On the morning Jackson died, Murray tried to induce sleep without using propofol, according to the affidavit. He said he gave Jackson valium at 1:30 a.m. When that didn't work, he said, he injected lorazepam intravenously at 2 a.m. At 3 a.m., when Jackson was still awake, Murray administered midazolam.
But Murray told detectives that he feared Jackson was forming an addiction and began trying to wean the pop star off the drugs. He lowered the dosage to 25 milligrams and mixed it with two other sedatives, lorazepam and midazolam. On June 23, two days before Jackson's death, he administered those two medications and withheld the propofol.
According to the search warrant, Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, told detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks. He had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night using an intravenous line, according to the court records.
Over the next few hours, Murray said he gave Jackson various drugs. Then at 10:40 a.m., Murray administered 25 milligrams of propofol after Jackson repeatedly demanded the drug, according to the court records.
[Updated at 12:45 p.m.: Although Murray acknowledged to police that he administered propofol, authorities said they could find no evidence that he had purchased, ordered or obtained the medication under his medical license or Drug Enforcement Administration tracking number. However, police detectives saw about eight bottles of propofol in the house along with other vials and pills that had been prescribed to Jackson by Dr. Murray, Dr. Arnold Klein and Dr. Allan Metzger.
Other drugs that were confiscated in the search included valium, tamsulosin, lorazepam, temazepam, clonazepam, trazodone and tizanidine. They also found propofol in Murray’s medical bag. Murray told detectives that he was not the first doctor to administer the powerful anesthetic to Jackson.
At least two unidentified doctors gave Jackson propofol in Germany. Between March and April 2009, Murray said he called Las Vegas doctor David Adams at Jackson’s request to arrange for Adams to administer propofol. Murray said he was present at a cosmetologist’s office, where Adams used propofol to sedate Jackson. Since he began treating Jackson, Murray said he repeatedly asked the pop star what other physicians were treating Jackson and what drugs they were prescribing. But Jackson declined to provide the information, Murray told authorities.
Murray said he noticed injection marks on Jackson’s hands and feet. When he asked Jackson about them, the pop star told him he had been given a “cocktail” to help him. In addition to Murray, authorities subpoenaed medical records from Dr. Arnold Klein, Dr. Allan Metzger and Dr. David Adams, the affidavit states. They also asked for medical records from Dr. David Slavitt, who conducted the independent medical examination of Jackson for Anschuntz Entertainment Group, Dr. Randy Rosen and nurse practitioner Cherilyn Lee. They also subpoenaed records from Dr. Mark Tadrissi, who stored medical records with Adams. ]
Murray has already acknowledged obtaining and administering propofol to Jackson the morning that the pop star died. In an interview with police, Murray told them that he had left Jackson alone under the influence of the medication to make telephone calls to his Houston office and family members.
When he returned, he discovered Jackson was not breathing. He performed CPR, and one of Jackson’s staff members called 911. The 50-year-old pop star was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center, where he was later declared dead. Much of the investigation has focused on propofol — a drug typically administered by anesthesiologists during surgery — and whether Murray’s decision to give it to Jackson as a sleep aid outside a hospital setting reaches a level of negligence required for an involuntary manslaughter charge.
-- Kimi Yoshino
Photo: Conrad Murray. Credit: AFP / Getty Images
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(Los Angeles Times) Investigatores de Los Angeles, no Estado de Califórnia, confirmaram a descoberta de provas que confirmam que Michael Jackson morreu de uma overdose de anestésicos.

Quando publicou a notícia da morte, em 25 de junho, de um dos cantores pop mais bem-sucedidos, surgiram muitas suposições sobre a causa da morte de Michael Jackson. Desde o início, o médico pessoal do cantor é um dos suspeitos de estar envolvido na morte súbita.

No exame toxicológico de duas autópsias em separado, a perícia de Los Angeles disse que Michael Jackson morreu de uma overdose de anestésicos propofila conhecido como diprivan.

A polícia de Los Angeles disse que o médico pessoal do cantor, Conrad Murray, chegou à conclusão de que o cantor antes de sua morte estava sofrendo de insônia. É por isso que todas as noites, deu para Michael 50 miligramas de propofila.

Segundo os registros do tribunal, o médico disse que duvidava que Jackson tornara-se viciado em anestésicos e sua dose foi reduzida pela metade. Pelo efeito, permaneceu o mesmo, com 25 miligramas propofila lorazepam acrescentou duas outras drogas, entre elas midazolam. Dois dias antes da morte do cantor, Murray disse que tinha abolido completamente o propofil.

No dia em que Jackson morreu, o médico admitiu que tentou fazer sonolência com Michael. O que falhou foi ter injetado no cantor a injeção lorazepam, logo após Michael Jackson entraria em um coma profundo.