Authorities investigating the death of Andrew Getty, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, said a preliminary investigation suggests foul play was not involved.
The death appeared to be natural or an accident, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Investigators have not determined a time of death, Winter said.
A law enforcement source told The Times that Getty was found naked from the waist down in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills estate Tuesday and appeared to have suffered from some type of blunt-force trauma. It's unclear whether the injury was caused by a fall or something else.
LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith, a department spokesman, cautioned that it was still “very, very early in the investigation” but said that based on initial observations, “this does not appear immediately to be a criminal act.”
In San Francisco, Ann and Gordon Getty confirmed their son’s death in a statement in which they asked for privacy during an “extremely difficult time.”
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Police and coroner’s officials have yet to release the name of the man whose body was found Tuesday afternoon at the gated, three-story villa on Montcalm Avenue.
Inside, investigators recovered prescription medication and learned that the man had not been feeling well in recent months, Winter said. A physician's appointment was scheduled for Wednesday.
The LAPD’s elite Robbery-Homicide Division detectives are handling the case because of its high-profile nature. Read more..
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