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Questions Swirl as Second Autopsy is Completed
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The names are familiar: Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Anna Nicole
Smith, Heath Ledger, celebrities who died from prescription drug
abuse. And now there is widening suspicion that pop superstar Michael
Jackson's name  will be added to the list.

Rumors were increasing with the disappearance of Michael Jackson's
doctor from the performer's rented home in Holmby Hills after his
death on Thursday. The website TMZ reported that Michael Jackson was
lethargic at rehearsal at the Staples Center the night before. At
approximately 11:30 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday, his physician
reportedly injected him with the synthetic pain killer Demerol.
Shortly after he went into cardiac arrest and was unable to be
revived. According to CNN, the doctor, with lawyer in tow, finally
appeared for a three hour interview with the L.A. P.D. on Saturday.

The doctor, cardiologist Conrad Murray, was hired as Jackson's London
concert tour physician thirteen days before his death. His lawyer,
Edward Chernoff, stated on Sunday that the doctor found Jackson in
bed, not breathing but that he was warm to the touch and had a " faint
pulse," before he immediately began CPR. He denied that Dr. Murray had
given Jackson Demerol or any other painkillers.

The Jackson family's requested second autopsy was completed on
Saturday by a private pathologist. The results from that autopsy
should be made available sooner than the coroner's since there are not
the same chain of evidence issues involved. Spokesman for the County
Coroner, Craig Harvey, estimated that their autopsy and toxicology
results would come in 4-6 weeks.

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