Buried Evidence: The Strange Death Of Brittany Murphy Revisited – Part Two

See also: Hollywood Babylon: The Strange Death Of Brittany Murphy Revisited

Shawn Helton
21st Century Wire

Brittany Murphy met an untimely end and her case has become one of the most enigmatic celebrity deaths in recent Hollywood history, revealing a cast of characters in a bizarre tale that has led many to believe that the death of the 32 year-old actress involved foul play.

This is Part Two of The Strange Death Of Brittany Murphy Revisited…

After looking back on Brittany’s rise to fame in Hollywood and her eventual untimely death at 32, we last left off discussing the forensic side of her case, examining some of the troubling details associated with her apparently incomplete autopsy, the questionable examination by The L.A. County coroner’s office and the private investigation of Brittany’s father Angelo Bertolotti into the death of his daughter. 

We were told that Brittany had died of ‘natural causes’ following an autopsy performed on December 21st 2009, even though certain toxicology samples were not examined, most notably her hair, tissue and fingernails. In addition, a  Mees’ line examination was not conducted during the autopsy due to the polish that was apparently still present on Brittany’s fingernails.

Mees’ lines, are prominent horizontal marks that can appear on a person’s fingernails when they’ve died due to - toxic heavy metal poisoning. It is often listed that renal failure (kidney failure) often occurs when Mees’ lines are present, particularly when acute kidney failure takes place, giving them the appearance of shock kidney’s from the traumatic septic shock they have undergone. Even though Brittany is said to have suffered from diabetes and hypoglycemia, it is clearly listed in the apparent autopsy report, she had ‘shock kidney’s’ according to the coroner.

If Brittany did display some acute trauma to her kidney’s why wouldn’t the coroner perform a mees’ lines examination, as the sudden shock to her kidney’s could have suggested a different cause of death?

In February of 2010 the The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner once again concluded that  Brittany died of community acquired pneumonia, citing -pneumonia, iron deficiency anemia and multiple drug intoxication. It should be stated that No illegal drugs were found in her system, as the substances in her blood were consistent with medicine taken for cold and respiratory infections. Here is an excerpt from the autopsy report that confirms the types of over-the-counter medications in her system at the time of her death:

If this autopsy excerpt is real, then what was behind the massive push to portray Brittany as a drug addict, claiming she was hooked to illegal substances, surely the coroner’s office could have set the media straight with these facts following her death?

It’s well-known the ‘dead circus’ that is Hollywood media likes to cook-up trashy headlines and bloated tabloid features but in the case of Brittany Murphy it appears as though there was a blatant disregard of facts contained within her autopsy.

IMAGE: Angelo Bertolotti 

Brittany’s father Angelo Bertolotti (AKA AJ) has had two independent tests conducted with Brittany’s DNA samples, revealing that it looked as though she was poisoned by “a third party perpetrator with likely criminal intent.” Both test have been funded solely by Bertolotti after filing a subsequent lawsuit against the LAPD and the L.A. County coroner (Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 12E09661) to obtain hair, blood and tissue samples for testing in 2012.

Bertolotti has been very outspoken in his quest to find out what happened to his daughter and has been unfairly attacked through many larger media outlets, some inaccurately reporting that he wasn’t Brittany’s real father, a claim that has undoubtedly been proven false. With all the recent gains in Brittany’s case, Bertolotti  was also seen on many talk shows and news segments explaining the new results that were released in November of 2013:

 “I expected to be attacked for embarrassing the LA Coroner. These tactics of planting red herrings in media hit pieces were predictable, but I’m still surprised at how low they are willing to go. I’m sure that intelligent people can see through it all. There is nothing natural in the way Brittany and Simon died. I don’t intend to stop searching for answers, until their deaths are properly and thoroughly investigated.”

After Bertolotti’s struggle to obtain forensic results, it was revealed that Brittany’s hair contained very high levels of heavy metals, most notably, the toxic metal Barium – a common ingredient in rat poison. There were also abnormally high levels of Uranium, Selenium, Manganese, Antimony, Aluminum, Copper, Silver, Tin and Platinum.

