Police are investigating the connection between the murder of rapper Pop Smoke and a dead body recently found in a barrel on a Malibu beach.
The barrel found on the Malibu beach contained the naked body of Javonta Murphy and reportedly washed ashore on July 31, 2023. According to police, Javonta Murphy is the brother of Jaquan Murphy, a man arrested following the murder of Pop Smoke in 2020.
Murphy was one of five arrested for the Brooklyn rapper’s murder and was charged with attempted murder. However, Murphy was cleared but is now facing a trial for another murder in L.A. County unrelated to Pop. Investigators from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department are looking into Javonta Murphy’s death allegedly being a retaliation murder for the death of Pop Smoke. Stay tuned for more updates.
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