Michael Jackson's death 'treated as homicide'
Michael Jackson's death 'treated as homicide'
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By Will Haine. |  |
Tuesday, 25, Aug 2009 06:45
By Lewis Bazley.
The death of the late Michael Jackson was caused by lethal levels of powerful anaesthetics, court documents have shown.
A search warrant made public in Houston, Texas, revealed that the singer had a high dosage of the sedative Propofol in his system at the time of his death.
Jackson died aged 50 on June 25th at his Los Angeles home, having suffered a cardiac arrest.
Following rumours surrounding Jackson's intake of prescription medication prior to his death, his personal physician Dr Conrad Murray was interviewed twice by police, though he has not been named as an official suspect.
The Associated Press news agency reported that the court document made public in Houston, a previously sealed search warrant affidavit, stated Dr Murray told police he had administered several sedatives to Jackson while working for the Thriller star, including Propofol.
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, citing an unnamed police source, the LA county coroner had ruled Jackson's death as a homicide.
The coroner had "reviewed the preliminary toxicology results and his preliminary assessment of Jackson's cause of death was due to lethal levels of propofol", the published affidavit stated, it emerged today.
However, the LA county coroner's office has refused to comment on the report and has not published its findings on the case.
"We have not released any information on the Jackson case," commented Captain John Kades. "We do not know where this information is coming from."
In a video released earlier this month - his only public statement since the death of the self-styled King of Pop - Dr Murray said he had told the truth and "the truth will prevail".