Monday, August 24, 2009

Weirdness

From a recent news story on the internet: “LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died. The coroner determined a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died June 25 in his rented Los Angeles mansion, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released. Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol acted together with at least two sedatives to cause Jackson's death, the official said. Dr. Conrad Murray, a Las Vegas cardiologist who became Jackson's personal physician weeks before his death, is the target of a manslaughter investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. According to a search warrant affidavit unsealed Monday in Houston, Murray told investigators he administered a 25 mg dose of propofol around 10:40 a.m. after spending the night injecting Jackson with two sedatives in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to sleep. The warrant, dated July 23, states that lethal levels of propofol were found in Jackson's system. Besides the propofol and two sedatives, the coroner's toxicology report found other substances in Jackson's system but they were not believed to have been a factor in the singer's death, the official said.” No, no, no – this can’t be right. Even this topless woman knows there is something amiss here. This has something to do with the fact that Jackson’s insurance company has said that death due to the use of drugs was an exclusion in his policy. If, however, it can be shown that he was indeed rendered dead (not to say murdered) by an overdose, then the beneficiaries can collect. The good doctor will probably be charged with involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide, then the insurer will pay up, then the charges will be dismissed for lack of evidence or it will be plea bargained to something like two years of probation. What do I know? Nothing…. I’m just speculating. What goes on behind the scenes, I wonder?