Houston medical office searched in probe into Michael Jackson's death
Investigators probing the death of Michael Jackson served search warrants this morning at a Houston medical office, according to a law enforcement source.
Details of the raid are still sketchy. But KTRK-TV showed video of Houston police entering a medical office and said officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration were also involved in the search.
Dr. Conrard Murray, who treated Jackson just before he died, is based in Houston. Murray’s clinic, Acres Homes Heart & Vascular Institute, maintains an office in the medical building targeted, according to public records. On Tuesday, The Times reported that the Los Angeles County coroner's office have requested another interview with Murray and were seeking additional information from him.
Murray, 51, is a central figure in the probe as a witness and a possible criminal target. He discovered Jackson unconscious in the bedroom of his rented Holmby Hills home on June 25 and performed CPR on him until paramedics arrived.
Police questioned Murray at UCLA Medical Center, where Jackson was pronounced dead, and two days later, he and his attorney met with police detectives for three hours.
Through his lawyer, Murray has said that he administered no narcotics or other medications that "should have" caused Jackson's death and remains puzzled as to his death.
Murray is one of several doctors the Los Angeles Police Department and other agencies are examining as they try to determine the circumstance of Jackson's death. Investigators removed prescription drugs and other "medical evidence" from Jackson's home and are trying to determine whether they played a role in his death. Murray has not been named as any type of criminal suspect, and his attorney said he did nothing wrong.
Murray is currently in Las Vegas, where he has his primary practice, according to his lawyer. He worked about two days a month at the Houston clinic, which served a poor, predominantly black neighborhood. He opened the clinic in 2006 in honor of his late father, who had been a longtime physician and community activist in the neighborhood.
-- Harriet Ryan, Andrew Blankstein and Scott Glover
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