Thursday, July 2, 2009
SUN

Published: 01 Jul 2009

THE Jackson family were reeling last night after being given the results of a private autopsy they had demanded.
Relatives had asked for their own report on the singer's body after the LA Coroner's office ruled out foul play.

But the second autopsy has confirmed the findings of the first, which were revealed in The Sun on Monday.

The news was broken to Jacko's mother Katherine at her home by the coroner who conducted the private examination.

Family lawyer Brian Oxman said the findings were consistent and that the star's body bore "a number of unique and significant marks and injuries".

He told The Sun: “The second autopsy is done and the coroner came to see Katherine last night.

“Any autopsy report would note a number of unique and significant marks and injuries on the body of Michael Jackson.

“Firstly the four puncture marks on his chest from the needle. Well I’ve seen those marks on his chest — I’ve seen his body — so I know they’re there.

“His weight — we know he was incredibly lean. Regarding baldness, Michael does have a distinctive patch on the side of his head. I know that his brother, who is only six years older, has a similar fuzz from losing his hair and has to dye it.

“Regarding the tablets in his stomach — well we know he was taking a lot of prescription drugs. That hasn’t been denied.”

The Sun revealed the singer was a virtual skeleton when he died— barely eating and with only pills in his stomach.

His hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds — believed to be the result of painkiller injections.

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It showed he had lost his hair and had a “peach fuzz” covering his scalp.

And Oxman added: “There should be a healed broken fracture on his left leg and on the vertebrae of his back.

“And Michael has a very distinct pattern of vitiligo scars on his chest. They covered his chest and were in a leopard pattern.”

There were also four injection sites found above or near to Jacko’s heart. They appeared to be the result of attempts to pump adrenaline directly into the organ in a failed bit to restart it.

And Michael’s doctor has confirmed the dying star was given an adrenaline shot to the heart.

Dr Conrad Murray has claimed paramedics at the scene administered the jab of epinephrine as Jacko lay unconscious on a bed in his LA mansion.

Murray’s lawyer Edward Chernoff said after the ambulance arrived, Murray spoke to doctors at UCLA, who instructed the paramedics to administer an epinephrine shot directly to Jackson’s heart in an attempt to revive him.

He also told how Murray treated Jackson on the bed.

Chernoff said: “With Michael still on the bed, he put one hand under Michael’s back for support and compressing with his other hand. He continued to check the pulse, and the pulse remained.”

When no-one replied to his urgent cries for help, Murray found a chef in the kitchen. A member of Jackson’s security team finally called for help.

He has claimed he did not call 911 himself immediately as he didn’t know the exact address despite the fact he had been living there.

Bags of drugs were taken from Jackson’s Holmby Hills home by detectives yesterday as they continued their investigation into the death.

It emerged cops had a warrant to find controlled substances and paraphernalia, especially needles Dr Murray hasn’t spoke to the Jackson family since the death and will not attend the funeral.