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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... Read full story »

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