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12/21/2009 1:32 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Brittany Murphy - No Evidence of Criminality

Brittany Murphy TMZ has learned the LAPD has concluded its preliminary investigation into the death of Brittany Murphy and sources tell us detectives have determined there is no evidence of foul play or other criminality.

The PD is now waiting for the autopsy results from the L.A. County Coroner. If the Coroner's findings raise red flags, we're told the LAPD will pursue the matter further.

The LAPD did not determine cause of death -- that's the Coroner's job.


Remembering Brittany Murphy

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tard:  783 days ago

Well, it's good to know that the trusty folks at the LAPD are on it.

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Elizabeth:  783 days ago

SSOOOOOO SADDDD.. RIP. WAY TOO YOUNG TO LEAVE...

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newton:  783 days ago

I am sure this is going to have more too it as time goes by.....http://www.dealsniffer.net

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nindy:  783 days ago

I still have this feeling, that something wierd is going on with this husband Simon...... strange things have happened over the past few months..
Just look back in the TMZ "OTHER RELATED STORIES" SHE HAS BEEN DOING SOME WEIRD THINGS FOR MONTHS...

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noone:  783 days ago

What IS sad here is that the coroner may be unable to determine a definitive cause of death. That too, happens occasionally. But it is STILL suspicious to me, what with all that happened with her husband in the last few weeks.

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Peep:  783 days ago

There's no evidence of criminality? Well, not yet, of course not.

Reportedly, her mother found her - yet - the neighbor reports the husband walking around in a daze in his pajamas outside when paramedics were trying to revive Brittany just mere feet away!

The husband did not want an autopsy. He's also known as a con-artist. C'mon..

I'm sorry but there is no reason to NOT scrutinize every little detail when any person drops dead at 32 with no known major health problems.

The fact that there were numerous prescription bottles in his, hers and her mothers name is interesting but I'd like to know what they were. That would give us an idea of what she may have been dealing with (pneumonia perhaps? Seems common after the swine flu).

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John:  783 days ago

This also needs to be filed under "Exclusives," not just the Brittany Murphy category.

Geez, TMZ... do I have to come there and do your work for you?

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D.O.:  783 days ago

Cocaine is a helluva drug. Combined with prescription RX it's a killer.

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moe l.:  783 days ago

Nice not to hear more Tiger Woods or Jon & Kate. They'll likely announce this was another drug death.

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Elizabeth:  783 days ago

YUCK.. I JUST SAW A PICTURE OF HER HUSBAND SIMON.. OILY HAIR, UNKEPT, WAY OVER WEIGHT, CREEPY LOOKING... THIS IS WHO SHE MARRIED???? I DON'T GET IT, SHE SEEMED VERY VISUAL, WITH HER WEIGHT ect. THERE IS MORE TO THIS STORY!!!!!!! RIP

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Kat:  783 days ago

I wish that all these prescription-related celebrity deaths (MJ, Heath Ledger, potentially Marilyn Monroe and Anna Nicole Smith et al) would finally wake people up to the dangers of accidental OD and mixing of prescription drugs... And that doctors would stop "over-prescribing". :(

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Jesse:  783 days ago

wtf is up with that a-hole Perez Hilton on wonderwall what an ass

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frankiestage:  783 days ago

Husband doesn't want an autopsy because he knows what it'll show (sing Jon Stewart, falsetto style): ov-er-dose.

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ATXGirl:  783 days ago

all the news sites are reporting natural causes.

glad to finally see something that isn't drug induced... although sad they died, it was completely preventable... the natural causes just makes it that much more tragic :(

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ATXGirl:  783 days ago

frankiestage, I'm sure it had more to do with religion... they are jewish... from what I've read, some jewish people don't believe in that.

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