Posted on 03/27/2010 9:04:37 AM PDT by Libloather
Whitening cream, anesthetic uncovered in Jackson home
Last Updated: Saturday, March 27, 2010 | 9:54 AM ET
The Associated Press
Detectives found large quantities of general anesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening creams in Michael Jackson's home after the singer's death, search warrants unsealed Friday show.
Investigators went to Jackson's rented mansion June 29 following a lengthy interview with his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who told them he had placed a medical bag in a cupboard in a closet.
At the home, detectives found 11 containers of the powerful anesthetic propofol, some of them empty, as well as a range of sedatives and various medical items including a box of blood pressure cuffs, according to the warrants, which were redacted and unsealed after The Associated Press filed a legal motion.
Jackson's June 25 death at age 50 was ruled a homicide caused by an overdose of propofol and other sedatives. Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
During their search, detectives found 19 tubes of hydroquinone and 18 tubes of benoquin, both of which are commonly used in the treatment of a skin condition Jackson had called vitiligo. The disease creates patches of de-pigmented skin, and creams can be used to lighten skin that has retained its color to give a more even appearance.
Benoquin is derived from hydroquinone. Though the creams can be used at the same time, it is unusual to do so. The medications typically come in travel-toothpaste-sized tubes and each treatment usually lasts a few months. Side-effects include acute sensitivity to the sun.
The discovery of medical creams in Jackson's home dovetails with an odd remark Murray reportedly made soon after Jackson's death.
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Geez, he’s dead. Can’t we have an end to Jackson stories even now?
With his death, he's retained his right to vote.
Can't possibly be true. Michael said more than once that his skin tone was all due to a skin disease.
Actually, the whitening cream IS used to treat vitilago, because otherwise you look like a patchwork quilt.
My thought is, it’s nobody’s business what this man used to look however he wanted to look. It just shows the liberal obsession with the color of people’s skin.
What a great country! Where else can you be born a poor black boy and die a rich white woman?
That says it all.
He/she/it was a a suicide waiting to be aided.
I shudder to think about what he used that for.
I agree.
I’m just glad it was a BLACK doctor that ended his life.
Can you imagine what would be happening if it was a WHITE doctor?
I feel for our country where a man can’t face the world as God created him. Jackson could have been a hero and role model for thousands of people afflicted with vitaligo. Unfortunately he took another route to preserve something I can’t understand because the world though of him as a freak anyway.
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