Jacko Doc May Have Dozed During IV Drip

Cops think Murray awoke to find singer already dead
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 28, 2009 9:09 AM CDT
Jacko Doc May Have Dozed During IV Drip
A granite headstone at the burial site at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, July 17, 2009, for mementos left for Michael Jackson outside the Motown Historical Museum.   (AP Photo)

Conrad Murray told police he gave Michael Jackson a powerful IV drip hours before he died, but authorities suspect the doctor dozed off only to awaken and find the singer already dead of heart failure, reports TMZ. Experts consider it “reckless” to administer Propofol without using an EKG to keep tabs on a patient; no such device was found in the house.
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