The circumstances surrounding Michael Jackson’s death was nothing short of tragic, and it’s only gotten even more convoluted. Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, has now been accused of behavior that is reprehensible: he supposedly stopped performing CPR on Jackson and then didn’t call the paramedics so that he could stop and go collect different drug vials. This seems to be yet another block stacked against the doctor, as the prosecution will be following this particular trail of evidence in the involuntary manslaughter case that could really turn the tide. After all, hiding evidence is a serious offense, and the prosecution won’t be letting it go.
Alberto Alvarez, the logistics director for Jackson himself, was the one to give this statement, a full account of the events as he saw them. Coupled with two other employees of Michael Jackson who also were called and arrived at the scene, the events seem pretty damning.
According to Alvarez, he had bolted to Jackson’s room and could see Jackson lying down on the bed with an IV in his leg. His eyes were open, his mouth was slack and he didn’t seem to be coherent. Murray was performing CPR until Alvarez took over. It was after he was declared dead that Alvarez claims Murray stated he needed to go back to Jackson’s home to collect items so that no one would know what Jackson had.
Granted, this certainly isn’t set in stone. The defense lawyer for Murray has already tried to rebuke this argument, especially since Alvarez allegedly has given different accounts now of what had happened, and in that first interview, Alvarez apparently did not tell the police that Murray tried to hide things. The trail itself is going to be messy, clearly, and the evidence seems to change day by day, but one thing’s for sure, this allegation isn’t going to be the last.
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