<a href="https://radaronline.com/search/?search=Brittany+Murphy"><b>Brittany Murphy</b></a> may have been murdered with poison! That’s the conclusion of a shocking new RadarOnline.com</a> investigation of the star’s suspicious death at age 32 on Dec. 20, 2009.<br /><br />At the time, the Los Angeles County coroner ruled her death accidental</a> and said the cause was pneumonia, combined with anemia and prescription drugs.<br /><br />But her distraught dad, <a href="https://radaronline.com/search/?search=Angelo+Bertolotti"><b>Angelo Bertolotti</b></a>, believed the investigation into the <i>Clueless</i> star’s tragic death had been bungled</a>, and sued the coroner’s office and L.A. police department in January 2012. That July, the case was dismissed after he failed to follow up on his charges.<br /><br />Lab tests he’d requested found Murphy had suspiciously elevated levels of heavy metals in her system, suggesting she may have been poisoned</a> and her death was actually a homicide!<br /><br /></a><br /><br />[ami-related id="597151" url="https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/11/brittany-murphy-simon-monjack-death-father-mike-heller/" title="'Something Was Always Very Fishy About' Brittany Murphy's Death: Hollyw..." target="_blank" thumb="true" showsubt="false" imgsrc="https://i0.heartyhosting.com/radaronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/murphy1.jpg?fit=350%2C350&ssl=1" format="standard" flag="" channel="71078" subtitle=""]<br /><br />Despite his repeated requests, Bertolotti claimed, the L.A. coroner’s office refused to test the actress’ hair and other specimens for any poisons, toxins or heavy metals.<br /><br />Renowned pathologist Dr. <a href="https://radaronline.com/search/?search=Cyril+Wecht"><b>Cyril Wecht</b></a>, who was asked by Murphy’s father to help investigate in light of the lab findings, said “it’s impossible to rule out murder.”<br /><br />He also stated he’d “never seen such heavy metals</a> of significance in a body” in his medical career.<br /><br />“I believe from a professional standpoint it should have been mandatory and incumbent upon the medical examiner’s office to run those tests,” Dr. Wecht told Radar.<br /><br />[ami-related id="29985" url="https://radaronline.com/photos/brittany-murphys-grave/" title="Brittany Murphy's Grave" target="_blank" thumb="true" showsubt="false" imgsrc="https://i0.heartyhosting.com/radaronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/brittanymurphygravestone.jpg?fit=415%2C283&ssl=1" format="gallery" flag="" channel="64027" subtitle=""]<br /><br />Bertolotti died in January 2019</a> still searching for the cause of his daughter’s death.<br /><br />When Murphy died, she was rail-thin and had a number of prescription drugs</a> in her system.<br /><br />Although pals said she’d been using pain meds heavily before her death, her mother, <a href="https://radaronline.com/search/?search=Sharon+Murphy"><b>Sharon Murphy</b></a>, sister <b>Pia Jo Reynolds</b> and husband, <a href="https://radaronline.com/search/?search=Simon+Monjack"><b>Simon Monjack</b></a>, denied the actress abused medication or had an eating disorder.<br /><br />“Brittany’s death was heartbreaking. I know a lot of accusations were made about her being on drugs and not eating,” Reynolds told Radar. “In pictures, it looks like she was super sick. I can’t imagine Brittany being weak, but she was very dependent. Still, I can say with all confidence in my heart she was not addicted to prescription drugs</a>. No way!”
