to carry on her memory. Like everything else Angelo and his collaborator Julia Davis have done, this is calculated to make them money and bring them the fame they desperately crave. They say they want to do a documentary and write a book, and this whole stunt is merely publicity to fuel their aspirations.

I can only imagine the horror that would be in that book and documentary, based on what has been said in Davis' earlier work, The Terror Within. Davis and Angelo have told bald-faced lies in order to promote their products by falsely associating my daughter and son-in-law in their story.

Let me be clear: I am quite confident Brittany never cooperated with Julia Davis, never signed any statement in support of her, never met with her and barely knew she existed. Davis did try to contact Brittany through her agent, but all she got back was a letter from CAA -- then Brittany's talent agents -- which we have, telling Davis that their client knew nothing about her claims and would not meet with her.

Davis' grievances with the government agency she worked for may be real -- and if so, I feel bad for her -- but she has no right to drag my daughter's memory into it to serve her agenda.





I am sorry to be so forthright in saying this, but the time has come to bring out into the open the lies Angelo and Davis have told now that Brittany can't defend herself. They did it simply to promote their interests, their book, Davis' documentary and career. The time has come for their false statements to be exposed and rebuked.

Angelo has shown he only wants to trade on Brittany's life, career and good reputation -- even at the cost of putting a cloud over her memory. His actions have hurt the people she actually lived with, loved and considered her dearest friends and family.

I have heard from many of Brittany's closest friends about the awful things said on the Internet or in the media about them when their only crime was to truly love Brittany. This has been done by people willing to perpetuate awful lies for their own personal aggrandizement and enrichment.





Angelo and Davis will do what they do, but I can no longer remain silent. I must speak the truth. I want my Brittany to be remembered as the darling person she was, for the giant talent she showed the world (and left behind in her movie and TV appearances) and for the friendships and loving relationships that really were part of her life.

She was my baby, and we stood together throughout Brittany's life. Now I must stand up for her again. It is time for those who really knew and loved her to put those who want to exploit her on notice:

Your lies will no longer be tolerated, and as long as I live, will continue to be exposed.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brittany-murphys-mother-breaks-silence-659529