Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing.
Dr. Conrad Murray appeared in court in a gray suit as Jackson's father Joe, mother Katherine, and siblings LaToya, Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Randy watched from courtroom seats behind prosecutors.
Neither Murray nor the Jacksons showed much emotion as Murray entered his plea through his attorney Ed Chernoff.
"We need justice," Joe Jackson said outside court before leaving with family members in a fleet of Cadillac Escalades.
Earlier, several people shouted "murderer" as Murray walked past a crowd of hundreds of reporters and Jackson fans on his way to a courthouse adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.
Superior Court Judge Keith L. Schwartz set bail at $75,000, three times more than the amount most people face after being charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Prosecutors had been seeking $300,000 bail for Murray, who was taken into custody by deputies but not handcuffed in public. He was expected to be released later in the day.
The judge told Murray he could travel throughout the United States after posting bail but must surrender his passport and not leave the country.
Chernoff said outside court that Murray plans to return to practicing medicine in Nevada and Texas while he awaits trial. The judge ordered him to return to court April 5 for a preliminary hearing.
"He'll be back in Vegas this week, he'll open his medical practice," Chernoff said.
The judge warned Murray he is not to use general anesthesia on anyone while he is free on bail. "I don't want you sedating people," he said.
Deputy state Attorney General Trina Bell also told the judge the state Medical Board is planning to seek the suspension of Murray's medical license. The action would only affect his ability to practice medicine in California.
It appeared authorities were taking extra steps to ensure the arraignment did not become a media circus.
Lines were formed to gain admission to the courtroom, and the Jackson family was escorted in separately and seated before anyone else arrived.
Despite the precautions, the upcoming proceedings promise to be the focus of widespread attention.
Murray is accused of the single felony count in a five-page complaint that said he "did unlawfully, and without malice, kill Michael Joseph Jackson" by acting "without due caution and circumspection."
The complaint contains no details on Jackson's death, but authorities have said the singer died after Murray administered the anesthetic and other drugs. Murray has said he did nothing that should have caused Jackson to die.
If convicted, the doctor could face up to four years in prison.
Source: AP/ MJackson.com
sexta-feira, 26 de fevereiro de 2010
quinta-feira, 10 de dezembro de 2009
Michael Jackson's Doc, Conrad Murray, Happy to Be Back
Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist at the center of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death, spent a relatively routine day back at his Houston clinic where he began seeing patients again Monday.
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Michael Jackson's physician returns to his practice in Texas today.The doctor was welcomed back by his mostly elderly patients in an underserved community of Houston. Miranda Sevick, Murray's attorney's spokeswoman, said Murray saw seven patients.
"He hasn't lost a patient in Houston or Las Vegas," Sevick told ABCNews.com. "He's just thrilled to be back. The greatest joy of his life is working as a doctor. After being in exile and being able to hug his patients and shake their hands, he's never been so rejuvenated. He looks relaxed and happy."
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJackson/michael-jackson-doc-conrad-murray/story?id=9157691
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Michael Jackson's physician returns to his practice in Texas today.The doctor was welcomed back by his mostly elderly patients in an underserved community of Houston. Miranda Sevick, Murray's attorney's spokeswoman, said Murray saw seven patients.
"He hasn't lost a patient in Houston or Las Vegas," Sevick told ABCNews.com. "He's just thrilled to be back. The greatest joy of his life is working as a doctor. After being in exile and being able to hug his patients and shake their hands, he's never been so rejuvenated. He looks relaxed and happy."
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJackson/michael-jackson-doc-conrad-murray/story?id=9157691
Medical board question: Is Jackson doctor threat to patients?
December 04, 2009
Medical board question: Is Jackson doctor threat to patients?
When Dr. Conrad Murray, the Houston cardiologist at the center of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death, resumed seeing patients in Acres Homes last week, the question on many minds was, Should he be able to practice?
After all, Murray faces possible criminal charges — Los Angeles police investigators recently said they won't make a decision on his case until 2010 — for giving the pop singer the powerful anesthetic propofol, which the coroner's report ruled killed him. And even if he escapes prosecution, most doctors expect Murray will lose his license over what one says "goes beyond medical malpractice."
Houston Chronicle
The enduring question: Will Texas Medical Board revoke Conrad Murray's license?
So what's the latest from the Texas Medical Board, which, contrary to the impression you might have got from everyone's favorite gossip site TMZ, has not confirmed it is investigating Murray. State law only allows disciplinary actions to be made public, not investigations.
