Michael Jackson's Doctor Not Cooperating With Authorities

Posted by Ashish on 07.12.2009

Suspicion rising as to Dr. Conrad Murray's role in Jackson's death and if he should face manslaughter charges...

Looks like Dr. Conrad Murray has emerged as the central target of both the coroner and LAPD investigations of Michael Jackson's death. Dr. Murray was at Jackson's home when the singer went into cardiac arrest on the day he died.

The doc is apparently not cooperating with authorities, but evidence has linked him to the drug that likely killed Jackson. Dr. Murray's lawyer would neither confirm or deny that Murray injected Jackson with the powerful anesthesia drug Propofol shortly before his death.

If the LAPD does gather enough evidence that Murray did give Jackson Propofol shortly before his death, and if the final coroner's report shows that Propofol killed Jackson, Murray could end up with manslaughter charges. The fact that Murray waited roughly 30 minutes before calling 911 after Jackson went into cardiac arrest the day he died also has caused some suspicion.

Authorities are also investigating another one of Jackson's doctors, Dr. Arnold Klein. Many members of Jackson's staff have told authorities that Klein often would get Jackson prescription drugs under the names of aliases or staff members. Many of the powerful drugs found at Neverland Ranch in the 2003 raid by police were prescribed to Frank Tyson, a former Jackson employee, by Dr. Klein.

Credit: TMZ