Murray's trial: the defendant
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.
In 1994 he was arrested on domestic violence charges.
(Notice: the year of birth in the picture above is wrong)
Murray stood trial over an incident involving his then girlfriend, but was cleared.
However, he has also been ordered to jail twice for non-payment of child support for a son he fathered in California with nurse Nenita Malibiran.
In 2007, was under investigation for an alleged botched surgery. Murray drained fluid from the heart of a 67-year-old Las Vegas patient. The patient died after surgery. According to the coroner's investigation report, his wife was told by one of the docs her husband's heart was punctured during the procedure so she complained to the coroner's office.
The investigation report confirms that, during Murray's surgery, the patient suffered a puncture to the right ventricle of his heart, which was eventually listed as one of four causes of death on the autopsy report.
The family spoke with Tmz in September 2009 and said they wanted to file a malpractice suit but it was too expensive, in part because pursuing that kind of legal action requires testimony from another medical expert, and that costs a lot of money.
According to the web site of the American Board of Internal Medicine, https://www.abim.org/:
Dr. Conrad Robert Murray - not Board Certified (expired)
Certified 8/26/98
Expired 12/31/2008
Murray’s offices are in Houston (Texas) and Las Vegas (Nevada). He can no longer practice medicine in the State of California (as a result of the preliminary hearing that took place in January 2011) and can no longer prescribe powerful anesthetics (included Propofol), as a result of the arraignment that took place in 2010.
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 which summarizes Murray's statements, Jackson had returned from rehearsals the night of June 24, 2009 unable to sleep. The report says that, according to Murray, he first tried to help him sleep without using Propofol. Infact, he told detectives he gave Jackson Valium (trade name: Diazepam; used to treat anxiety disorders) at 1:30 a.m., and then injected Lorazepam (benzodiazepines class, used to treat anxiety disorders) through an IV at 2 a.m. That was followed an hour later by Midazolam (benzodiazepines class, also used to treat moderate to severe insomnia).
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, according to Murray's version, Jackson repeatedly demanded the drug. Murray told investigators after the last dose of Propofol, he left Michael Jackson for two minutes to go to the restroom. When he got back, 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.
During the preliminary hearing emerged that Murray was speaking on the phone while Michael Jackson was under the Propofol. When Murray went back to the bedroom after 45 minutes and realized Michael was not breathing, he asked Michael's bodyguard, Alberto Alvarez, to help him to hide some vials before calling the 911. Then he administered CPR on the bed and not on the floor. Later, Murray admitted he does not know CPR.
On January 25, 2011, Murray pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges and was released after posting $75,000 bail.
MJFS - sources: reidreport.com / tmz.com / myfoxla.com