Detectives searched the Houston, Texas, medical office of one of Michael Jackson’s doctors on Wednesday for “evidence of the offense of manslaughter,” the doctor’s lawyer said.
The search warrant at Dr. Conrad Murray’s office “services part of the ongoing investigation into the death of Michael Jackson,” Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Gus Villanueva said.
Murray was the doctor who was at Jackson’s home when the pop star died on June 25.
Jackson’s former nurse, Cherilynn Lee, was also approached by investigators who wanted copies of medical files she had on the singer, Lee told CNN’s Nancy Grace on Wednesday. Lee said she handed over the files to officials with the coroner’s office.
Ed Chernoff, a Houston lawyer hired by Murray soon after Jackson’s death, confirmed that Los Angeles Police detectives and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents used a search warrant to enter Murray’s office in northeast Houston on Wednesday morning,
Public date: July 24th, 2009
