Los Angeles Police Department Launches Search for Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, Who Allegedly Administered Dose of Demerol to Michael Jackson

UPDATE

Dr. Conrad Robert Murray is reportedly now in Los Angeles. He is preparing to speak with law enforcement officials regarding Michael Jackson's death. Still developing......

DRAMA: Los Angeles police are searching for Michael Jackson's personal physician, identified by KHOU as Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, today to question him after allegations that the star received a potentially fatal dose of the painkiller Demerol before his death. Though the doctor has not been classified the subject of a criminal probe, it is rather suspicious that he has disappeared and left his vehicle on the property.

News of the manhunt broke on the well-connected celebrity gossip website TMZ.com, which was the first to report the star's death, and came as an LA County coroner began an autopsy. Earlier reports suggested that Jackson might have been given a large dose of the drug to help deal with pain after rehearsals for a series of 50 comeback concerts in London. Los Angeles police spokeswoman Karen Rayner says that police had towed a BMW owned by one of the singer's doctors from Jackson’s house.

She said: “We have not been able to interview the doctor yet. His car was impounded because it may contain medications or other evidence that may assist the coroner in determining the cause of death.” Ms Rayner added that the doctor was not under criminal investigation but coroner’s investigators wanted to contact him. Source: Times Online

The death of Michael Jackson is eerily reminiscent of Anna Nicole Smith. I hope and pray that they will get to the bottom of this tragedy.