The possibility of foul play surrounding Brittany’s death was first brought to Bertolotti’s attention by an unlikely source, a woman formerly connected to the Depart of Homeland Security as a Customs and Border Protection Officer, by the name of Julia Davis. 

On the 4th of July, 2004 Davis had overseen the San Ysidro port known as one of the largest border crossing points in the world, she was told that this was a ‘date to watch’ by her superiors, as they claimed “Al Qaeda leaders were purportedly planning to penetrate porous U.S./Mexico land borders.” Julia had detected that 23 illegals from terror listed countries had entered the United States border without being properly processed over the course of a 24 hour period.

According to Davis, the Department of Homeland Security failed to take proper action after being alerted to her findings. Following their apparent inaction, she sent her information to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, going outside her agency subsequently revealing the country’s border gaps.

Davis was known as an exemplary employee with an outstanding record, regularly receiving certificates for her job performance. Following her border revelations, she was subjected to some 54  investigations by the very organization she worked for and for a brief time was labeled as – a domestic terrorist, before later proving her case in a court of law.

Davis’s home was subsequently raided by 27 DHS agents and a Blackhawk helicopter during her arrest, a  raid apparently larger than that sent to the fabled Bin Laden compound. Footage obtained by a next door neighbor was used in her documentary Top Priority: Terror Within.

IMAGE: Julia Davis Whistleblower and former Customs and Border Protection Officer at San Ysidro Port of Entry – the largest and busiest land border crossing in the U.S. and in the world

During one of the 54 investigations into Davis, DHS, apparently installed a new supervisor named Susan Boutwell, who had previously only worked as a clerk before managing the more experienced Davis, after the former supervisor was forced from his position.

Boutwell’s daughter was trying to break into the film industry and according to Davis it was pure coincidence that Boutwell’s daughter crossed paths with Brittany Murphy during an audition. 

Susan Boutwell used this information under oath and apparently fabricated a story that Julia Davis was working on a film with her husband BJ Davis (film producer), on July 4th, 2004, when Davis was apparently alerted to suspect processing of some 23 illegals into the country at the port in which she worked.

Boutwell’s incredible tale, according to court records was a statement given by Brittany Murphy. This was later found to be a false claim, as Murphy denied the statement, leading  her to become a witness on behalf of Julia Davis during Davis’s whistleblower trial. A trial she never made, as she ended up dead.

Was this the motive for Brittany Murphy’s death?

Certainly a large media frenzy would have followed if Murphy had testified on Davis’s behalf. Adding the strange forensic evidence that has been buried, it leads many to question the official story.

Watch Red Ice Radio’s interview with Julia Davis and her husband BJ below.

This is part two of the interview where she describes the Brittany Murphy connection…

IMAGE: Following Murphy and Simon Monjack’s passing their home was demolished apparently a year after Sharon Murphy was said to have sold the property to new owners. 

Sharon Murphy sold the Hollywood Hills property formerly owned by Brittany, narrowly avoiding foreclosure after claims of toxic mold being in the house. She subsequently filed suit against her attorney’s after not being aware of the possibility that Brittany and Simon could have died from mold. What’s odd here is that coroner, Ed Winter put the toxic mold queries to rest following Brittany’s autopsy, stating they specifically looked for evidence of mold in the death of both celebrities.

Why was Sharon trying to sue for wrongful death, when there clearly seemed to be no case for it?

Was this to distract from the attention she received in selling of many of Brittany’s belongings on an auction site following Brittany’s death and why has she tried to put to rest theories about her daughter’s death, when there seems to be evidence of foul play?

IMAGE: Sharon Murphy following the death of Brittany.

We may never know the answers in this case unless forensic evidence and a motive to kill is properly looked at. 

21Wire inquired about this case, calling up the L.A. County Coroner’s office, it seems at the moment, there will be ‘no’ new investigation from authorities into the strange deaths of Brittany Murphy and her husband.