Defendant Conrad Murray: Preliminary Hearing, Days 4 & 5

Day 4 of the criminal case against Conrad Murray was replete with more damaging testimony.  LAPD Detective Dan Myers testified about how Murray engaged in numerous phone calls the day Jackson died.  One such call was made to one of several women he was dating at the time, even though the “doctor” has a wife.  He also has seven children from various women.  One of those women, Nicole Alvarez, met Murray in 2005, at her place of employment – a Las Vegas gentlemen’s club.  On behalf of the People of the State of California, the Deputy District Attorney questioned the hostile witness, Alvarez, about several deliveries made between March and June 2009 from Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas to the Santa Monica apartment where Alvarez lived and Murray paid rent.  It was this pharmacy where Murray received Propofol.  Alvarez testified she neither opened the shipments, nor noticed the return address.  She also complicity stated she did not keep track of Murray’s whereabouts, or, activities.

Houston cocktail waitress, Sade Anding, was on the phone with Murray at about the time he noticed Jackson’s deteriorated state.  Anding stated, “I just remember saying, ‘Hello, hello, hello! Are you there? Are you there?”  Soon after, she heard “a commotion, as if the phone was in a pocket or something,” followed by coughing and a “mumbling of voices” she could not recognize.  Yet another girlfriend, Bridgette Morgan, testified she phoned Murray about 30 minutes before Jackson stopped breathing, but could not reach him.  Testimony also came from Elissa Fleak, a coroner’s investigator, who found 12 bottles of a powerful anesthetic in Jackson’s bedroom and closet – 9 of which were located in a bag entitled “Baby Essentials.”

The fifth day of Murray’s preliminary hearing involved the testimony of Las Vegas pharmacist, Tim Lopez.  He delivered 4 shipments of propofol (255 vials in all) to the doctor between March and June 2009.  Lopez was not made aware that Jackson was Murray’s only patient.  Murray explicitly advised Lopez not to personally deliver any drug shipments, even though Lopez had a planned trip to Los Angeles; rather, Lopez testified how Murray ordered him to maintain status quo by shipping via Federal Express.

Data from Murray’s iPhone was brought to light: the e-mail inbox illustrates his involvement in Jackson’s comeback tour.  One e-mail, in particular, involved a London insurance broker querying Murray about Jackson’s health, a contingency to secure the policy.  Murray responded by stating he was not authorized to divulge that information, and “as far as the statements of his health published by the press, let me say they are all fallacious to the best of my knowledge.”  The “statements” alluded to by Murray involved media allegations of Jackson suffering from lupus, cancer, and other ailments.  More to come…

One thought on “Defendant Conrad Murray: Preliminary Hearing, Days 4 & 5

  1. Dr. Murray reminds me of a snake: He just has no morals…no sense of judgement…no conscience and a strong lack of ethics and accountability.

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