It won't end so soon.
Doctor administered drugs too potent…
Doctor left Jackson after sedating him…
And so on, and so forth…
If you are following the news on Michael Jackson's continuing investigation on the cause of his death, see the latest news here:
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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
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Updated 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
Story Highlights
From left: Prince Michael Jackson II, Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson and Michael Joseph Jackson Jr.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Los Angeles judge granted temporary guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children to Jackson's mother, a court official said.
Judge Mitchell Beckloff issued the order Monday morning, soon after Katherine Jackson filed a petition in Los Angeles Probate Court seeking legal guardianship of the children.
The family also filed a petition asking that Katherine Jackson be named administrator of Michael Jackson's estate and that the children be named his sole beneficiaries.
The filing did not estimate Jackson's estate.
"Given the nature and extent of the descendant's assets, it would be difficult if not impossible to quantify their value at this time, so the calculation of bond would be speculative at best," the petition said.
The guardianship petition said the grandmother should be named guardian because "the minors have no relationship with their biological mother" and they are "currently residing with paternal grandmother."
"They have a long established relationship with paternal grandmother and are comfortable in their care," the petition said.
The two oldest children -- Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., 12, and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, 11 -- were born to Debbie Rowe, who was briefly married to the singer.
Rowe gave up parental rights to Jackson in 2001, but she changed her mind more than two years later and sought temporary custody of the children. A California appeals court later ruled her rights were improperly terminated, opening the door to a possible custody battle.
There has been no public indication that Rowe is planning to challenge the grandparents for custody of the two children.
The mother of the third child, 7-year-old Prince Michael Jackson II, was never publicly identified. The guardianship petition listed the mother as "none."
Jackson died Thursday afternoon. An autopsy was performed on the entertainer Friday.
Toxicology reports from his body will disprove rumors that the singer's personal physician injected him with powerful painkillers, the attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray said Monday.
"Dr. Murray never prescribed Demerol, never administered Demerol, never saw him -- Michael Jackson -- take Demerol," attorney Edward Chernoff told CNN's "American Morning."
"And that goes as well for OxyContin. I think those are just rumors. When toxicology comes back ... that's going to be all cleared up," Chernoff said.
Murray met voluntarily for several hours with detectives over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department said late Saturday.
"We've let them know we're available to them any time they need us, any questions they have," Chernoff said. "We have told them that the medical examiner is free to call us. We'll be available to them. If they have any questions once toxicology comes out. I expect they will have some questions, and we'll be ready to answer them."
Murray found Jackson not breathing in bed when he entered the 50-year-old singer's estate on Thursday, Chernoff said. Jackson did have a slight pulse when Murray found him and tried to resuscitate the singer as he awaited paramedics, a representative with Chernoff's Houston, Texas, law firm said Sunday.
Jackson was rushed to a Los Angeles medical center, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy performed by a county medical examiner was inconclusive, although officials said there were no indications of external trauma or foul play. The Los Angeles County coroner's office has said toxicology results are needed before a cause of death can be determined. That could take four to six weeks.
Detectives impounded Murray's car, which was parked at the singer's rented home. Authorities said the vehicle may contain evidence related to Jackson's death, possibly prescription medications. Police have released no information on what they may have found.
Chernoff said there was nothing in Jackson's medical history that Murray was aware of "that would lead him to believe he would go into sudden cardiac arrest or respiratory failure."
"There was no red flag available to Dr. Murray, which led him to believe he would have died the way he did," Chernoff said. "It's still a mystery how he died to Dr. Murray.
"It was Dr. Murray ... as you know, that requested that the family ask for an autopsy, because he needed to know as well as his physician what caused Michael Jackson to stop breathing."
From CNN.com; see the source article here.
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updated 3 hours, 57 minutes ago STORY HIGHLIGHTS Pilot Craig Lenell is shown with daughter Jennifer Lenell-Small, a former Continental employee. (CNN) -- The pilot of Continental Flight 61 died Thursday as the plane flew from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey, the Federal Aviation Administration and Continental Airlines said. The 60-year-old Newark-based pilot died of "apparently of natural causes" about halfway through the flight, the airline said. He had 32 years of service with Continental, it said. The pilot's family identified him to CNN as Craig Lenell. The airline said the crew on the flight included an additional relief pilot who took the place of the deceased man, and "the flight continued safely with two pilots at the controls." The Boeing 777 landed safely at Newark International Airport at 11:49 a.m. ET Thursday, the airline said. No further details were given. Continental did not release the pilot's name. Asked whether the plane's 247 passengers had been told of the situation, a Continental spokesman said only that the plane had arrived safely. Passengers told CNN that they were not informed, and that the only indication of a problem was that an announcement for a doctor was made during the flight. "I haven't heard anything," passenger Chris Balchuas, from Houston, Texas, told reporters after the flight. "They just said there was a medical emergency and were there any doctors aboard." Another passenger, Dr. Julien Struyzen, said he responded to the request for a doctor and pronounced the pilot dead. "He was clinically dead when I came in," Struyzen said. Flight personnel asked him if anything was possible, and he said "it was not." He did not give additional details. Struyzen said all flight personnel were "very professional." Balchuas, after being told what had happened, said, "Oh, that's scary. I didn't know anything about that." He said nothing was unusual about the flight, just that about "four or five fire trucks and a whole bunch of medical emergency teams" met the plane when it landed. Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the New York and New Jersey Port Authority, said the FAA told Newark airport officials to have emergency crews standing by for the landing. The plane landed without any problem, he said, and a medical examiner met the plane to help handle the situation. From CNN.com; see the source article here.
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