Report: Coroner Rules Jackson's Death a Homicide

[Clara Oswald]

Today 1:49 PM PDT by Josh Grossberg

The cause of Michael Jackson's death? Homicide.

According to a published report citing a law enforcement official close to the case, the popster died as the result of criminal wrongdoing, making it likelier than ever that his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray,, will now face involuntary manslaughter charges.

Meanwhile a search warrant reveals Jackson had lethal levels of propofol in his system when he died, according to a search warrant affidavit unsealed today in Houston, which quoted Los Angeles County coroner's officials saying as much during their six-week investigation of the popster's death.

"Toxicology analysis shows Michael Jackson had lethal levels of propofol in his blood," read the court document obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

Per the affidavit, Murray told the LAPD he'd been treating the 50-year-old singer for insomnia for six weeks and giving him 50 milligrams of the powerful anesthetic intravenously every night.

The doctor not only acknowledged that he obtained and administered propofol on June 25, the morning Jackson died, but he also admitted to leaving the King of Pop under the influence of the drug while he left the room to tend to other business.

The plot thickens.

According to Murray's account, Jackson was having trouble sleeping the night of June 24. Noticing that the Moonwalker was forming what he believed was an addiction, the doctor claimed he had been trying to ween him off propofol for some time with little success and, as a result, initially withheld the drug traditionally used only in hospitals and monitored by an anesthesiologist.

Instead, he gave Jackson the milder sedative Valium at 1:30 a.m.. With Jackson still awake, he next tried giving him a shot of lorazepam at 2 a.m. followed by midazolam. When those failed to have any effect, Murray said he then decided to give him 25 milligrams of propofol, which induced sleep right away.

But perhaps the affidavit's biggest bombshell, the cardiologist admitted to detectives that he left Jackson alone to go make phone calls to his Houston office and family members. When he returned, Murray found Jackson had stopped breathing and immediately began performing CPR while one of the entertainer's employees called 911.

Such admissions don't bode well for the doc, who police are considering charging with involuntary manslaughter. However while it's now coming out that MJ had lethal levels of the drug in his body, the LA County Coroner's Office still has not issued an official cause of death.

Autopsy results have been delayed indefinitely.

One thing Murray can breathe a little easier about: investigators have not discovered any evidence that the doc bought propofol under his medical license or that he had obtained it unlawfully, noting that Jackson had apparently been prescribed the medication from several other doctors, two of whom were reportedly based in Germany.

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b140890_report_coroner_rules_jacksons_death.html

 

[Karma]

yeah...Dr.Conrad Murray is gonna GET IT!

every medical professional that was asked about propofol reacted as though you had just asked them to drug their own parent.

it was kind of OBVIOUS that some wrong doing was going on, now this just clarifies it.

 

[Black King]

Wow, i didn't hear about this, the plot thickens

 

[Angels baby101]

You know No offense to the guy at all but i am so sick of hearing about Micheal Jackson....I mean i know alot of people liked him and so forth but i just hate how both he and Farrah died on the same day the news of her death was on for like 5 minutes while all the news on him continues still... everywhere you look MICHEAL JACKSON MICHEAL JACKSON MICHEAL JACKSON... what about other news?

 

[Karma]

You know No offense to the guy at all but i am so sick of hearing about Micheal Jackson....I mean i know alot of people liked him and so forth but i just hate how both he and Farrah died on the same day the news of her death was on for like 5 minutes while all the news on him continues still... everywhere you look MICHEAL JACKSON MICHEAL JACKSON MICHEAL JACKSON... what about other news?

I could understand the shock of it all given that Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson died on the same day, 5 miles & 5 hours apart...i mean what are the odds of two icons passing like that? but what really pissed me off was when people started dismissing Farrah's passing and then in the midst of Michael's blitz...OTHER deaths like Billy Mays got WAY more attention than Farrah's...wtf? ALL death is unfortunate...but an infomercial guy is considered more news worthy on CNN than a popular actress and pop culture icon? THAT pissed me off to no end. That and when Larry King ABANDONNED his planned segment on Farrah Fawcett to cover Michael Jackson. Everyone that has passed since Farrah has gotten more attention than she did IN THE MIDST of the never ending Michael coverage and thats just not right. The woman was NOT obscure or a has been. She deserved better. at least OTHER channels such as E!, TV Land, TV Guide Channel, ABC and others gave her a proper acknowledgement.

and NOW? every five minutes ..no matter what OTHER MAJOR news story is on, CNN, particularly LARRY KING has to find a way to bring Jackson into the news segment, no matter how inane the details are.