Brother of one of the killers
EXCLUSIVE
POP SMOKERAPPER'S MURDER HAS CONNECTION TO DEAD BODY FOUND IN BARREL
8/6/2023 1:00 AM PT
Cops are investigating the connection between
Pop Smoke's murder and a dead body found in a barrel on the beach in Malibu ... TMZ has learned.
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The barrel, containing the naked body of
Javonnta Murphy, washed ashore July 31. We've learned Javonnta is the brother of
Jaquan Murphy ... one of the 5 people arrested in the wake of Pop Smoke's murder in 2020.
Jaquan was first
charged with attempted murder for Pop Smoke's death, but later cleared. He is, however, currently awaiting trial for an unrelated murder in L.A. County.
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Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... L.A. County Sheriff's Department's investigators are currently looking into the possibility Javonnta's murder was a retaliation killing for Pop's murder. Of course, it's not their only theory, but definitely one they're digging into.
TMZ broke the story ... Pop was
shot and killedin February 2020 during a robbery in the Hollywood Hills. Pop was not alone in the home, but he was the only one who was shot.
A man whose naked body was found inside a barrel in Malibu, California, last week was shot in the head, a coroner has determined. The man was identified Wednesday by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office as 32-year-old Javonnta Marshann Murphy but no cause of death was given at the time. The...
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