Coroner Rules Michael Jackson’s Death A Homicide! (Photos)

Posted on August 24, 2009

The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide, which makes it much more likely that Dr. Conrad Murray will be charged with Jackson’s death. Read more on this story below.

The toxicology reports reveal that Michael Jackson, 50, was killed by being administered lethal levels of the powerful anaesthetic Propofol.

Jason went into cardiac arrest and died on June 25,at his Los Angeles home.

Investigators probing the cause of Jackson’s death have focused on prescription drugs and the doctors that treated Michael, especially Dr. Conrad Murray.

According to the LA chief medical examiner, Dr. Murray told LAPD detectives he had treated Michael Jackson’s insomnia for about six weeks. Dr. Murray had been treating Jackson by giving him 50 milligrams of propofol every night through an IV.

But Murray told detectives he worried Jackson was becoming addicted to the medication and lowered his dosage to 25 milligrams and mixed it with two other sedatives, lorazepam and midazolam.

Two days before Michael Jackson died, Murray gave him those two medications and not the propofol. The sworn affadavit states that on the morning Jackson died, Dr. Conrad Murray was trying to help him sleep without using propofol.

He told detectives that when that didn’t work he injected anti-anxiety drug lorazepam intravenously at 2am, the affidavit says.

Jackson was still awake an hour later, so Murray administered the sedative midazolam, according to the affidavit.

The court records show that Dr. Murray gave Jackson various drugs over the next few hours, before finally giving him 25 milligrams of propofol after the Jackson repeatedly asked for the drug.

Even though Murray told police he gave Jackson propofol, they found no evidence he had bought, ordered or obtained the medication under his medical license or DEA tracking number.

The report says detectives saw about eight bottles of propofol in Jackson’s rented mansion, along with other vials and pills prescribed to Jackson by Murray and two other doctors, including Dr Arnold Klein.

Other drugs discovered in the police search included Valium, Tamsulosin, Lorazepam, Temazepam, Clonazepam, Trazodone and Tizanidine.

Today the following statement was released following toxicology tests carried out on the late singer.

A search warrant affidavit for Dr Conrad Murray in California states: “The Los Angeles Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, Dr 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).”

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