At the time, the report noted that while Perry had been receiving ketamine infusion therapy to treat depression and anxiety, his last infusion had occurred over a week before he died, meaning the trace amounts of the medication found in his system could not have originated from the therapy.
Morrison was listed as the informant on Perry’s death certificate, meaning he was the person who identified Perry to the authorities.
“It was the news you never want to get, but you think someday you might,” Morrison told Kotb when asked if he was surprised by Perry’s death. “Yes and no, I guess is the answer to that.”
As for where Perry was in his substance abuse struggles at the time of his death, Morrison had been under the impression that his stepson was on the upswing.
“He felt like he was beating it,” Morrison said of Perry’s battle with alcohol and drug addiction. “But you never beat it, and he knew that, too.”
