Brittany Murphy Was Poisoned?

It’s been nearly four years since actress Brittany Murphy was found dead – ostensibly due to pneumonia, iron deficiency anemia and a combination of drugs. Five months later Murphy’s husband, Simon Monjack, was also found dead – also due to pneumonia and anemia.

Authorities initially ruled the 32-year-old starlet’s death an accident, but now there’s a report in The Huffington Post which suggests Murphy may have been poisoned.

The story centers around the actress’s father – Angelo Bertolotti. According to Bertolotti, both the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office and the Los Angeles Police Department failed to conduct a thorough investigation into his daughter’s death.

Specifically, Bertolotti says authorities failed to conduct proper toxicology examinations of Murphy and Monjack’s hair.

“Since the autopsy narrative recorded a number of symptoms synonymous with poisoning, I requested testing for heavy metals/toxins,” Bertolotti wrote in an email to The Huffington Post. “My suspicions were confirmed. Ten heavy metals were found in abnormally high quantities (as much as 9 times over the ‘high’ limit designated by the World Health Organization). These types of heavy metals/toxic elements are commonly found in rat poison, pesticides, insecticides, etc. Since neither Brittany nor Simon would have willingly consumed any such substances, the lab concluded that they may have been introduced by a third party with criminal intent.”

Bertolotti is hoping Los Angeles officials will reopen their investigation into Murphy and Monjack’s deaths – but so far it appears they are declining to do so.

That’s too bad … this certainly strikes us as compelling evidence (not to mention the sort of thing a proper investigation should have taken into account in the first place).

Murphy’s first big role was in the 1995 movie Clueless. She also played rapper Eminem’s love interest in the 2002 movie 8 Mile and Ashton Kutcher’s newlywed in the 2003 movie Just Married.

She’s always been a favorite of this website’s founding editor …