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Jackson's Physician ID'd as Target of Investigation

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2009 5:36 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Court records filed today identify Michael Jackson's personal physician as the target of a manslaughter investigation into the singer's death, the Los Angeles Times reports. The development isn't exactly a shocker, given that authorities executed a search warrant yesterday at an office and public storage unit owned by the physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. He was at Jackson's home when the singer went into cardiac arrest.

The warrant filed today said authorities were looking for “items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offense," the Times notes. Among the items seized from Murray's office were vials of a prescription appetite suppressant and a muscle relaxant. Cops apparently found no trace of the anesthetic propofol, large amounts of which were removed from Jackson's home.

A Houston narcotics officer leaves Dr. Conrad Murray's during a search July 22.
A Houston narcotics officer leaves Dr. Conrad Murray's during a search July 22.   (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Michael Jackson in 2007.
Michael Jackson in 2007.   (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, file)
Dr. Conrad Murray in 2006.
Dr. Conrad Murray in 2006.   (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, File)
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Kookey90
Jul 24, 2009 4:07 AM CDT
I just wish they'd be posting a more current picture of the doctor aside from the one in which he's smiling. I can only assume that with the ongoing investigation against him that he is no longer smiling that milliion dollar smile.
Shannonals
Jul 24, 2009 1:34 AM CDT
You have to excuse Jayster999, he has a bit of a problem with race relations. This case has nothing to do whatseover with the race of the Doctor, although it would give Jay a chance to sprout and rant about how minorities are being cuddled.
ezrider
Jul 23, 2009 11:33 AM CDT
don't you think it's about time we throw that race crutch away, they are not inveatigating this guy because he is black,why was he so hard to find later on

 
physician • singer • Michael Jackson • icons • Conrad Murray • Los Angeles Police Department

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