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Michael Jackson autopsy results could take weeks; singer reportedly had morphine injection before his death
Economic Times
LOS ANGELES—An autopsy and toxicology tests were performed Friday on pop star Michael Jackson, but the exact cause of his death may not be determined for six to eight weeks, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said.
“The likelihood is very slim that we will have any results to release today because of the extensive tests that we’re going to be performing,” said Ed Winter, assistant chief coroner.
Jackson died Thursday after collapsing from a cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles. He was 50. Doctors at the UCLA Medical Centre tried to resuscitate him for more than an hour, his brother Jermaine said.
The autopsy was being performed by Indian-American pathologist Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, who was also a star witness in the OJ Simpson case.
Jackson died after being given “a heavy dose of morphine”, the celebrity website tmz.com reported, quoting family members.
The website said that family members were alarmed at his state and had planned to put him in a rehab facility for his addiction to morphine and prescription drugs.
