Sullivan Cause of Death Released: Xanax, Cyclobenzaprine, Alcohol — The Combination and the Timing
The Virginia Medical Examiner has ruled Matthew Sullivan’s death an accidental drug overdose — Xanax, cyclobenzaprine (a muscle relaxant), and alcohol. He died on May 12, 2024, approximately two weeks before he was scheduled to be interviewed by Congress about UAP programmes. He was reportedly David Grusch’s close friend and one of the key witnesses underlying Grusch’s Inspector General complaint.
The Medical Finding
According to records obtained by the New York Post, Sullivan died of an accidental overdose from multiple medications: Xanax (benzodiazepine, anti-anxiety), cyclobenzaprine (muscle relaxant), and alcohol. The Northern District Office of the Chief Medical Examiner classified it as accidental. No foul play was alleged by the examiner.
The Timing
Sullivan had been scheduled to be interviewed by lawmakers ‘in the coming weeks’ at the time of his death. Representative Eric Burlison — who sits on the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets — contacted the FBI because of the timing.
He was scheduled to come in for an interview. Within two weeks, he had suspiciously committed suicide.
— Rep. Eric Burlison, Fox News
The Grusch Connection
Sullivan was ‘a very, very close friend of David Grusch’s and one of those key witnesses that Grusch based his inspector general complaint on,’ former national security analyst Marik von Rennenkampff told NewsNation. The IC IG complaint that the ICIG deemed ‘credible and urgent’ — which triggered Congressional notifications — was built in part on what Sullivan knew.
Liberation Times has since confirmed that Sullivan was not merely a witness to the programme but was directly involved in the technology aspects of a legacy UAP programme working on a non-human vehicle. His funeral was attended by Maj. Gen. David Abba — Director of the DOD Special Access Program Central Office — who described him as bearing ‘the burden that a select few in this nation have of truly understanding what’s going on.’
What the Combination Suggests
Xanax combined with cyclobenzaprine and alcohol produces central nervous system depression. The combination is dangerous and can be fatal — but it is also a combination that a person under extreme psychological stress might accumulate from multiple prescriptions. Sullivan had been under the stress of the impending Congressional contact. The question is whether that stress was the product of his own psychology or of external pressure he was experiencing at the time.
The IC IG referred his case to the FBI. The formal designation: ‘urgent and credible.’ That classification applies to his case in death, not merely in testimony.