英语文摘:Vials of Propofol found in Michael Jackson's home: coroner

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles County Coroner's Office coroner investigator Elissa Fleak testified on Wednesday that she found 12 vials of the anesthetic Propofol, determined as the drug which played a vital role in Michael Jackson's death, along with a variety of prescription drugs, lotions and medical supplies from the singer's home after his death.

Fleak testified that she retrieved a largely empty 20-milliliter bottle of Propofol on the floor of Jackson's rented Holmby Hills estate, along with various medications next to the pop superstar's bed the night when Jackson died on June 25, 2009.

Some other items -- prescription bottles of drugs including diazepam,Flomax, Lorazepam, clonazepam (used to treat seizures and panic attacks), anti-insomnia drug temazepam, and the anti-depressant trazodone; a number of lotions and creams; a syringe with the needle missing, were also found, Fleak told the court as the involuntary manslaughter trial against Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician, entered 7th day of deliberations.

Fleak told the seven-man, five-woman jury that she also found a urine-filled jug which was seated on a chair in Jackson's bedroom. However, she did not explain further about the jug.

Four days later on June 29, Fleak returned to the mansion to check a second bedroom in the home. She found three bags -- a blue Costco bag, a black bag and a light blue and brown Baby Essentials diaper bag -- each containing more drugs on the top shelf of a cabinet, she said.

The black bag contained three bottles of lidocaine, two of them essentially empty, while the blue Costco bag contained a saline bag which had been cut open, with a bottle of Propofol placed inside. The bottle was essentially empty, Fleak told the 12 panelists.

From the diaper bag, Fleak found two 100-milliliter vials of Propofol that appeared to be full and seven smaller 20-milliliter vials -- three of which were opened, the investigator said.