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| Home of Jackson doctor searched | Home of Jackson doctor searched |
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| Police have searched the Las Vegas office and home of Michael Jackson's doctor as part of a manslaughter investigation into the singer's death. | |
| They were seeking documents, but would not specify what kind. | |
| Dr Conrad Murray, who has not been named as a suspect, was with Jackson and tried to revive him before he died. | |
| The search by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers follows a similar operation at the doctor's Houston clinic last week. | The search by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers follows a similar operation at the doctor's Houston clinic last week. |
| Police removed several items from the clinic on Wednesday. | Police removed several items from the clinic on Wednesday. |
| Toxicology results | Toxicology results |
| DEA assistant special agent Michael Flanagan said agents involved in Tuesday's searches were looking for documents. | |
| But he said the warrant specifying exactly what kind of documents was sealed and therefore he could not go into greater detail. | |
| Reports suggest the investigation around Jackson's death is focusing on his use of powerful painkilling drugs, in particular the anaesthetic Propofol, which is marketed under the tradename Diprivan. | |
| The DEA is involved in the investigation because the agency licenses doctors to administer controlled pharmaceuticals, Mr Flanagan said. | |
| Searches at the clinic and another site rented by Dr Murray in Houston, Texas, were carried out last Wednesday after a warrant was issued by a judge in the city. | |
| Dr Murray has already been interviewed twice by police | Dr Murray has already been interviewed twice by police |
| The warrant, filed in Harris County District Court, said authorities were looking for "items constituting evidence of the offence of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offence". | The warrant, filed in Harris County District Court, said authorities were looking for "items constituting evidence of the offence of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offence". |
| Items seized during the searches included 27 tablets of the weight loss drug Phentermine, a tablet of the muscle relaxant Clonazepam, two hard drives, notices from the Internal Revenue Service and a registration for controlled substances. | |
| Police have said Dr Murray is co-operating in the investigation. | |
| Paramedics were called to Jackson's Los Angeles mansion while Dr Murray was performing CPR on the singer on the day he died, according to a recording of a 911 call. | Paramedics were called to Jackson's Los Angeles mansion while Dr Murray was performing CPR on the singer on the day he died, according to a recording of a 911 call. |
| Speaking a few days after Jackson's 25 June death, Dr Murray's lawyer, Edward Chernoff, denied his client administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer's death. | Speaking a few days after Jackson's 25 June death, Dr Murray's lawyer, Edward Chernoff, denied his client administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer's death. |
| An official determination of what killed Jackson will not be made until the results of a toxicology report are disclosed. | An official determination of what killed Jackson will not be made until the results of a toxicology report are disclosed. |