"Murray, like all Texas doctors, is subject to scrutiny as well as entitled to due process as outlined in the law which the board must follow," TMB President Irvin Zeitler said in a statement. "Developments and final actions in California and Nevada on both a medical board and criminal action basis will be monitored."
Curious whether that meant Texas is letting California and Nevada, the two other states where Murray is licensed, take the lead, hoping to piggyback on their action, we called the board for clarification. Mari Robinson, the board's executive director, said it simply means if another state board were to take a disciplinary action against Murray, that would trigger a TMB investigation (if one is not already under way) and could trigger immediate TMB action. She said that a license revocation by another state would obviously receive greater priority than a fine.
Beyond that, Robinson wasn't tipping her hand about Murray's status in Texas. If officials deemed Murray a threat to his patient, the board could act quickly to convene an emergency hearing at which some sort of limitation could be placed on the doctor's practice, such as suspending his license or requiring he be accompanied by a supervising physician. It would appear Murray is not seen as such a threat, given the lack of such a hearing or rumors of such a plan more than seven months after Jackson's death.
Robinson acknowledged many Houstonians' concerns, but emphasized the board still needs to meet legal standards and that proof a violation occurred can be difficult to obtain.
So what do you think? Murray's admission he gave Jackson propofol in an unmonitored setting enough proof for you? Or do you think a disciplinary body needs to wait until it has all the evidence?
http://blogs.chron.com/medblog/archives/2009/12/public_waits_fo.html
Medical board question: Is Jackson doctor threat to patients?
When Dr. Conrad Murray, the Houston cardiologist at the center of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death, resumed seeing patients in Acres Homes last week, the question on many minds was, Should he be able to practice?
After all, Murray faces possible criminal charges — Los Angeles police investigators recently said they won't make a decision on his case until 2010 — for giving the pop singer the powerful anesthetic propofol, which the coroner's report ruled killed him. And even if he escapes prosecution, most doctors expect Murray will lose his license over what one says "goes beyond medical malpractice."
Houston Chronicle
The enduring question: Will Texas Medical Board revoke Conrad Murray's license?
So what's the latest from the Texas Medical Board, which, contrary to the impression you might have got from everyone's favorite gossip site TMZ, has not confirmed it is investigating Murray. State law only allows disciplinary actions to be made public, not investigations.
"Murray, like all Texas doctors, is subject to scrutiny as well as entitled to due process as outlined in the law which the board must follow," TMB President Irvin Zeitler said in a statement. "Developments and final actions in California and Nevada on both a medical board and criminal action basis will be monitored."
Curious whether that meant Texas is letting California and Nevada, the two other states where Murray is licensed, take the lead, hoping to piggyback on their action, we called the board for clarification. Mari Robinson, the board's executive director, said it simply means if another state board were to take a disciplinary action against Murray, that would trigger a TMB investigation (if one is not already under way) and could trigger immediate TMB action. She said that a license revocation by another state would obviously receive greater priority than a fine.
Beyond that, Robinson wasn't tipping her hand about Murray's status in Texas. If officials deemed Murray a threat to his patient, the board could act quickly to convene an emergency hearing at which some sort of limitation could be placed on the doctor's practice, such as suspending his license or requiring he be accompanied by a supervising physician. It would appear Murray is not seen as such a threat, given the lack of such a hearing or rumors of such a plan more than seven months after Jackson's death.
Robinson acknowledged many Houstonians' concerns, but emphasized the board still needs to meet legal standards and that proof a violation occurred can be difficult to obtain.
So what do you think? Murray's admission he gave Jackson propofol in an unmonitored setting enough proof for you? Or do you think a disciplinary body needs to wait until it has all the evidence?
http://blogs.chron.com/medblog/archives/2009/12/public_waits_fo.html
Jacko 911 Call Delayed For 'Over An Hour'
Michael Jackson's private doctor waited over an hour to call emergency services when he realised the singer was not breathing, according to newly-released documents
Police filed the documents to support their request to search a Las Vegas pharmacy in August.
They provide new insight into what happened on June 25, when the 50-year-old "King of Pop" went into cardiac arrest and died.
They state that Jackson's physician Conrad Murray told authorities he administered the anaesthetic propofol after trying other medications to help Jackson sleep, and after Jackson's "repeated demands" for the drug.
