Cardiologist Conrad Murray’s comments about giving the singer the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid could make or break the involuntary manslaughter case. On a Saturday evening last summer, Dr. Conrad Murray met with two police detectives at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey. Outside, the world was in shock over the death of Michael Jackson, and inside a room at the posh waterfront hotel …
Cardiologist Conrad Murray’s comments about giving the singer the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid could make or break the involuntary manslaughter case. On a Saturday evening last summer, Dr. Conrad Murray met with two police detectives at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey. Outside, the world was in shock over the death of Michael Jackson, and inside a room at the posh waterfront hotel …
The New York Times reports that Conrad Murray, personal physician for Michael Jackson at the time of the star’s death, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles. In the days before Jackson’s death, Murray, a cardiologist, supplied Jackson with a number of narcotics. One of those drugs was propofol , which Murray prescribed as a sleep aid even though it’s usually used as an …
Hours before Michael Jackson’s death, his doctor administered multiple sedatives along with a powerful anesthetic the pop star used to sleep, according to a law enforcement official. It’s a safe combination if done properly; potentially lethal if not.
Instead of going up the poor man’s sleep-aid ladder - from beer to fortified wine to straight 94.4 proof gin - Michael Jackson was building tolerance until he needed hospital-level anesthesia given him by a physician.
