Police Say Michael Jackson Heavily Addicted to Oxycontin - ABC NewsMichael Jackson was "heavily addicted" to the powerful pain killer Oxycontin and received "daily doses" of it and of another pain killer, Demerol, according to a senior law enforcement official briefed on the initial investigation of his death.
In this May 10, 2000 file photo, pop star Michael Jackson gestures to spectators as he holds the...(AP Photo)
More PhotosThe Los Angeles police were told Jackson received an injection of Demerol one hour before his death, the official said.
The information and other emerging details, make it almost certain the Los Angeles Police Homicide and Robbery Division will launch a full investigation into the circumstances of the pop singer's death. The squad was given the assignment initially because of the "high profile" nature of the case.
As part of the broadening investigation, police detectives are searching for Dr. Conrad Murray, a Las Vegas cardiologist, who was reportedly with Jackson yesterday but has not been located since.
A car towed by police from the Jackson home was registered in the name of Dr. Murray's sister, Susan Mary Rush of Houston, Texas.
"There is no immediate indication of a crime," a police official told ABC News, "but because of the high profile nature of the case the robbery and homicide detectives with review all evidence and work with the coroner's office."
Los Angeles police were reported to be seeking a doctor who was with Jackson when he collapsed yesterday at his rented mansion in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles.
