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Los Angeles County Sheriffs suspect body found inside a barrel in Malibu could be connected to the murder of Pop Smoke.
Last week the Malibu, California community was shaken up after a barrel washed ashore with a dead boy inside. Los Angeles and surrounding counties aren’t strangers to crime but this was gruesome. Immediately authorities began investigating and identified the man in the barrel. According to KTLA the naked body in the barrel was 32-year-old aspiring rapper Javonnta Murphy. Family told the media Murphy wasn’t involved in gang activity and he had never been in serious trouble. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner revealed he died from a shot to the head. A crime this egregious has left investigators with more questions than answers.
According to TMZ, a very interesting connection has turned up in the case. Javonnta”s brother Jaquan Murphy was one of the five people arrested in connection to Pop Smoke’s Murder. While police can’t be sure if the two murders are connected it seems that’s the direction they are moving in for now. Jaquan was cleared of attempted murder relating to the Pop Smoke murder but is soon heading to trial for another murder in the same county. Investigators haven’t ruled this as a motive for Javonnta’s murder but are not leaving any lead unresolved.
