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Sources say Jackson's doctor admitted giving singer anesthetic
By: nydailynews.comPosted On: 07/28/2009 5:17 P
The feds raided the Las Vegas home and clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor Tuesday as sources said he admitted giving the pop icon the powerful anesthetic propofol.
The manslaughter probe appeared to be ratcheting up as Drug Enforcement Administration agents entered Dr. Conrad Murray's posh mansion and medical office days after they raided his Houston clinic.
Law enforcement sources said Monday that they believe Jackson was killed by a dose of propofol and that Murray, 51, administered the drug.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Murray told investigators that he did give Jackson propofol to help him sleep several times, including the day he died.
The dangerous drug, which Jackson is said to have received regularly for about two years, is only supposed to be delivered by a hospital anesthesiologist. Murray is the focus of the probe into Jackson's June 25 death.
Court records said agents who searched Murray's Houston clinic last week were searching for "items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr. Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offense."
Jackson died June 25 after Murray apparently found the pop icon in cardiac arrest. Murray claimed he discovered the 50-year-old superstar unconscious in bed with only a faint pulse.
He said he performed CPR on Jackson during a chaotic 20 to 30 minutes before a frantic 911 call for help. Jackson's cause of death remains unclear, pending toxicology reports, but investigators believe propofol caused his heart to stop.
Investigators are trying to determine how many other doctors administered it over time, the official said. Murray's lawyer, Edward Chernoff, has said the doctor "didn't prescribe or administer anything that should have killed Michael Jackson."
Asked about the report that Murray shot up Jackson with propofol, Chernoff said, "We will not be commenting on rumors, innuendo or unnamed sources."
Chernoff added: "Things tend to shake out when all the facts are made known, and I'm sure that will happen here as well."
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