Jackson went into cardiac arrest within 20 minutes of that injection, while Murray had stepped out to use the bathroom, the doctor told authorities a few days after the death.
By Murray's own account to police, he did not call for help until 12:22 pm, more than an hour after he realised Jackson was not breathing.
Telephone records show that Murray used his mobile phone for 47 minutes, with three different callers, from 11:18am to 12:05pm, a period during which the doctor said he was conducting CPR.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Michael-Jackson-Death-Newly-Released-Documents-Show-Conrad-Murray-Waited-Over-An-Hour-To-Call-911/Article/200911315460126?lpos=Showbiz_News_Article_Related_Content_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15460126_Michael_Jackson_Death%3A_Newly-Released_Documents_Show_Conrad_Murray_Waited_Over_An_Hour_To_Call_911
Police filed the documents to support their request to search a Las Vegas pharmacy in August.
They provide new insight into what happened on June 25, when the 50-year-old "King of Pop" went into cardiac arrest and died.
They state that Jackson's physician Conrad Murray told authorities he administered the anaesthetic propofol after trying other medications to help Jackson sleep, and after Jackson's "repeated demands" for the drug.
Jackson went into cardiac arrest within 20 minutes of that injection, while Murray had stepped out to use the bathroom, the doctor told authorities a few days after the death.
By Murray's own account to police, he did not call for help until 12:22 pm, more than an hour after he realised Jackson was not breathing.
Telephone records show that Murray used his mobile phone for 47 minutes, with three different callers, from 11:18am to 12:05pm, a period during which the doctor said he was conducting CPR.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Michael-Jackson-Death-Newly-Released-Documents-Show-Conrad-Murray-Waited-Over-An-Hour-To-Call-911/Article/200911315460126?lpos=Showbiz_News_Article_Related_Content_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15460126_Michael_Jackson_Death%3A_Newly-Released_Documents_Show_Conrad_Murray_Waited_Over_An_Hour_To_Call_911
domingo, 29 de novembro de 2009
Casos Conrad Murray monitorado
Quanto a "doc Jackson retorna à clínica aqui" (Página A1, segunda-feira), algumas pessoas se perguntam por que o Dr. Conrad Murray é livre para praticar a medicina no Texas e pediram ao Texas Medical Board, se ele está atualmente sob investigação. A lei estadual proíbe o Texas Medical Câmara de revelar se um médico está sob investigação, somente a final, as medidas disciplinares tomadas pelo conselho são tornados públicos. Murray, como todos os médicos Texas, está sujeita ao controlo, bem como o direito ao devido processo legal, conforme descrito na lei que o conselho deve seguir. Evolução e ações finais na Califórnia e Nevada, tanto a placa-médica e com a ação penal, será acompanhada, como é prática corrente da placa.
Irvin E. Zeitler Jr., DO, Texas Medical Board presidente "
fonte:http://calimjfan.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-tx-medical-board-president-makes.html
Irvin E. Zeitler Jr., DO, Texas Medical Board presidente "
fonte:http://calimjfan.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-tx-medical-board-president-makes.html
quinta-feira, 26 de novembro de 2009
Cozinheira de Michael Jackson descreve o que aconteceu no dia da morte do astro
O médico falou ao filho mais velho do astro que algo muito grave ocorria.
Quando ambulância saiu, funcionários tiveram de deixar a casa.
O Fantástico ouviu com exclusividade o depoimento da cozinheira de Michael Jackson, Kai Chase, na quinta-feira (27), no apartamento de um amigo dela em Los Angeles. Kai trabalhava na mansão de Michael Jackson desde março.
O silêncio no segundo andar da mansão em Beverly Hills durou muito mais do que o normal no dia da morte do astro.
"Normalmente o doutor Murray deveria descer por volta de 9h e buscar o café da manhã do senhor Michael Jackson. Mas ele não veio", lembra Kai Chase
Ela conta que o vazio daquele 25 de junho só foi quebrado no momento em que o médico Conrad Murray começou a gritar.
A partir do relato da cozinheira, usando fotografias publicadas pela revista “National Enquirer”, a reportagem reconstituiu a planta casa onde Michael Jackson passou as últimas horas de sua vida.
No andar de cima, ficavam o gabinete - com um armário cheio de remédios - e o quarto do cardiologista. Mas a cama do médico não foi desfeita. Conrad Murray passou a madrugada ao lado de Michael, no quarto do artista - que também ficava no segundo andar.
