LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday. Los Angeles police are working with the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old “Friends” star had so much of the drug in his system, LAPD Capt.
Scot Williams said in an email. Advertisement An assistant found the 54-year-old Perry face down in his hot tub on Oct. 28, and paramedics who were called immediately declared him dead.
His autopsy, released in December, found that the amount of ketamine in his blood was in the range used for general anesthesia during surgery. It was listed as the primary cause of death, which was ruled an accident with no foul play suspected, the report said. Drowning and other medical issues were contributing factors, the coroner said.
The investigation was first reported by TMZ. Matthew Perry speaks at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in 2023. His death has prompted a joint investigation between the Los Angeles police, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.
S. Postal Inspection Service. Dania Maxwell via Getty Images People close to the actor told coroner’s investigators that he was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy .
The decades-old surgical drug has seen a huge surge in use in recent years as a treatment for depression, anxiety and pain. Advertisement But the medical examiner .
