According to the LA Times, Michael Jackson’s physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, left him alone in a bedroom after starting an infusion of a potent sedative so he could go make phone calls.
Leaked details from Jackson’s autopsy report shows that Dr. Murray gave Jackson an IV infusion of Diprivan (Propofol) a short acting drug used in hospitals to induce anesthesia on patients undergoing inpatient and outpatient procedures.
The troubled doc, who has been identified in court records as a suspect in Jackson’s death, returned to the bedroom to find the 50-year-old Jackson unresponsive and not breathing. Jackson was later pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Center after suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest.
Murray, 51, told police he felt comfortable giving Jackson Diprivan and leaving him alone to make calls on his cell phone because Jackson had previously taken the drug as a sleep aid for a decade with no problems. Murray told police he spoke with his family members and office staff in Houston while Jackson slept in another room.
Police sources had earlier said Murray fell asleep in another room in the rented 10-bedroom mansion after giving Jackson the drug.
This news contradicts online reports that Murray delayed calling paramedics for 30 minutes because he couldn’t find a working phone inside Jackson’s rented Bel Air mansion on the morning of June 25.
A source close to the investigation into Jackson’s untimely death told the LA Times that there was a “limited amount” of Diprivan in Jackson’s system. And that the presence of other prescription drugs in his system along with such a limited amount of the sedative could complicate prosecution of Dr. Murray.
