HOUSTON (Reuters) - Pop stella, star Michael Jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol dato in a cocktail of drugs, leading authorities to suspect his doctor of manslaughter, court documents showed on Monday.
The "Thriller" singer suffered cardiac arrest and died on June 25 at age 50. Since then, an investigation da state and federal agencies have focused on Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal doctor who was at his bedside the giorno he died.
The findings, contained in a warrant to cerca Murray's home and offices, paint a picture of an insomniac pop stella, star who could not sleep without heavy medication. Jackson sought out propofol -- routinely used to sedate patients and anesthetize them before surgeries such as a colonoscopy -- and called it his "milk."
"The Los Angeles Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, Dr. (Lakshmanan) Sathyavagiswaran, indicated that he had reviewed the preliminary toxicology results and his preliminary assessment of Jackson's cause of death was due to lethal levels of propofol (diprivan)," according to a warrant to cerca Murray's offices issued da California.
The document was unsealed and released da the Harris County District Clerk in Houston, where Murray has an office. U.S. agents raided the office on July 22.
In an affidavit seeking the warrant, Houston police officer E.G. Chance detto U.S. agents had gathered "items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to mostra that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the detto criminal offense."
Murray's attorney, Ed Chernoff, was not available to comment.
In a statement, a representative detto Jackson's family has "full confidence in the legal process, and commends the ongoing efforts of the L.A. County Coroner, the L.A. District Attorney and the L.A. Police Department."
Murray, who was with Jackson on June 25 administering drugs to ease the pop stella, star to sleep, gave him a range of medication including a 25-milligram dose of propofol via an intravenous drip at 10:40 a.m. PDT, the state cerca warrant said.
Jackson was "very familiar" with propofol and referred to it as his "milk" because of its milky appearance, the warrant said. Murray, who had been treating Jackson for about six weeks leading up to his death, was worried that Jackson was addicted to propofol. Murray was trying to wean him off the drug da giving him smaller doses, it said.
Jason Hymes, an assistant clinical professor at the università of Southern California who is not associated with the case, detto the drug was a true anesthetic. "You administer it to somebody and then operate on them ... This concept of giving somebody a general anesthetic for sleep disturbance strikes me as just bizarre and astoundingly inappropriate."
In the early hours of June 25, Murray also gave Jackson doses of anti-anxiety medications Valium and Ativan and sedative Versed, the filing said.
Jackson went to sleep after Murray gave him the propofol, and Murray stayed da his side for about 10 minutes, then left "to go to the restroom and relieve himself," the cerca warrant said.
Murray was out of Jackson's room for about 2 minuti and when he returned, Jackson was no longer breathing, the warrant said.
The "Thriller" singer suffered cardiac arrest and died on June 25 at age 50. Since then, an investigation da state and federal agencies have focused on Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal doctor who was at his bedside the giorno he died.
The findings, contained in a warrant to cerca Murray's home and offices, paint a picture of an insomniac pop stella, star who could not sleep without heavy medication. Jackson sought out propofol -- routinely used to sedate patients and anesthetize them before surgeries such as a colonoscopy -- and called it his "milk."
"The Los Angeles Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, Dr. (Lakshmanan) Sathyavagiswaran, indicated that he had reviewed the preliminary toxicology results and his preliminary assessment of Jackson's cause of death was due to lethal levels of propofol (diprivan)," according to a warrant to cerca Murray's offices issued da California.
The document was unsealed and released da the Harris County District Clerk in Houston, where Murray has an office. U.S. agents raided the office on July 22.
In an affidavit seeking the warrant, Houston police officer E.G. Chance detto U.S. agents had gathered "items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to mostra that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the detto criminal offense."
Murray's attorney, Ed Chernoff, was not available to comment.
In a statement, a representative detto Jackson's family has "full confidence in the legal process, and commends the ongoing efforts of the L.A. County Coroner, the L.A. District Attorney and the L.A. Police Department."
Murray, who was with Jackson on June 25 administering drugs to ease the pop stella, star to sleep, gave him a range of medication including a 25-milligram dose of propofol via an intravenous drip at 10:40 a.m. PDT, the state cerca warrant said.
