Joe Jackson (79) has said in a recent interview that he suspects his son, Michael Jackson, died as the result of ‘foul play.’ However, he did not elaborate on why he suspected foul play.
“I do believe it was foul play,” Joe Jackson told ABC News today. “I do believe that. Yes.”
The 79-year-old family patriarch said he wanted to know why his son died so suddenly, but added that a second autopsy commissioned by the Jackson family has yet to reveal any answers.
Joseph Jackson said he didn’t know anything about the drugs his son used.
“I don’t even know the name of them. I do know that whatever he was taking was to make him rest because he had been working so hard.”
He also said that he and his wife, Katherine, should have custody of the superstar’s three children.
“There’s no one else to do what we can do for them. We should keep them all together and then make them happy, feed ‘em like they’re supposed to be fed, and let them get rest, plenty of sleep and grow up to be strong Jacksons.”
Michael’s daughter, Paris (11) is taking the death hard:
“When you start talking about Michael she starts crying,” he said.
Joseph Jackson added that he hopes Paris might have a future in the entertainment business along with Prince Michael II/Blanket (7), who “can really dance.”
Meanwhile, detectives were looking at the Michael Jackson’s history of prescription drug use and trying to question his former doctors.
“Based on those we’ll have an idea of what we’re dealing with,” Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said. “Are we dealing with homicide? Are we dealing with an accidental overdose? What are we dealing with?”
Los Angeles law enforcement is preparing for the possibility that Michael Jackson’s death could turn into a criminal case, pending results of the coroner’s official report.
Michael Jackson’s medical files and records have been subpoenaed from several of the entertainer’s more than dozen doctors who have cared for him since 1993. Authorities are especially concerned with the types of prescription drugs found at the rented home where Michael Jackson died.
While it’s too early to determine whether crimes have been committed, CNN reported that the Jackson family has been made aware that there is the possibility of a criminal investigation.
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