Posted on 08/03/2023 8:01:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
Police discovered the naked body of a 32-year-old man inside a barrel at Malibu Lagoon State Beach on Monday.
Authorities identified the deceased victim as Javonnta Murphy, an aspiring musician from Sylmar, California, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A lifeguard allegedly discovered the 55-gallon drum in the lagoon at around 10 a.m. Monday, according to Lt. Hugo Reynaga. Upon inspection, Murphy’s body was found sealed within the barrel, showing no signs of decomposition, the Times reported.
While the origins of the barrel remain untraced, detectives observed distinctive markings that may link it to a printing company, the outlet noted.
Patrick Nelson, a close friend and father figure to Murphy, said that outside of rapping, Murphy dedicated his time to fitness and being a devoted father to his young son, per the Times. The aspiring artist was not known to be a regular Malibu visitor, according to Nelson.
Devastated and confused by the nature of the situation, Nelson told reporters, “[h]e was a good kid, good person. He didn’t gang-bang,” the outlet noted.
Murphy had been previously arrested on misdemeanor charges of battery, domestic violence, and failing to appear in court in 2017, per the Times. Furthermore, Murphy served three days in jail for violating a protective order in 2018, the outlet noted.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives are now actively investigating the distinct cause and manner of Murphy’s death, per the Times.
“Whatever happened to him, whoever did it, I wish they could have solved it in a different way,” Nelson told the outlet.
Due to the peculiar conditions of the incident, authorities strongly suspect foul play was involved, an anonymous source linked to the investigation claimed.
or a drug user who didn’t pay for his goods...................
NIAGARA FALLS!....Slowly I turned...step...by...step.....inch....by....inch...
LOL!
How come there are never any aspiring accountants?
The Biden DOJ believes it was a suicide
Harold The Barrel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O8vVGBH-Bs
There is no taste for accounting..................
Hillary style!....................
A little too quick out of the gate to rule out he sealed himself in.
Local Rapper - LOL!
Local drug dealer and criminal, who ran afoul of some bigger thug fish in the sea.
Amature job:
Everyone knows the dead guy in a barrel requires muriatic acid to dissolve the corpse.
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
Rapper in a wrapper. Message to rappers: STAY AWAY FROM MALIBU.
Putting people in barrels is white people chit. I’d like to know if the person on the other side of his Domestic rap was a white girl. If so, I’d be looking at either her daddy or her brothers or her former boyfriends. Just sayin.
“I’ll bet he was looking forward to attending college in the fall, too.”
YES, and hoping for that basketball scholarship in case the rap star thing didn’t work out.
Top 3 Amish career choices
1. Rapper
2. Basketball star
3. Weed distributer
Upon inspection, Murphy’s body was found sealed within the barrel, showing no signs of decomposition, the Times reported.
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Well, that’s good. At least they can have an open-casket funeral.
“[h]e was a good kid, good person. He didn’t gang-bang,”
Uh huh. So how did he make his money? I’m guessing it wasn’t from a successful rap career or “fitness”.
Funny that we never see that in terms of anything else.
Never see a story about the tragic death of an “aspiring physicist” or “aspiring meatpacker”.
Apparently, the author didn't notice the irony of putting these two sentences in sequence.
A more accurate term would be “aspiring lifetime criminal”.
Try that in a small town 🤣🤣🤣
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