Jackson was "very familiar" with propofol and referred to it as his "milk" because of its milky appearance, the warrant said. Murray, who had been treating Jackson for about six weeks leading up to his death, was worried that Jackson was addicted to propofol. Murray was trying to wean him off the drug da giving him smaller doses, it said.
Jason Hymes, an assistant clinical professor at the università of Southern California who is not associated with the case, detto the drug was a true anesthetic. "You administer it to somebody and then operate on them ... This concept of giving somebody a general anesthetic for sleep disturbance strikes me as just bizarre and astoundingly inappropriate."
In the early hours of June 25, Murray also gave Jackson doses of anti-anxiety medications Valium and Ativan and sedative Versed, the filing said.
Jackson went to sleep after Murray gave him the propofol, and Murray stayed da his side for about 10 minutes, then left "to go to the restroom and relieve himself," the cerca warrant said.
Murray was out of Jackson's room for about 2 minuti and when he returned, Jackson was no longer breathing, the warrant said.
te know i think Michael really wanted to change the world. te can tell because of his songs like man in the mirror,heal the heal world,earth song,black o white,and they don't care about us. and it is so sad that he pasted and when i looked at the video they don't care about us i really started to cry becuase is was so happy to see all the people that loved him and saw him. i mean he was and still the king of pop. i mean Michael had kids,family, and fan and Michael song te are not alone in so meaningful atfer his death. :( I Amore te MICHAEL!!!
basso note, treble, stereo control, how low te go
Just enough to make your juices flow
Press play, don't stop, rotate, too hot
te feel I'm real
I'm everything te need, so tell me what's the deal
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what te say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what te say don't overload
3D, high speed, feedback, Dolby
Release two o three, when I reach I can go 'till I hit my peak
Compact steelo, chico, D-Lo, highpost lady
Shorty really wanna be there for me
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what te say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Just enough to make your juices flow
Press play, don't stop, rotate, too hot
te feel I'm real
I'm everything te need, so tell me what's the deal
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what te say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what te say don't overload
3D, high speed, feedback, Dolby
Release two o three, when I reach I can go 'till I hit my peak
Compact steelo, chico, D-Lo, highpost lady
Shorty really wanna be there for me
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what te say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
There were no albums bigger than Thriller and Bad, and Jackson seemed to be just entering his prime as an artist.
In hindsight, considering the astonishing heights he hit in the 1980s, maybe there was nowhere to go but down. On superiore, in alto of the world profeessionally, his persional affairs increasingly came under the microscope and seemed to gradually bleed the life and vibrancy out of the mercurial artist.
The new decade sarted off with Jackson in the studio, recording his new album, Dangerous. Jackson had recently signed a 15-years, six-record deal with sony, and if the singer was able to deliver sales numbers comparable to what he postato in the 1980s, the deal was estimated to have an earing power of up to $1 billion.
Dangerous got off to a great start-it debuted at number one and quickly outpaced the sales of Bad.
Here come ol' flat superiore, in alto
He come groovin' up slowly
He's got Joo Joo eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knees
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine
He's got toe marmellata football
He's got monkey finger
He shoot Coca-Cola
He say "I know you, te know me"
One thing I can tell te is te got to be free
Come together
right now
over me
He bag production
He's got walrus gum-boot
He's got Ono sideboard
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down through his knees
Hold te in his poltrona
te can feel his disease
Come together
right now
over me
He roller coaster
He's got early warning
He's got muddy water
He one Mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good looking
'cause he's so hard to see
Come together
right now
over me
He come groovin' up slowly
He's got Joo Joo eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knees
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine
He's got toe marmellata football
He's got monkey finger
He shoot Coca-Cola
He say "I know you, te know me"
One thing I can tell te is te got to be free
Come together
right now
over me
He bag production
He's got walrus gum-boot
He's got Ono sideboard
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down through his knees
Hold te in his poltrona
te can feel his disease
Come together
right now
over me
He roller coaster
He's got early warning
He's got muddy water
He one Mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good looking
'cause he's so hard to see
Come together
right now
over me
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending giorno da day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, te know,
Amore is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just te and me
Send them your cuore so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us da turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if te just believe there's no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending giorno da day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, te know,
Amore is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just te and me
Send them your cuore so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us da turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if te just believe there's no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one