Posted by Adam

Sunday July 12, 2009

Michael Jackson‘s older sister La Toya is adamant the tragic star was effectively “murdered” for his money.

The music legend died June 25 after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles. It is widely believed that an overdose of painkillers caused Jacko’s untimely demise.

In an interview with British tabloid the News of The World, La Toya gave details about the King of Pop”s sudden death, drugs found in his body and a stash of cash and jewels that she claims have gone missing.

“We don’t think just one person was involved in the murder. It was a conspiracy to get Michael’s money,” she told the paper. “I know who did it and I won’t rest until I nail them!”

“Michael WAS murdered,” declared La Toya, 53. “And we don’t think just one person was involved. Rather, it was a conspiracy of people. I feel it was all about money. Michael was worth well over a billion in music publishing assets and somebody killed him for that. He was worth more dead than alive.”

The official coroner’s report is not due for two weeks but La Toya already knows the results of the family’s own toxicology tests on the body and said: “I think everyone will be surprised when the results come out.

“I can’t discuss that any further because of the ongoing police investigation. But I can say newspaper reports that there was methadone in his body are inaccurate.

“He had many needle marks on his neck and on his arms, and more about those will emerge in the next few weeks. But nothing has changed my mind that this was murder and I won’t give up until I find out what killed my brother.

“A couple of years ago Michael told me he was worried that people were out to get him. He said, ‘They’re gonna kill me for my publishing. They want my catalogs and they’re gonna kill me for these.’

“I knew something terrible was going to happen.

“Michael was being inappropriately treated by people who got him hooked on drugs.

“I can’t say who I believe is responsible as I don’t want to jeopardize the police investigation. But not everybody had Michael’s best interests at heart. A month ago I felt Michael was going to die before he did his London concerts.

“I felt it would be foul play. I felt he’d never make the show.

“They tried to keep the family away at all times, even my dad.

“Michael was being controlled. No one could get through to him.

“We wanted to know why we were being kept away and my father Joe was always trying to get to see him. He tried so hard to be there for Michael. He was seen as a threat but he was trying to help. And if you keep the family away, you can conquer. It’s like they say, divide and conquer.

“Michael always had cash in his homes, usually around $2 million which he used to pay out on things. People said he wasn’t wealthy, but Michael always had money with him.

“When I went to the house later that day there was no cash or jewelery. So many people had been through that house before I got there. Someone went in there and did a good job. It was very strange.”

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