Second autopsy on MJ

Police on Saturday again questioned Michael Jackson’s doctor, while the family of the pop music icon ordered its own private autopsy two days after his death shocked fans around the world. The family sought a second autopsy — the official one was conducted on Friday — amid reports about the 50-year-old singer’s reliance on prescription medications.

Meanwhile, a second police interview with the doctor caring for pop star Michael Jackson the day he died yielded no information suggesting the physician committed a crime, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.   

“Dr Murray is considered to be a witness to the events surrounding Michael Jackson’s death and he is not a suspect,” Houston law firm Stradley, Chernoff & Alford said in a statement.   

According to media reports, Jackson was injected with the narcotic painkiller Demerol shortly before he went into cardiac arrest. Murray was desperately trying to revive Jackson when paramedics arrived. The official autopsy, conducted on Friday, failed to determine what killed Jackson, pending toxicology tests that were expected to take up to six weeks.

Michael Jackson’s father, Joseph, issued a statement through People magazine, calling his son’s death “one of the darkest moments of our lives.”

He reportedly sent moving vans to empty his son’s mansion in the upscale Holmby Hills neighbourhood, concerned that items would be stolen. The singer’s younger sister, Janet, spent several hours at the estate. Jackson’s body is being held at an undisclosed mortuary after the coroner returned it to the family on Friday evening.