The autopsy for “King of Pop” singer Michael Jackson is over and the results are inconclusive — and it may take another six weeks to know the precise cause as medics await toxicology reports.
But family friend the Rev. Jesse Jackson has told CNN that the family wants to know more about what the dead singer’s private doctor knows — and wants some answers:
Michael Jackson’s family suspects that the singer’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, knows more about Jackson’s death, but they have been unable to contact him, the Rev. Jesse Jackson told CNN on Saturday.
The parents need to know what happened in the last hours of their son’s life, according to Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist and Baptist minister unrelated to Michael Jackson.
Murray is believed to be the last person to see Michael Jackson alive.
“The routine inquiry is now an investigation,” Jesse Jackson said. “They [the Jacksons] didn’t know the doctor. … He should have met with the family, given them comfort on the last hours of their son.”
Police, who met briefly with Murray after the singer’s death, have been able to reach him and are trying to set up an interview, Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Charlie Beck told the Los Angeles Times on Friday. Police said the doctor has been fully cooperative.
Detectives impounded Murray’s car, which was parked at the singer’s rented home, because it may contain evidence related to Michael Jackson’s death.
Police have released no information on what they may have found.
Expect the Michael Jackson saga to play out several years. There will be the test results…and media coverage about that. Then, a trial, if there is any finding of negligence and/or criminality. And, now that Jackson is physically gone from the scene, a spate of now-it-can-be-told books that will be huge best sellers and will reveal some details about Jackson that were not known during his lifetime.
FOOTNOTE: Jesse Jackson had the most over-the-top comment about Michael Jackson’s passing, even though when a big celebrity dies there is always a large amount of gushing tributes:
“I come to the floor today on behalf of a generation to thank God for letting all of us live in his generation and in his era.”
Have YOU thanked God for being allowed to live when Michael Jackson was alive?
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