Michael’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray’s car was parked outside the home, according to his bodyguard. Michael’s security detail escorted him into the house and to the foot of the stairs, which he climbed before entering his bedroom.
Murray, according to a police affidavit, was concerned Jackson was addicted to propofol, a powerful anesthetic normally only used in medical settings. He told officers that he was trying to wean him off the drug.
At 3am, Murray gave him a sedative, then another several hours later, when he couldn’t get to sleep.
At 5am, Jackson was still awake and frustrated.
“Need to sleep, must be ready for concerts… the medicine doesn’t work,” Murray said he complained.
By 7am Michael was still awake and Murray tried something else, but it had no effect.
And at 10am Jackson was begging for propofol, which he called his milk because it was a white liquid drug. “I want milk, I know it works,” he said.
And at 10.30am Murray administered a diluted form of propofol. Jackson finally fell asleep. Murray stepped away to use the bathroom. When he returned, Jackson was not breathing.
He began to do CPR. Prince and Paris came into the room and began crying when they saw Murray trying to save their father.
Finally, he called 911 and asked for an ambulance. At 12.27pm paramedics arrived. Jackson was not breathing and he had no pulse.
He was in full cardiac arrest and they still tried to resuscitate him, but could not. At 1.07pm he was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
By 2.25pm, Jackson had been pronounced dead.
Two years later, in 2011, Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served less than two years of a four-year sentence.