A foto tirada pela polícia mostra a cama desarrumada, horas depois da morte. A faixa de isolamento avisa o que só agora se confirmou: o local foi a cena de um homicídio. Aparece ali também uma camisa aparentemente ensanguentada, que por enquanto, não foi citada nas investigações.
Segundo a cozinheira, já passava de 12h quando o médico correu até escada que levava até a cozinha e desceu apenas alguns degraus.
"Ele chegou gritando 'Corra! Vá buscar o Prince, chame a segurança. Corra!' E foi o que eu fiz, eu larguei minhas facas, larguei tudo o que eu estava fazendo, corri até a sala de estar e chamei o Prince", conta a cozinheira.
Prince estava com a irmã Paris e o irmão mais novo, Prince Michael II, na sala de estar que fica no andar térreo da casa. No mesmo andar, logo ao lado, a cozinha, ornamentada com uma curiosa escultura tatuada.
Kai Chase tinha ordens para nunca subir ao segundo andar e foi por uma fresta da porta que ela presenciou o momento em que Conrad Murray revelou ao filho mais velho de Michael Jackson que algo muito grave estava acontecendo.
"Depois disso, eu vi os paramédicos chegando como um raio, muito apressados. Vi também os seguranças saltando os degraus da escada, quer dizer, pulando mesmo, voando lá para cima", descreve a cozinheira.
A última imagem vista pela cozinheira foi a de uma maca, aos pés da escada principal, esperando pelo corpo de Michael Jackson. Foi quando, segundo ela, o desespero tomou conta de todos.
"Paris começou a gritar: 'Papai, papai'. E começamos todos a chorar. Então nos juntamos, sem saber o que acontecia lá em cima. Fizemos um círculo e começamos a rezar em voz alta. 'Deus, por favor, não deixe que nada aconteça com Michael Jackson'. Pensei que ele tivesse escorregado no banheiro, sei lá, qualquer coisa, mas jamais pensaria em morte", diz.
Por volta de 13h30, quando a ambulância saiu às pressas pelo portão, os seguranças mandaram todos os funcionários deixarem a casa. Até agora ninguém sabe explicar direito o porquê de tanta pressa para esvaziar a mansão.
Mas agora, mais de dois meses depois, os depoimentos da cozinheira e das outras testemunhas que estavam lá dentro se tornaram peças importantes para desvendar o mistério que ainda cerca a morte de Michael Jackson.
Fraqueza e dias alegres
A cozinheira percebeu que Michael Jackson estava fraco nos últimos dias. Mas achou que era só cansaço pela maratona de ensaios. Ela conta que, por várias vezes, viu o doutor Conrad Murray subir e descer as escadas carregando balões de oxigênio. E que a presença do cardiologista tinha se tornado ainda mais frequente nas últimas semanas. Mas faz questão de lembrar que, apesar disso, presenciou dias muito alegres na mansão.
"Mais tarde, quando eu ouvi no rádio que Michael Jackson tinha morrido pensei que fosse mentira. Não podia acreditar. Eu estava lá. Fiquei completamente destruída, não respirava direito e até hoje choro todos os dias", conta Kai Chase.
Réplicas em tamanho real das esculturas de Michelangelo ornamentam os jardins do Cemitério Forest Lawn. É talvez o mais bonito e luxuoso da região de Hollywood. Apesar de ter um nome parecido, não é o mesmo que a família Jackson usou para fazer a cerimônia do dia 7 de julho, quando, por 40 minutos, alguns parentes e amigos puderam ver o caixão.
Mausoléu
O lugar escolhido para guardar o corpo embalsamado de Michael Jackson fica a 9 km de Hollywood, na cidade de Glendale, ao norte de Los Angeles. Se os planos da família não mudarem mais uma vez, se todos os interesses envolvidos nessa despedida permitirem, Michael Jackson será enterrado nesta quinta-feira (3).
Será no grande mausoléu do cemitério de Glendale , com uma cerimônia reservada para poucos amigos onde o corpo de Michael Jackson vai finalmente descansar em paz.
A família Jackson levou mais de dois meses para tomar essa decisão porque estava à procura de um lugar seguro. A parte do mausoléu é vigiada por câmeras fechada e a sete chaves. Só entra quem tiver autorização expressa da família.
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/...ORTE+DO+A.html
Quando ambulância saiu, funcionários tiveram de deixar a casa.
