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Jul 23, 2009 9:00 pm US/Pacific Jackson's Doctor Target Of Manslaughter Probe
Warrant Reveals Police Eying Dr. Conrad Murray In Pop Singer's June 25 DeathLOS ANGELES (CBS) ―


Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, is the target of a manslaughter probe, according to court documents. This comes a day after agents seized items from the physician's Houston clinic and a rented storage unit.

Murray was with Jackson on June 25 in his final moments at the singer's rented mansion in Los Angeles and accompanied him to the hospital. He has cooperated with investigators and the search was the clearest indication that authorities are looking for signs of possible wrongdoing.


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A search warrant approved by a Houston judge allowed authorities to seek "property or items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offense."

Murray, 51, was with Jackson when he died and has been a central character in the investigation from the outset. The surprise search of his clinic Wednesday indicated authorities were focusing on him, but the warrant language made it clear he's the target.

Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Bruce Borihanh said he could confirm a search warrant was served but had no other comment. LAPD investigators have interviewed Murray twice but haven't labeled him a suspect.

Murray's lawyer, Edward Chernoff, referred queries Thursday to the statement he made a day earlier in which he confirmed a search warrant had been executed and that none of the items seized had previously been requested by authorities.

The documents filed Thursday detailed items taken when federal drug agents and Los Angeles police descended on Murray's clinic. Among them: 27 tablets of the weight loss drug phentermine, a tablet of the muscle relaxant clonazepam, a forensic image of a hard drive, rolodex business cards and e-mails.

The Jackson family has not made any public statements since the search warrant was executed.

Murray, a cardiologist, is licensed to practice in California, Texas and Nevada, and records show he has had no disciplinary actions taken against him.

He was hired as Jackson's personal physician not long before he died. He was in Jackson's rented Los Angeles mansion when the pop star was found unconscious the morning of June 25 and tried unsuccessfully to revive him.

An official determination of what killed Jackson won't be made until at least next week, when the Los Angeles County coroner expects to have a completed toxicology report.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Thursday he had sought information from "seven or eight" doctors and Murray is the only one he has yet to talk to.

Winter said Chernoff had offered to speak with the coroner Friday but without Murray present.

"We don't want to talk to the attorney, we want to talk to" Murray, Winter said.

Chernoff issued a brief statement in response, saying Winter had not made any requests to interview his client.

Jackson had a long history of prescription drug use and unraveling his complicated medical history is a daunting task for investigators, who have said little publicly about what they have found so far.

Propofol, a powerful anesthetic, has emerged as an important part of the investigation. Doses of it were found in Jackson's mansion, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation who is not authorized to speak publicly.

Propofol was not among the items seized under the search warrant, which was approved Monday by Harris County District Court Judge Shawna L. Reagin. The warrant was under seal when it was executed Wednesday; its contents were revealed Thursday when a list of items seized was filed with the court.

A second search warrant, also executed Wednesday, targeted a storage locker Murray rented about five miles from the north Houston clinic. Los Angeles police officers and agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration searched the 10-by-15 foot unit, said Sue Lyon, general manager of West 18th Street Self Storage.

Lyon said she didn't know what was taken, though she did notice authorities gave two itemized sheets of paper to Murray's attorneys who were present.

"It was basically all secretive, and nobody put their nose in nobody's business," Lyon said.

Murray rented the unit April 1, according to Lyon, and while he never visited it personally, others from his clinic did six times ? the last time the morning of Jackson's death.

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Blackamooka

That guy did Michael Jackson a favor. He gets to die a legend. If he had died at 80 he would have been a 1 day story at best.

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papill0n

I hope they throw the book at him. He was nothing more than a legal drug dealer exploiting someones addiction for huge cash.

Rangermoore

Right On!! He won't be safe anywhere...someone will get him...

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Darkland

Hmmmmm... Am I misreading something here? Because the thread title clearly states Conrad Murry Killed MJ but the article and every other one never mentions anything like that.

As a matter of fact the article says:
"Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Bruce Borihanh said he could confirm a search warrant was served but had no other comment. LAPD investigators have interviewed Murray twice but haven't labeled him a suspect."

Whether they find anything or try him in court, until that jury comes back with a verdict of guilty he is presumed innocent. I have yet to see anything anywhere that says he is guilty of anything.

I for one, will wait to see what happens before passing an opinion. But I guess you think we should just bypass the court room and convict everyone that has a search warrant against him or is a potential suspect in a crime. Who needs "innocent until proven guilty" anyways. Right?

Don't let your assumptions lead you down the wrong path. I have read plenty of stories of people who were NOT guilty and still went through the same things this guy is.

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Fletch XXX

this is funny.

So because Michael jackson was a drug addict, you blame the dealer.

the mob mentality grows, and just think, last year everyone wanted MJ dead becuse he was a PEDO! remember?

LOLZ

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fatfoo

Sucks for Michael Jackson.

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lazycash

Post proof or be banned.

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TheAmericanCannibal

this Dr. will go to jail while OJ and Robert Blake got off

Rangermoore

But he's a good doctor...yea right...
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Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Dr. Conrad Murray was not in Michael Jackson's room when his heart stopped.

As we first reported, authorities believe Jackson died from an overdose of the powerful anesthesia Propofol. Sources say the LAPD believes Dr. Murray may have administered it.

This raises an even bigger question. Dr. Murray called 911 at 12:21 PM. He says he discovered Jackson in distress a half hour before. But why, then, did Dr. Murray's employees make a sudden trip to the Dr.'s storage facility in Houston at 9:22 AM Los Angeles time? Could Jackson have been lifeless hours before the 911 call?

We're told by the storage facility manager the women who picked up 3 to 5 boxes became nervous when the manager began questioning them about why they were there.
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Dr. Conrad Murray is now officially the target of a manslaughter investigation into the death of Michael Jackson.

A search warrant authorizing seizure of documents at a storage locker in Houston says law enforcement was hunting for "items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offense."

The person who runs the facility says people from Murray's office visited the storage locker six times -- the last time the morning of Jackson's death.

We've been reporting for several weeks ... the LAPD has been treating Michael Jackson's death as a homicide and Dr. Murray was the focus of the investigation for possibly fueling the singer with a lethal dose of the powerful anesthesia Propofol.
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AND here is the link.. http://www.tmz.com/

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This thread makes my elbow itch.

Darkland

No where in my post did I say he was a good doctor, nor did I say he wasn't a person of interest. I merely stated guilt is not decided until the jury reads the verdict.

And if you are going to try to back something try doing it from a real news source, not a internet celebrity gossip rag. Oh and their law enforcement source? Gimme a break. I think I will reserve my opinion based on an official press announcement when they make it. But even if you had, none of my statements are incorrect nor what I quoted as it pertained to the article I was commenting on in this thread.

Even if he DOES or IS a suspect he is innocent until proven guilty.

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RRACY

Some here are taking this more serious than my original intentions. If it wasn't this doc it would've been another giving mj lethal drugs.

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