Jackson death investigators searched for heroin
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August 29, 2009, Saturday
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POLICE who searched Michael Jackson's home the day after he died were acting on information from family members who said they'd found a bag of heroin in his bedroom, but a person with knowledge of test results said it turned out not to be the drug.
But the search did turn up other drugs including marijuana, the generic form of Valium and other sedatives. A detective also indicated Jackson's body showed signs of injections.
The disclosure came in an affidavit supporting a search warrant that was executed on June 26, three days earlier than any previously reported search of Jackson's rented mansion in Bel-Air.
Two warrants came to light on Thursday after several media outlets asked to unseal four search warrants Los Angeles police detectives served in the early days of the Jackson death probe. The judge ordered two of the documents to remain sealed.
The warrant served at his rented Bel-Air mansion the day after he died lists "PC 187," the California penal code for murder, in the box labeled "probable crime." That warrant states family members told a coroner's official "they had located a quantity of tar heroin in a bag in the decedent's bedroom," though the person with knowledge of tests on the substance said heroin was quickly ruled out.
Detectives also secured a search warrant for the car of Dr Conrad Murray, the personal physician with Jackson when he died. The affidavit states detectives spoke to Murray in the hospital after the singer's death but he only gave a short summary of what had happened then left the hospital over detectives' objections.
In the past two months, investigators have pieced together a much fuller picture of how Jackson died and Murray has emerged as the central figure in a manslaughter probe. Investigators believe he was negligent in administering the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives to Jackson.
The coroner has not officially released autopsy results but a law enforcement official anonymously said the death has been ruled a homicide.
But the search did turn up other drugs including marijuana, the generic form of Valium and other sedatives. A detective also indicated Jackson's body showed signs of injections.
The disclosure came in an affidavit supporting a search warrant that was executed on June 26, three days earlier than any previously reported search of Jackson's rented mansion in Bel-Air.
Two warrants came to light on Thursday after several media outlets asked to unseal four search warrants Los Angeles police detectives served in the early days of the Jackson death probe. The judge ordered two of the documents to remain sealed.
The warrant served at his rented Bel-Air mansion the day after he died lists "PC 187," the California penal code for murder, in the box labeled "probable crime." That warrant states family members told a coroner's official "they had located a quantity of tar heroin in a bag in the decedent's bedroom," though the person with knowledge of tests on the substance said heroin was quickly ruled out.
Detectives also secured a search warrant for the car of Dr Conrad Murray, the personal physician with Jackson when he died. The affidavit states detectives spoke to Murray in the hospital after the singer's death but he only gave a short summary of what had happened then left the hospital over detectives' objections.
In the past two months, investigators have pieced together a much fuller picture of how Jackson died and Murray has emerged as the central figure in a manslaughter probe. Investigators believe he was negligent in administering the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives to Jackson.
The coroner has not officially released autopsy results but a law enforcement official anonymously said the death has been ruled a homicide.
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