MSNBC: The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Monday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released. Dateline NBC’s Josh Mankiewicz confirmed that Dr. Murray is the target of a manslaughter probe. Meanwhile, a search warrant affidavit revealed that Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol
in his system when he died in his rented Los Angeles mansion on June 25. MORE
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP: 82 minutes. That’s how much time passed before anyone called 911 after Dr. Conrad Murray discovered that Michael Jackson stopped breathing June 25. After treating Jackson all night for insomnia with powerful drugs, the pop star’s personal physician noticed the singer unresponsive around 11 a.m. No one called for assistance for nearly an hour and a half. This and other suspicious behavior is outlined Monday by the LAPD in an unsealed search warrant in what has been ruled a homicide investigation. MORE
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