HOUSTON (Reuters) - Pop звезда Michael Jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol дана in a коктейль 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 by state and federal agencies have focused on Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal doctor who was at his bedside the день he died.
The findings, contained in a warrant to Поиск Murray's Главная and offices, paint a picture of an insomniac pop звезда 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 Поиск Murray's offices issued by California.
The document was unsealed and released by 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 сказал(-а) U.S. agents had gathered "items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to Показать that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the сказал(-а) criminal offense."
Murray's attorney, Ed Chernoff, was not available to comment.
In a statement, a representative сказал(-а) 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 звезда 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 Поиск 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 by giving him smaller doses, it said.
Jason Hymes, an assistant clinical professor at the университет of Southern California who is not associated with the case, сказал(-а) 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 by his side for about 10 minutes, then left "to go to the restroom and relieve himself," the Поиск warrant said.
Murray was out of Jackson's room for about 2 минуты 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 by state and federal agencies have focused on Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal doctor who was at his bedside the день he died.
The findings, contained in a warrant to Поиск Murray's Главная and offices, paint a picture of an insomniac pop звезда 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 Поиск Murray's offices issued by California.
The document was unsealed and released by 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 сказал(-а) U.S. agents had gathered "items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to Показать that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the сказал(-а) criminal offense."
Murray's attorney, Ed Chernoff, was not available to comment.
In a statement, a representative сказал(-а) 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 звезда 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 Поиск 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 by giving him smaller doses, it said.
Jason Hymes, an assistant clinical professor at the университет of Southern California who is not associated with the case, сказал(-а) 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 by his side for about 10 minutes, then left "to go to the restroom and relieve himself," the Поиск warrant said.
Murray was out of Jackson's room for about 2 минуты and when he returned, Jackson was no longer breathing, the warrant said.
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Then happy came one день
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Till Ты came in
My life began when happy smiled
Sweet like Конфеты to a child
Stay here and Любовь me just a while
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be there where sadness was
(Till now)
Where have I been
What lifetime was I in
Suspended between time and Космос
Lonely until happy came smiling up at me
Sadness had no choice but to flee
I сказал(-а) a prayer so silently
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be where sadness was
Till now
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Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
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Chorus
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Chorus x 3
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To keep me wondering why, when all I can do is sigh
I just wanna touch Ты
Chorus
I just wanna touch and Kiss
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Chorus x 3