Overview
- Connor Murphy, a 32-year-old looksmaxxing and fitness influencer, ran from police and entered a nearby lake where divers recovered his body roughly 20 metres from shore after about a 30-minute search on Tuesday.
- An initial police exam found no visible signs of assault and the body was sent to Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital for a post-mortem and toxicology testing that investigators say will be determinative.
- Investigators documented a heavily trashed luxury rental and reported finding syringes, unidentified white pills and two boxes of tianeptine at or near the property and in his vehicle.
- Friends and associates have publicly alleged Murphy was experimenting with extreme biohacking, including claims he injected liquid gold, but those claims are unverified and authorities say forensic results will be needed to link any substance to his death.
- Murphy had millions of followers on YouTube and Instagram, his friends say they tried to contact family for an intervention the day before his death, and the case has raised questions about influencer culture, mental health, and the safety of fringe biohacking practices.