Jackson: Sister, Doctor’s Lawyer Disagree on Homicide Allegation

Barely 24 hours after a coroner report said Michael JacksonMichael Jackson’s death was homicide, the sister to the dead pop star, La Toya has said that her brother was murdered even as the lawyer to the doctor described the allegation as unsubstantiated.
In a statement to ABC News yesterday, La Toya, 53, said:"I am thankful to the investigators for uncovering the truth to the world. And I look forward to the day that justice will be served to all the parties involved in my brother's homicide."
But the doctor’s lawyer, Edward Chernoff has described allegations that the physician administered a deadly cocktail of drugs to the singer in the hours before he died as an unsubstantiated 'police theory.'
A police affidavit described the details of Jackson's final night alive, and revealed that his personal doctor - Dr. Conrad Murray - injected him with "lethal levels" of the dangerous drug propofol. Murray has been the primary target of a manslaughter investigation into his death, but has not yet been charged. The homocide ruling by the coroner makes it likely that the physician could soon face charges.
The police affidavit from LAPD Detective Orlando Martinez include Murray's admission to the police that he injected Jackson with an array of powerful sedatives before his death on June 25. New details about Jackson's final hours, and what happened after Murray discovered he had stopped breathing, were also revealed.
Among the first people Murray called after Jackson died were his oldest son, 12-year-old Prince Michael, and an aide, Michael Emir Williams.
Murray's attorney denied that Murray told cops he found Jackson not breathing at 11am, and insisted that he never said that he waited just 10 minutes after administering propofol before leaving to attend personal business. “In fact, he says he never left Jackson's side to make personal phone calls.
'He also never said that he waited a mere 10 minutes before leaving to make several phone calls. In fact, Dr Murray never said that he left Michael Jackson's room to make phone calls at all,” he said.
Propofol is usually used only as a hospital anaesthetic, and the discovery of lethal levels in Jackson's system is likely to increase speculation that Murray will face manslaughter charges over the pop star's death.
Murray's records did not reveal any prescription for propofol, and it is unclear where Jackson obtained the drug, the affidavit said. Murray was quoted as telling investigators that Jackson had been treated with propofol by two doctors in Germany.