07 October 2011

Jury to Hear Investigators' Interview With Michael Jackson's Doctor

Jurors in the trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician might hear a recording Friday of Dr. Conrad Murray as he describes the final hours of his superstar patient's life.

Conrad Murray Trial: Coroner's Report, Trial Timeline, Who's Who

The two-hour interview with investigators has never been played before in public and a transcript has never been released. Murray discusses his treatment of Jackson, including his administration of the powerful anesthetic propofol, during the interview.

A coroner's report on the King of Pop's death cited "acute propofol intoxication."

Prosecutors in Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial have argued that Murray adminstered the drug, then failed to properly monitor Jackson June 25, 2009 in the bedroom of a rented Holmby Hills mansion. But the defense claimed it was Jackson who self-administered the fatal dose when Murray left the bedroom.

Jurors are likely to hear Murray's interview with investigators in its entirety after the defense completes its cross-examination of coroner's toxicologist Dan Anderson. Propofol was found in various parts of the singer's body, his blood and urine during an autopsy, Anderson testified Thursday.

Jurors have heard about and seen pictures of the drugs throughout the trial's first eight days -- propofol, lidocaine, lorazepam and others. They've also heard testimony from one of Jackson's security guards, who claimed that a frantic Murray demanded he hide bottles of medicine when the two were in Jackson's bedroom just minutes before paramedics responded to the estate.

A defense attorney tried to get Anderson to say that high levels of the sedative lorazepam found in Jackson's stomach meant that he swallowed the drug himself. Anderson told jurors he could not make that determination based on the information provided.

Lab results presented Thursday showed that Jackson's fingerprints were not found on the medical evidence -- vials, syringes, bottles -- taken from Jackson's bedroom. Only two prints were found -- those of Dr. Murray and a coroner's investigator.

But investigators were not able to lift prints from several pieces of medical evidence -- nine bottles of propofol, a syringe, IV tubes and sedative vials -- and a set of mystery prints was found on other items. Prosecutors read a statement, written with defense attorneys, that informed jurors a lack of prints didn't necessarily mean the evidence wasn't handled.

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