Leaked Brittany Murphy Report: Under Investigation

Disturbed over the leakage of confidential reports, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has launched an internal investigation in regards to the release of information pertaining to the death of actress Brittany Murphy.

According to E! News, chief investigator Ed Winter insists that no one authorized the disclosure of reports which ended up on entertainment news site TMZ.

"The investigator did not release anything to TMZ, nor did he talk to anybody," Winter explained. "Where did all this information come from? Neither Chief [Coroner Craig] Harvey nor I released the information. I don't even know if we provided LAPD with a copy of anything yet."

Winter adds, "Supposedly TMZ reviewed some documents, and of course they won't show them to me or tell me where they got them."

As for whether the prescription medications mentioned in the documents were correct, the chief investigator told, "I hadn't even seen the list of the possible drugs. I didn't have any notes and I have not checked the evidence log, it's in the labs. I don't even know."

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