(CBS/AP) The Los Angeles County coroner says Michael Jackson's death was a homicide and the cause of death was "acute intoxication" of the anesthetic Propofol.
The drugs propofol and lorazepam were found to be the primary drugs responsible for Mr. Jackson’s death, according to the coroner's statement. Other drugs detected were: midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine and ephedrine.
"The findings are not a surprise but they do confirm that the singer had an awful lot of very strong medicine in his body when he died, a fact that clearly will help determine whether prosecutors now believe they have enough physical evidence to charge someone, including Jackson's treating physician Conrad Murray, with some sort of involuntary manslaughter charge," says CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen.
"The key here is not to get caught up in the use of the word 'homicide.' It does not mean we are going to see an intentional murder case here," Cohen notes. "It's just a generic word the medical examiner uses. When the prosecutor's office starts talking about terms like that we'll need to pay attention and I still think the most likely scenario here is an INvoluntary manslaughter charge against someone."
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