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Man whose body was found in a barrel in Malibu was shot in the head, coroner finds

LOS ANGELES —A man whose body was discovered inside of a barrel at Malibu Lagoon State Beach earlier this week was shot in the head, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner has determined. The man was identified as Javonnta Murphy, a 32-year-old Sylmar man, earlier this week but no cause of death was given. The coroner's publicly available case information now lists the cause of death ...
Los Angeles County sheriff’ s investigators examine a scene at Malibu Lagoon, where a body was found Monday inside a 55- gallon drum.

LOS ANGELES —A man whose body was discovered inside of a barrel at Malibu Lagoon State Beach earlier this week was shot in

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