Researchers in the case of Michael Jackson continue to refine its focus on the medical staff who was with him when he died.
Dr. Conrad Murray has emerged as the central figure in the course of the probe in Jackson June 25 death. And on Tuesday, local police and federal drug agents searched a pharmacy in Las Vegas and discovered evidence of Murray legally acquired a powerful anesthetic in business, according to a police officer who requested anonymity because the probe is ongoing.
Murray told investigators that the anesthetic propofol administered sedatives to Jackson and several in his rented Beverly Hills mansion in the hours before he died, the official told The Associated Press. Propofol is commonly used to make the unconscious patients to medical procedures and is only supposed to be administered by anesthesia professionals in medical centers.
While it is very strong, propofol is not a controlled substance to researchers looking for evidence to support Murray may have been negligent in the administration of a house. A central issue for the detectives on the case is what drugs were in the Jackson system when he died and how those drugs were obtained.
Through a spokesman Tuesday, Murray’s attorney Edward Chernoff said it had no immediate comment.
Murray has spoken with detectives, but has not spoken publicly since Jackson died. Chernoff Murray has said nothing that gave Jackson “must have” killed him, and specifically said that the doctor did not give Jackson the narcotic painkillers OxyContin and Demerol.
The cause of the death of Jackson and details about what was in his system was evident in the final autopsy report prepared by the coroner of Los Angeles in the office.
The office announced on Monday that it has completed its work, but will not divulge the results, while the police investigation is ongoing.
Weeks, authorities served search warrants in Murray’s Las Vegas to your home and business in Las Vegas and Houston, where they seized computer hard drives, medical bills, phone records and other items. The officials also sought evidence relating to the purchase of propofol in the commandments.
Court documents also show investigators are looking into Jackson’s interactions with at least six other doctors.
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