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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office has identified a man found dead inside a 55-gallon drum in Malibu Lagoon on Monday.
The victim is 32-year-old Javonnta Murphy, who was a singer & songwriter.
A park maintenance worker first saw the barrel floating in the water near the Pacific Coast Highway bridge on Sunday night & when they tried to drag it to shore, it was too heavy, so they left it in the water.
When a lifeguard arrived at work on Monday & spotted the barrel around 10 a.m., they swam to retrieve it. That is when they made the gruesome discovery, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
“It didn’t look decomposed or like it had been there for a long time,” said Lt. Hugo Raynaga.
Authorities also added that the high tide may have carried the barrel into the lagoon from the ocean.
Beachgoers & surfers in the area were “deeply concerned” & shocked when they learned of the discovery.
“It’s something that doesn’t happen very often at all here,” one beachgoer told us Tuesday morning. “It’s unthinkable.”
Detectives are continuing to search the area for clues, witnesses & surveillance footage that may aid them in the investigation.
No further information about Murphy was released.
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Source: KTLA
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