O Fantástico ouviu com exclusividade o depoimento da cozinheira de Michael Jackson, Kai Chase, na quinta-feira (27), no apartamento de um amigo dela em Los Angeles. Kai trabalhava na mansão de Michael Jackson desde março.
O silêncio no segundo andar da mansão em Beverly Hills durou muito mais do que o normal no dia da morte do astro.
"Normalmente o doutor Murray deveria descer por volta de 9h e buscar o café da manhã do senhor Michael Jackson. Mas ele não veio", lembra Kai Chase
Ela conta que o vazio daquele 25 de junho só foi quebrado no momento em que o médico Conrad Murray começou a gritar.
A partir do relato da cozinheira, usando fotografias publicadas pela revista “National Enquirer”, a reportagem reconstituiu a planta casa onde Michael Jackson passou as últimas horas de sua vida.
No andar de cima, ficavam o gabinete - com um armário cheio de remédios - e o quarto do cardiologista. Mas a cama do médico não foi desfeita. Conrad Murray passou a madrugada ao lado de Michael, no quarto do artista - que também ficava no segundo andar.
A foto tirada pela polícia mostra a cama desarrumada, horas depois da morte. A faixa de isolamento avisa o que só agora se confirmou: o local foi a cena de um homicídio. Aparece ali também uma camisa aparentemente ensanguentada, que por enquanto, não foi citada nas investigações.
Segundo a cozinheira, já passava de 12h quando o médico correu até escada que levava até a cozinha e desceu apenas alguns degraus.
"Ele chegou gritando 'Corra! Vá buscar o Prince, chame a segurança. Corra!' E foi o que eu fiz, eu larguei minhas facas, larguei tudo o que eu estava fazendo, corri até a sala de estar e chamei o Prince", conta a cozinheira.
Prince estava com a irmã Paris e o irmão mais novo, Prince Michael II, na sala de estar que fica no andar térreo da casa. No mesmo andar, logo ao lado, a cozinha, ornamentada com uma curiosa escultura tatuada.
Kai Chase tinha ordens para nunca subir ao segundo andar e foi por uma fresta da porta que ela presenciou o momento em que Conrad Murray revelou ao filho mais velho de Michael Jackson que algo muito grave estava acontecendo.
"Depois disso, eu vi os paramédicos chegando como um raio, muito apressados. Vi também os seguranças saltando os degraus da escada, quer dizer, pulando mesmo, voando lá para cima", descreve a cozinheira.
A última imagem vista pela cozinheira foi a de uma maca, aos pés da escada principal, esperando pelo corpo de Michael Jackson. Foi quando, segundo ela, o desespero tomou conta de todos.
"Paris começou a gritar: 'Papai, papai'. E começamos todos a chorar. Então nos juntamos, sem saber o que acontecia lá em cima. Fizemos um círculo e começamos a rezar em voz alta. 'Deus, por favor, não deixe que nada aconteça com Michael Jackson'. Pensei que ele tivesse escorregado no banheiro, sei lá, qualquer coisa, mas jamais pensaria em morte", diz.
Por volta de 13h30, quando a ambulância saiu às pressas pelo portão, os seguranças mandaram todos os funcionários deixarem a casa. Até agora ninguém sabe explicar direito o porquê de tanta pressa para esvaziar a mansão.
Mas agora, mais de dois meses depois, os depoimentos da cozinheira e das outras testemunhas que estavam lá dentro se tornaram peças importantes para desvendar o mistério que ainda cerca a morte de Michael Jackson.
Fraqueza e dias alegres
A cozinheira percebeu que Michael Jackson estava fraco nos últimos dias. Mas achou que era só cansaço pela maratona de ensaios. Ela conta que, por várias vezes, viu o doutor Conrad Murray subir e descer as escadas carregando balões de oxigênio. E que a presença do cardiologista tinha se tornado ainda mais frequente nas últimas semanas. Mas faz questão de lembrar que, apesar disso, presenciou dias muito alegres na mansão.
"Mais tarde, quando eu ouvi no rádio que Michael Jackson tinha morrido pensei que fosse mentira. Não podia acreditar. Eu estava lá. Fiquei completamente destruída, não respirava direito e até hoje choro todos os dias", conta Kai Chase.
Réplicas em tamanho real das esculturas de Michelangelo ornamentam os jardins do Cemitério Forest Lawn. É talvez o mais bonito e luxuoso da região de Hollywood. Apesar de ter um nome parecido, não é o mesmo que a família Jackson usou para fazer a cerimônia do dia 7 de julho, quando, por 40 minutos, alguns parentes e amigos puderam ver o caixão.
