Michael Jackson’s body may have to be unearthed in a bid to get his doctor off the hook in court.
Conrad Murray’s lawyers plan to challenge the star’s autopsy, which found he killed him with an overdose of sedative Propofol.
They want to prove Michael could have died from OTHER drug use and may demand his body be dug up for new tests ahead of Murray’s trial next year.
A key find could be needle marks not made by the doctor.
A Jackson family friend said: “This is a horrifying situation the family have been dreading. They laid Michael to rest and for him to return is just sick.”
Murray’s team will try to convince a judge the King of Pop’s body gave out after decades of abuse of painkilling pills and jabs. They hope to get the cardiologist’s involuntary manslaughter charges thrown out.
Lead attorney Ed Chernoff has already got the green light to re-test tissue samples removed and frozen after Michael died last June.
The family friend added: “If the tests don’t concur with the coroner’s findings, they have the start of a strong defence. The logical next step would be to exhume the body to make new tests.”
Michael Jackson is buried at a mausoleum in Los Angeles.
Source: NewsOfTheWorld(UK)
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