Friends stars ‘rack brains’ to help police in Matthew Perry death investigation

Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are reportedly doing everything in their power to assist with the investigation into Matthew Perry’s untimely death, a source has revealed.

Matthew was tragically found dead at his Los Angeles mansion last October at the age of 54. An autopsy report confirmed that his death was accidental, resulting from the acute effects of ketamine. The Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed to The Mirror that they are investigating who supplied the actor with the lethal drugs.

The police are also probing the circumstances under which Matthew was given the fatal dose of ketamine. A source has now revealed that Matthew’s Friends co-stars are still reeling from his death and are keen to aid the investigation.

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Jennifer and Courteney are said to be wracking their brains to remember any individuals they might have seen in Matthew’s company. However, the source told The Express: “It’s a near-impossible task to try to figure out who might have been his private dealer or dealers.”

They added: “Like the rest of the cast, Jen and Courteney have said they’ll do anything they can to help the task force find who was supplying him with such dangerous quantities of a potentially lethal drug.” The source also mentioned that Matthew’s Friends co-stars fear the investigation could be akin to “looking for a needle in a haystack”.

TMZ reports that the Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as the USPS’ federal investigators, are also part of the investigation. These inspectors are said to be offering their expertise in areas such as package tracking and other parcel-related investigatory methods.

Notable Hollywood players have been brought in for questioning as part of the probe, confirmed by the Los Angeles Police Department. As per TMZ, these questioned figures “are not necessarily the actual source of ketamine”, but are thought to hold valuable intel that could lead to the origin of the drug.

The investigation has yet to make any arrests.

In December, Matthew’s death was found to be drug-related by the LA County Medical Examiner’s Office. The coroner’s deep dive into the cause of Matthew’s death found dangerous levels of ketamine in his system, enough to render an average person unconscious for surgical operations.

Furthermore, the Medical Examiner’s report disclosed that Perry had been taking prescribed ketamine as an infused therapy treatment to combat his depression and anxiety, using it every other day. But notably, four months prior to his death, a new medic attempted to wean him off the substance.

The last time he was given a dose of the drug reportedly fell a week and a half before his death. Crucially, it was noted by the coroner that the ketamine in Matthew’s system at the time of his death “could not be from that infusion therapy, since ketamine’s half-life is three to four hours, or less.”

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