Thursday July 2, 2009

Michael Jackson’s death is to be investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The Los Angeles Police Department asked the DEA to assist them in its investigation into multiple doctors who treated and prescribed medications for Jackson.

The LAPD wants help in tracking down the source of medication, TMZ reports.

The powerful anesthesia Propofol was found in Jackson’s home and it appears he got the drug through an IV before he died.

Jackson, 50, passed away Thursday (June 25) after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles. It has been widely reported that an overdose of prescription is to blame for the superstar’s unexpected death.

The Jackson family requested a second autopsy after the initial examination — conducted by the L.A. County Coroner — concluded that there was no trauma to the star’s body and “no indication of foul play”.

But the second autopsy has confirmed the findings of the first.

The news was broken to Jacko’s mother Katherine at her home by the coroner who conducted the private examination.

The Jacskon’s lawyer, Brian Oxman, said the findings were consistent and that the star’s body bore “a number of unique and significant marks and injuries”.

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