Michael Jackson's Death Ruled A Homicide

The L.A. County Coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide. The L.A. Times reports that a search warrant filed in Houston states that after an autopsy was conducted, deadly amounts of of the anesthetic propofol were found in Michael's body. This means that Michael's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, will most likely face criminal charges.

Dr. Conrad Murray had admitted to detectives that he gave Michael 50 milligrams of propofol every day. Dr. Conrad Murray also said he was afraid Michael was starting to get addicted to it, so he tried to wean him off.

Dr. Conrad Murray lowered the dosage to 25 milligrams, but also mixed in a little lorazepam and midazolam.

On the morning of Michael's death, Dr. Conrad Murray said he tried to get him to sleep without using propofol, so he gave him a valium at 1:30. When that didn't work, he gave him a shot of lorazepam thirty minutes later. And when that didn't work, he gave him a shot of midazolam thirty minutes after that. As the hours went by, Dr. Conrad Murray kept feeding Michael various drugs, but nothing was working. At 10:40am, Michael demanded that Dr. Conrad Murray give him a shot of propofol. Dr. Conrad Murray gave in. After he gave him the propofol, he went to the bathroom. When he came back 2 minutes later, Michael was not breathing.

The cops found 8 bottles of propfol in Michael's home, but none of it traces back to Dr. Conrad Murray. They aren't sure who purchased it or where. Other pills and vials found in Michael's house were prescribed by various doctors including Dr. Conrad Murray, Dr. Arnold Klein and Dr. Allan Metzger.