Mausoléu
O lugar escolhido para guardar o corpo embalsamado de Michael Jackson fica a 9 km de Hollywood, na cidade de Glendale, ao norte de Los Angeles. Se os planos da família não mudarem mais uma vez, se todos os interesses envolvidos nessa despedida permitirem, Michael Jackson será enterrado nesta quinta-feira (3).
Será no grande mausoléu do cemitério de Glendale , com uma cerimônia reservada para poucos amigos onde o corpo de Michael Jackson vai finalmente descansar em paz.
A família Jackson levou mais de dois meses para tomar essa decisão porque estava à procura de um lugar seguro. A parte do mausoléu é vigiada por câmeras fechada e a sete chaves. Só entra quem tiver autorização expressa da família.
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/...ORTE+DO+A.html
quarta-feira, 25 de novembro de 2009
Jackson doctor 'waited over an hour' before 911 call
LAS VEGAS (AFP) – Michael Jackson's deathbed doctor waited over an hour to call for help when he realized the pop star wasn't breathing, and could not be found for hours afterward, according to a search warrant.
The document, which police filed to support their request to search a Las Vegas pharmacy in August, provide new insight into what went on at his Los Angeles mansion on June 25 when the 50-year-old "King of Pop" went into cardiac arrest and died.
The warrant states that personal physician Conrad Murray of Las Vegas told authorities in interviews days after the death that he administered the powerful anesthetic propofol only after trying many other medications to help Jackson sleep, and after Jackson's "repeated demands/requests" for the drug.
Jackson then went into cardiac arrest within 20 minutes of that injection, while Murray had stepped out for a bathroom break, the doctor told authorities in an interview a few days after the death.
By Murray's own account to police, he did not call for help until 12:22 pm, more than an hour after he realized Jackson wasn't breathing.
Phone records showed Murray on his mobile for 47 minutes with three different callers from 11:18 am to 12:05 pm, a period during which Murray said he was conducting CPR.
"Murray did not mention this to the interviewing detectives," the document stated. Police have not disclosed to whom they believe Murray spoke in those calls.
Police found pill bottles for at least eight different sedatives by Jackson's bed or in his home and, in executing the pharmacy warrant, traced the origin of the propofol to a purchase by Murray at Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas on May 12.
Murray, 56, has not been charged with a crime, but the details in the unsealed documents show authorities were suspicious of his behavior even as they took Jackson to UCLA Medical Center to try to revive him.
Murray was asked to sign the death certificate but vanished from the hospital premises.
"Upon arrival at UCLA Medical Center, neither the coroner's investigators nor detectives could locate Murray to re-interview him," according to the documents, and repeated attempts to contact him were unsuccessful.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/en_af...121033744/print
The document, which police filed to support their request to search a Las Vegas pharmacy in August, provide new insight into what went on at his Los Angeles mansion on June 25 when the 50-year-old "King of Pop" went into cardiac arrest and died.
The warrant states that personal physician Conrad Murray of Las Vegas told authorities in interviews days after the death that he administered the powerful anesthetic propofol only after trying many other medications to help Jackson sleep, and after Jackson's "repeated demands/requests" for the drug.
Jackson then went into cardiac arrest within 20 minutes of that injection, while Murray had stepped out for a bathroom break, the doctor told authorities in an interview a few days after the death.
By Murray's own account to police, he did not call for help until 12:22 pm, more than an hour after he realized Jackson wasn't breathing.
Phone records showed Murray on his mobile for 47 minutes with three different callers from 11:18 am to 12:05 pm, a period during which Murray said he was conducting CPR.
"Murray did not mention this to the interviewing detectives," the document stated. Police have not disclosed to whom they believe Murray spoke in those calls.
Police found pill bottles for at least eight different sedatives by Jackson's bed or in his home and, in executing the pharmacy warrant, traced the origin of the propofol to a purchase by Murray at Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas on May 12.
Murray, 56, has not been charged with a crime, but the details in the unsealed documents show authorities were suspicious of his behavior even as they took Jackson to UCLA Medical Center to try to revive him.
Murray was asked to sign the death certificate but vanished from the hospital premises.
"Upon arrival at UCLA Medical Center, neither the coroner's investigators nor detectives could locate Murray to re-interview him," according to the documents, and repeated attempts to contact him were unsuccessful.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/en_af...121033744/print
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