Overdose of ketamine in the blood
Arrest after drug-related death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry
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In October, “Friends” star Matthew Perry was found dead in his hot tub – a large amount of the anesthetic ketamine was found in his blood. The police are now reporting a successful manhunt.
Los Angeles. After the drug-related death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, the police have apparently made a breakthrough in their search for the background to the incident. Investigators in Los Angeles said that at least one person was arrested in connection with the death during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. This was reported by the news agency AP and the TV channels ABC and NBC, among others.
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It was initially unclear whether there was one or more arrests. The specific charges also remained unclear. However, a press conference was planned in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The successful investigation comes more than nine months after Perry’s death. The police had focused their work on how the 54-year-old had obtained the anesthetic ketamine, which he had an unusually high amount of in his blood at the time of his death.
Ketamine overdose
Perry was found in a hot tub in his Los Angeles home last October. The actor had previously spoken publicly about his struggle with addiction, including to alcohol and drugs, and also wrote about it in his autobiography “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” which was published last year.
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An investigation by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office in December found that Perry had died from the effects of ketamine. Other factors included drowning, heart disease and the effects of a drug used to treat opioid addiction, it said.
According to media reports, Perry had undergone ketamine therapy for depression and anxiety. However, the last session before his death had been a week and a half ago, which is why the ketamine in his body at the time of death could not have come from this infusion therapy, according to the coroner’s office.
