When I Was Young

Even after his death, much remains to be settled for Michael Jackson.

1. His estates: Battle looms over Michael Jackson estate
2. His autopsy report: Jackson autopsy reports released next week: coroner
   
3. And still looking for clues to what caused his death: Police search Vegas home of Jackson doctor
   

When the clouds settle, what will we see?

And if this is true, what is the underlying reason? Conspiracy with the business benefactors?

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Doc regularly drugged singer to sleep: Official

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's personal doctor gave him a powerful anaesthetic through an intravenous drip to help him sleep, and the authorities believe the drug caused the pop singer's death, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

The official said Jackson regularly received the anaesthetic propofol - commonly known by the brand name Diprivan - and relied on it like an alarm clock.

A doctor would administer it when Jackson went to sleep, then stop the IV drip when the singer wanted to wake up.

Michael Jackson's physician Dr Conrad Murray

On June 25, the day Jackson died, Dr Conrad Murray (picture) gave him the drug through an IV sometime after midnight, the official said. Dr Murray later tried to revive the singer when he was found unconscious in his bedroom.

However, according to the doctor's lawyer, Mr Edward Chernoff, Dr Murray "didn't prescribe or administer anything that should have killed Michael Jackson".

When asked about the law enforcement official's statements he said: "We will not be commenting on rumours, innuendo or unnamed sources."

Toxicology reports are still pending, but investigators are working under the theory that propofol caused Jackson's heart to stop, the official said.

Jackson is believed to have been using the drug for about two years, and investigators are trying to determine how many other doctors administered it, the official added.

Using propofol to sleep exceeds the drug's intended purpose. The drug can depress breathing and lower heart rates and blood pressure. Because of the risks, propofol is supposed to be administered only in medical settings by trained personnel.

Dr Murray, 51, has been identified in court papers as the subject of a manslaughter investigation, and authorities last week raided his office and a storage unit in Houston.

The police say Dr Murray is cooperating and have not labelled him a suspect.

Dr Murray became Jackson's personal physician in May and was to accompany him to London for a series of concerts starting in July.

Meanwhile, the official also provided a glimpse into how the pop star was living in the weeks before he died, describing the room in which Jackson slept in his rented Beverly Hills mansion as outfitted with oxygen tanks and an IV drip.

Another of his bedrooms was in shambles, with clothes and other items strewn about and handwritten notes stuck on the walls. One read: "Children are sweet and innocent".

Police also found propofol and other drugs in the home. AP

From TODAY, World – Wednesday, 29-Jul-2009

Just like the others, I am speechless about this news story…

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Woman who ate newborn's brain, innards charged

SAN ANTONIO - The scene was so gruesome investigators could barely speak: A three-week-old boy lay dismembered in the bedroom of a single-storey house, three of his tiny toes chewed off, his face torn away, his head severed and his brains ripped out.

"At this particular scene you could have heard a pin drop," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said on Monday. "No one was speaking. It was about as sombre as it could have been."

Officers called to the home early on Sunday found the boy's mother Otty Sanchez sitting on the couch with a self-inflicted wound to her chest and her throat partially slashed, screaming "I killed my baby! I killed my baby!" police said.

She told the officers that the devil made her do it.

Sanchez, 33, apparently ate the child's brain and some other body parts before stabbing herself, Mr McManus said. "It's too heinous for me to describe it any further," he added.

Sanchez is charged with capital murder in the death of her son, Scott Wesley Buccholtz-Sanchez (picture). She was treated on Monday at a hospital, and is being held on US$1 million ($1.4 million) bail.

The slaying occurred a week after the child's father moved out, Mr McManus said. Sanchez's sister and her sister's two children, aged 5 and 7, were in the house, but were not harmed.

The police said Sanchez did not have an attorney, and they declined to identify family members.

No one answered the door on Monday at Sanchez's home, where the blinds were shut.

Neighbour Luis Yanez said everyone on the street was appalled by the news. "Why would you do that to your baby? It brings chills to you. They can't defend themselves," he said.

Sanchez's aunt, Gloria Sanchez, said her niece had been "in and out" of a psychiatric ward but did not say where she was treated or why. She said a hospital called several months ago to check up on her.

"Otty didn't mean to do that. She was not in her right mind," said Ms Gloria.

Investigators are looking into Sanchez's mental health history to see if there was anything "significant", and whether postnatal difficulties could have contributed to the attack, McManus said.

Post-natal depression and psychosis have been cited as contributing factors in several other cases in Texas in recent years in which mothers killed their children.

Andrea Yates drowned her five children in her Houston-area home in 2001, saying she believed Satan was inside her and trying to save them from hell. Her attorneys said she had been suffering from severe post-natal psychosis, and the jury found Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006. AP

From TODAY, World – Wednesday, 29-Jul-2009

Just like an inquisition, Michael Jackson family members are looking at angles more than one on his death. Could it be manslaughter? Read that news story here.

I was almost joking on this, but could it be true? Finally Michael Jackson is a real 'thriller'… but only in the movies.

A movie made from his footages? Read that news story here.