A search warrant unsealed today states that Michael Jackson’s died of a lethal level of propofol, a powerful anesthetic of restricted use in hospitals, when he was in found unresponsive in his home on June 25th in Los Angeles.
A police investigation appears focused on the use of prescription drugs and doctors who treated him, including his personal physician, Conrad Murray. The BBC reports Dr Murray, has been interviewed twice by police, but has not been named as an official suspect.
On the morning of the singer’s death, Murray is reported to have given Jackson a lower dosage of propofol after a number of other drugs had not worked. Murray, faces charges of manslaughter if arrested.
Jackson is to buried on 3 September at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles.