MICHAEL JACKSON: His Death Was A Homicide

The death of Michael Jackson was proclaimed as a homicide by Los Angeles coroners on August 28, Friday. According to them, the singer had a lethal mix of 6 different drugs in his body when he died. This is the end to several weeks of speculation about the death of Michael Jackson on June 25. According to the county coroner's statement, while "acute intoxication" from the powerful anesthetic propofol was the number one cause of death, Michael Jackson, 50, had also suffered from the effects of other drugs in his system. Aside from propofol, powerful drugs including lorazepam, midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine and ephedrine were found in Jackson's body. The coroner's statement said police investigators and public prosecutors had ordered that the full toxicology report concerning Michael Jackson be withheld until further notice. Jackson's family welcomed the findings. "The Jackson family again wishes to commend the actions of the coroner, the LAPD and other law enforcement agencies, and looks forward to the day that justice can be served," the family said in a statement. The coroner's statement will nourish speculation that authorities are likely to charge Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray regarding the death. The cardiologist was the last person to see Michael Jackson alive. According to court documents unsealed in Houston, Texas, on Monday, multiple drugs were administered to Jackson by Murray in the hours before his death. Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran "reviewed the preliminary toxicology results and his preliminary assessment of Jackson's cause of death was due to lethal levels of propofol." Murray administered propofol and other drugs to Michael Jackson -- at his insistence -- to treat his insomnia, but was worried Jackson had developed an addiction and "tried to wean Jackson off of the drug," the affidavit said. Propofol is a powerful anesthetic used to induce unconsciousness in patients undergoing major surgery in hospital. Medical professionals say it should never be used by private individuals at home. The affidavit unsealed on Monday revealed that Murray confessed to investigators two days after the star died that he had been giving Michael Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol nightly during the six weeks prior to the event. As part of their investigation, police and federal agents have already raided Murray's offices in Las Vegas, Nevada and Houston, Texas, as well as a Las Vegas pharmacy that provided the drugs. Murray told investigators he was not the first doctor to administer propofol to the King of Pop, who referred to the drug as his "milk," LAPD detective Orlando Martinez wrote in the affidavit, citing the cardiologist. Medical experts said the mix of drugs apparently given to Miahcel Jackson was extremely dangerous and police would need to determine whether administering it was tantamount to medical negligence. Michael Jackson is to be buried at a cemetery in Glendale, California on September 3, his family announced last week. They had originally planned to bury him on Saturday -- the day he would have turned 51.