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Family Member Tipped Off Cops to Jackson Drugs

Cops suspected murder early on, warrant shows

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 28, 2009 1:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Police searched Michael Jackson’s rented mansion in Bel Air the day after he died when a family member told them they’d found what looked like heroin there, AP reports. Tests found that the substance was not heroin, but investigators discovered other drugs in Jackson’s home: pot, generic Valium and other sedatives.

The newly released warrant lists the probable crime as homicide, indicating that police suspected foul play in Jackson’s death much earlier than previously reported. A warrant was also issued for the car of Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who has since become the focus of a manslaughter investigation. Detectives spoke to Murray after Jackson's death, but he was curt and left the hospital shortly after, though detectives asked him not to.

Pallbearers carry a casket holding Michael Jackson's body into a memorial for the pop star at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Pallbearers carry a casket holding Michael Jackson's body into a memorial for the pop star at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/courtesy of The Jackson Family, Harrison Funk)
Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray.
Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray.   (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, File)
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twix
Aug 28, 2009 7:40 AM CDT
If Michael Jackson had any idea that the non-stop coverage of his death / life was about to drive most people I know within an inch of never being able to his music ever again, well I'm sure he'd be spinning in that there grave of his
Kookey90
Aug 28, 2009 6:53 AM CDT
I knew it, I knew it! I bet it was Tito who squealed to the cops. I never did like that guy.
Spudsy
Aug 28, 2009 5:00 AM CDT
Maybe they will bury him with a young boy. That is how he liked to rest according to his interview with Martin Bashir.

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