Police Target 30 In Hunt For Michael Jackson’s Drug Suppliers

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Police want to question 30 Doctors, nurses and chemists who may have helped to supply Michael Jackson with prescription drugs as his family argue over the final details for his memorial service, which is to be held on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

The police taskforce, established as a “formality” when Jackson died 10 days ago, is snowballing into a widespread investigation checking prescriptions for painkillers found in his house under fictional names such as Jack London and Omar Arnold.

Omar was Jackson’s nickname for Lou Ferrigno, the 1970s Hulk actor who was training Jackson for his 50 London shows. Arnold is the first name of his dermatologist, Arnold Klein, who was reportedly preparing his skin for the same performances.

Others include Jackson’s live-in doctor, Conrad Murray, a cardiologist who has talked to the police twice, and Cheri-lyn Lee, his last nurse. She said Jackson had begged her for Diprivan, a milk-like anaesthetic also known as propofol and used to sedate horses. Klein, who denies any wrongdoing, is on a list of people who police and drug enforcement officials want to interview.

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