Lethal levels of powerful anaesthetic propofol killed pop star Michael Jackson,according to the preliminary findings of coroner,unsealed in a court in Houston.
The released documents,including search warrants and affidavits filed by the police in July to search the Houston office and storage unit of Dr Conrad Murray,Jacksons personal physician,reveal that Murray accepted administering propofol to the star to treat his insomnia. The documents also reveal that Jackson was consuming a deadly cocktail of drugs before his death,the Los Angeles Times reported.
Murray told detectives that he was giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night for six weeks but tried to wean Jackson off the drugs. He said he was not the first doctor to administer the dangerous sedative to the 50-year-old King of Pop as he was already addicted.
On the morning Jackson died,Murray tried to induce sleep without using propofol,but was forced to administer 25 milligrams of propofol later when Jackson repeatedly demanded the drug. Murray told authorities he left Jacksons bedside for no more than two minutes before returning to find the pop star not breathing.
Murray said he called Jacksons personal assistant to request that they send security upstairs. He also asked the chef to send Jacksons eldest son,Prince Jackson,upstairs. Murray waited about 82 minutes before anyone called paramedics,according to court documents. He said he continued CPR and waited for the paramedics.