Death of Matthew Perry leads to major drug trafficking investigation

The sudden death of Matthew Perry last October has sparked an investigation that could potentially uncover a drug trafficking network in Hollywood, sources say.

The beloved Friends The 54-year-old actor died of an accidental ketamine overdose at his Los Angeles residence.

After his death, the Los Angeles Police Department launched an investigation that has now also involved the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Authorities are trying to determine who supplied Perry with the fatal dose of ketamine.

A former CIA and FBI special agent, Tracy Walder, said Page Six that multiple people could be charged. She spoke about how drug networks engaged in mail fraud, which is illegal under federal law, to send prescription drugs through the mail.

He faces a possible manslaughter charge of five years in prison. Since Matthew took the ketamine himself, there will be no murder charge.

She said: “The question is intent. They obviously knew what they were doing (dealing drugs) was wrong. But did they also know that obtaining the drugs would get him killed?”

Tracy added: “The use of mail to commit crimes is more common than you think. People pay a lot of money to buy drugs… let’s say someone gets a legal prescription for ketamine and has to pay maybe $20 to insurance, and then they decide to sell the prescription for $10,000 because this junkie needs it and they know he has the money. There’s a lot of money to be made there… There are whole networks, it’s really disturbing. It’s easier to get drugs through the mail now than to use a false identity.”

Tracy suspects that Matthew may have had an assistant pick up the pills while he was exchanging prescriptions with friends.