Singer Michael Jackson’s doctor, who treated him the night he died, was arrested earlier in the week for involuntary manslaughter, and the Los Angeles county coroner in the US has released the official autopsy results. They show that the singer died from acute propofol intoxication. Propofol is the drug administered by Dr. Conrad Murray. The involuntary manslaughter charge states that Murray acted “without malice” but also “without due caution and circumspection.” The report noted that “the levels of propofol found on toxicology exam are similar to those found during general anesthesia for major surgery,” but none of the usual pre-surgery precautions appear to have been in place, including having an anesthesiologist at hand.

Murray has pleaded not guilty and the Los Angeles Times suggests that it is his police statement, made in the hours after Jackson’s death, that will make or break the homicide case.

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