Jackson Autopsy

At a press conference today the Los Angeles Coroners Office said that Michael Jackson’s autopsy revealed no indications of foul play. However the cause of death cannot be determined until a toxicology report and other tests are completed. Results for those tests are expected in four to six weeks, a spokesperson for the Coroners Office said. However, the office also confirmed that Jackson had been taking unspecified prescription medications. The autopsy took an estimated three hours, the norm for cases like these, the spokesperson said. He reported that the singer was pronounced dead at the UCLA Medical Center. Jackson’s body will be released to his family at approximately 6 p.m. PT tonight.

As Rolling Stone reported earlier, the Los Angeles Police Department is still searching for Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who was with the singer when he went into sudden cardiac arrest, according to the person who made the 911 phone call requesting an ambulance to Jackson’s home. Murray’s car was seen being towed away from Jackson’s Los Angeles residence by the LAPD, who believed that the automobile might contain “medications pertinent to the investigation.” An LAPD detective added the police wanted to interview Austin regarding Jackson’s death.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Murray, a cardiologist from Texas, was hired by AEG Live, the concert promoter who were undertaking the production of Jackson’s planned This Is It! run of concerts at London’s O2 Arena. Jackson’s advisor Dr. Tohme Tohme said Murray was brought to Los Angeles by AEG Live less than two weeks ago and that Murray had planned to accompany Jackson and the production to London next week. Jackson first met Murray when the doctor treated the singer for a cold last year in Las Vegas.

“I don’t know the exact arrangements, but AEG paid [Murray] and he was going to go with [Jackson on tour],” Tohme said. The LAT adds that Murray has a history of money problems stemming from three judgments filed against his company Global Cardiovascular Associates, totaling $435,000.