MJ’s death probe shifts focus to source of drugs

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - A grand jury will reportedly question as many as 25 doctors and pharmacists in Michael Jackson's death case. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office was said to be drawing plans to use the grand jury system to interrogate every doctor involved with the King of Pop since 1989.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's death certificate has been reissued, officially stating the star's death as homicide. The new document now apparently says the King of Pop died of "acute intoxication" caused by powerful anaesthetic Propofol.

August 30th, 2009 LONDON - Drug-scandal hit Kerry Katona has still not gotten over her coke-snorting habit, it has emerged. The disgraced and bankrupt TV star is undergoing an emotional meltdown and just can't have enough of drugs.

August 29th, 2009 LONDON - The Los Angeles Country Coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death as homicide caused by acute intoxication from powerful anaesthetic propofol and other conditions. Propofol and the sedative lorazepam were concluded as the primary drugs responsible for Jackson's death in the coroner's report.

August 27th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's personal physician has been reportedly accused of lying about the amount of powerful anaesthetic Propofol he gave to the singer before he suffered cardiac arrest. Dr Conrad Murray, who is at the centre of a manslaughter probe, had previously confessed giving low 25mg doses of the drug.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Cops investigating Michael Jackson's death have discovered two secret email accounts he may have used to buy prescription drugs. The detectives said they have recently discovered the King of Pop operated the Gmail and AOL sites.

August 19th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's mother is reportedly planning to file a lawsuit against the concert promoters of her late son, believing them to be responsible for her son's death. Katherine Jackson apparently thinks the music legend was killed by the pressure to perform for the 50-show run in London.

August 1st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Michael Jackson has reportedly been labelled a drug addict in search warrants lodged with the Nevada District Court. Police investigating Jackson's death were said to have seized the contents of seven computer drives and three telephones from the home and office of the star's personal physician Dr Conrad Murray.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon has become the third doctor to be investigated in Michael Jackson's death. Dr Larry Koplin's clinic was raided as the probe into Jacko's skin doctor Arnold Klein gathered pace.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Investigators probing the death of Michael Jackson reportedly suspect a host of dodgy medics supplied the star with prescription drugs that are believed to have cost him his life. Jackson's personal physician Dr Conrad Murray was previously said to be a key suspect in the manslaughter investigation.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - Officials investigating the death of Michael Jackson were on the lookout for evidence that the star was murdered by his personal doctor when they searched the medic's clinic. Officials were given a search warrant, indicating that Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, was the target of a manslaughter probe into the singer's death.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's personal doctor has said that he did not kill the late star, and claimed that he is being made a scapegoat for the singer's shocking death. Dr. Conrad Murray is suspected of injecting Jackson with the potent painkiller Demerol, before the star collapsed in his home.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Cops have reportedly found a horde of 20 different drugs at late singer Michael Jackson's home, of which ten are potentially lethal painkillers and anaesthetics. There were anti-anxiety pills, including Valium, Methadone, used to wean junkies off heroin, Demerol, a pain reliever, anaesthetic Propofol, dubbed "the Milk of Amnesia", Fentanyl, a powerful pain reliever given to terminal cancer patients and Oxycontin, a painkiller similar to morphine but branded "Hillbilly Heroin".

July 3rd, 2009 Calif. attorney general joins Jackson probeSACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office is helping Los Angeles police investigate the possible involvement of prescription drugs in Michael Jackson's death. The Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement is searching the state database that tracks doctors who prescribe controlled substances.

June 26th, 2009 Police release 911 audio, end probe of Gans deathHENDERSON, Nev. — Police in Nevada have released a 911 recording and closed their investigation of Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans' sudden death at home May 1.