Los Angeles police and federal drug agents searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson’s doctor on 22 July investigating the singer’s possible manslaughter, the Independent reports.
The police and agents are from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), they were searching Dr Conrad Murray’s Clinic in north Houston, Los Angeles Police Detective Dan Myers said, according to the Independent.
From the BBC news, DEA Officers entered Dr Conrad Murray's office and removed several items, meanwhile Houston police surrounded the building.
Dr Murray's spokeswoman Miranda Sevcik told the BBC the raid was a surprise to them and it was a surprise to the attorneys as well.
She went on to say the agents were looking for Murray's records, not drugs, but would not specify further. She declined to say how the search related to Jackson's death.
In the meantime, investigators in California are also sought more information from Murray, according to Edward Chernoff, Dr Murray’s attorney, the Independent reports.
Mr Chernoff then posted a statement on his law firm’s website, and said investigators from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office have asked for medical records in addition to those already provided by Murray.
He continued: “The coroner wants to clear up the cause of death; we share that goal. Based on Dr. Murray's minute-by-minute and item-by-item description of Michael Jackson's last days, he should not be a target of criminal charges."
According to the BBC, when speaking a few days after Jackson’s death, Mr Chernoff denied Dr Murray administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer’s death.
He said any drugs Dr Murray had given to Jackson were in response to a specific health complaint, and “he just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn’t breathing.”
Mr Chernoff then said Dr Murray had received unwelcome attention from those angry fans since the singer’s untimely death.
"Dr. Murray was the last doctor standing when Michael Jackson died and it seems all the fury is directed toward him," Chernoff said, according to the BBC, "Dr. Murray is frustrated by negative and often erroneous media reports, he has to walk around 24-7 with a bodyguard. He can't operate his practice. He can't go to work because he is harassed no matter where he goes."
According to the Independent, investigators found the powerful anesthetic propofol in Jackson’s home, they are now working with the DEA and California attorney general’s office to determine how the medications got there.
Previous source shows police detectives have already spoken to Murray twice – once immediately after the singer’s death and then again two days later, according to the Independent. Police say Murray is cooperating with their investigation.A cause of death has yet to be determined for the pop star. The coroner's office is expecting to release autopsy results next week, said the independent.
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