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| Prince had prescription drugs in his possession when he died, say law enforcement sources | Prince had prescription drugs in his possession when he died, say law enforcement sources |
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| Prince had prescription painkillers on his person and at his home when he died, according to NBC News. The US TV news service says its information comes from sources in federal law enforcement. | Prince had prescription painkillers on his person and at his home when he died, according to NBC News. The US TV news service says its information comes from sources in federal law enforcement. |
| Related: Prince's former band the Revolution announce reunion in his honour | Related: Prince's former band the Revolution announce reunion in his honour |
| However, the sources did not say whether or not the drugs played any part in Prince’s death. The officers also told NBC that the county sheriff investigating Prince’s death had called for assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, whose role will be to check where the drugs came from and what prescriptions Prince had. | However, the sources did not say whether or not the drugs played any part in Prince’s death. The officers also told NBC that the county sheriff investigating Prince’s death had called for assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, whose role will be to check where the drugs came from and what prescriptions Prince had. |
| Although an autopsy was conducted last Friday, the results are not expected for some weeks. | Although an autopsy was conducted last Friday, the results are not expected for some weeks. |
| On 15 April, Prince’s plane had to make an emergency landing at Moline, Illinois for him to have medical treatment. The celebrity website TMZ has claimed this was so he could receive a “safe shot”, normally administered to those who have overdosed on drugs, though this has not been officially confirmed. | |
| The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the paper of Prince’s hometown, reported that it had seen a redacted version of the records released by fire and ambulance services in Miline, Illinois, where the plane landed. The documents contained very little detail, but the paper said sources with knowledge of the investigation into Prince’s death had been given a shot of the opiod antidote Narcan, to counter an opioid overdose. | |
| Related: Prince in private: lascivious, relentless, exacting, remote | Related: Prince in private: lascivious, relentless, exacting, remote |
| Prince was believed to have been in needof a double hip replacement, an operation he rejected because it would have required him to accept a blood transfusion, which conflicted with his beliefs as Jehovah’s witness. | Prince was believed to have been in needof a double hip replacement, an operation he rejected because it would have required him to accept a blood transfusion, which conflicted with his beliefs as Jehovah’s witness. |
| TMZ claims “multiple sources” have said Prince had developed an addiction to the powerful painkiller Percocet to cope with the pain. | TMZ claims “multiple sources” have said Prince had developed an addiction to the powerful painkiller Percocet to cope with the pain. |
| On Wednesday, an administrator was appointed to oversee Prince’s estate. The singer died without leaving a will, and on Tuesday his sister, Tyka Nelson, asked the Carver County probate court in Minneapolis to appoint Bremer Bank, National Association to handle the estate, saying it “has provided financial services to the Decedent for a number of years and has knowledge of his personal financial and business financial affairs”. | On Wednesday, an administrator was appointed to oversee Prince’s estate. The singer died without leaving a will, and on Tuesday his sister, Tyka Nelson, asked the Carver County probate court in Minneapolis to appoint Bremer Bank, National Association to handle the estate, saying it “has provided financial services to the Decedent for a number of years and has knowledge of his personal financial and business financial affairs”. |
| The court acceded to the request and Bremer Trust will now manage Prince’s assets and determine who the heirs to his estate – estimated at $300m (£206m) – should be. Neither of his parents are alive, he has no children, and was unmarried at the time of his death. | The court acceded to the request and Bremer Trust will now manage Prince’s assets and determine who the heirs to his estate – estimated at $300m (£206m) – should be. Neither of his parents are alive, he has no children, and was unmarried at the time of his death. |