Conrad Murray - The Accused

Dr. Conrad Murray was born in St. Andrews, Grenada on February 19, 1953. Murray graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1989. In 1992 he completed his residency in internal medicine at Loma Linda University. In 1995, he finished a fellowship in cardiology at University of Arizona.

Three years earlier, in 1992, financial problems caused him to file for bankruptcy. Dr. Murray’s offices are in Houston and Las Vegas.
Dr. Conrad Murray was hired to be Michael Jackson’s personal physician for his “This is It” concert tour. According to a report compiled by the L.A. County Coroner Jackson had returned from rehearsals the night before his death unable to sleep. The report says Dr. Murray first tried to help him sleep without using propofol. He told detectives he gave Jackson valium at 1:30 a.m., and then injected lorazepam through an IV at 2 a.m. That was followed an hour later by midazolam.

Murray said he gave Jackson various drugs over the next few hours because he was still having trouble sleeping. Then at 10:40 a.m., Murray administered 25 milligrams of propofol after the singer repeatedly demanded the drug. Murray told investigators after the last dose of propofol, he left the singer for two minutes to go to the restroom. When he got back, Dr. Murray said he found Jackson in his room at his Holmby Hills estate, not breathing and with a faint pulse. He says he administered CPR, but the effort was unsuccessful.

Michael Jackson later was pronounced dead at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

On February 8, 2010, Murray pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges and was released after posting $75,000 bail.