EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Michael Jackson's Brain Will Tell Stories About His Life
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 @ 05:15PM - 4 comments
Renowned pathologist Dr Michael Baden has exclusively told RadarOnline.com that tests on Michael Jackson's brain could unlock many secrets about the performer's life as well as his death.
An examination of Jackson's brain is part of the forensic examination still underway. "The brain is like a database and these tests will reveal a lot of information like if he was beaten as a child to any small tumors or previous overdoses that he may have suffered," Baden, who recently conducted an autopsy on David Carradine, said.
"The brain results will determine if he was given improper medication and how authentic statements provided by his physicians were."
As the world waits for the toxicology results that will determine the exact cause of Jackson's death Dr Baden believes that they will not be released until the brain analysis is also complete, a process that can take "around four weeks."
It is possible that Diprivan in itself caused him to die, Baden said. "It can slow down breathing and causes blood pressure to fall and a person can die as a result but all the other drugs also mentioned like Demerol, Morphine and Methadone can also be lethal if taken in large quantities.
"It is going to be very interesting to see what all these results tell us about the precise condition Michael Jackson was in."
EXPERT: David Carradine Did Not Commit Suicide
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 @ 05:38PM - Add a comment
Dr. Michael Baden, the famed pathologist hired by David Carradine’s family to conduct a second autopsy on the Kung Fu star, told the AP exclusively today that suicide could be ruled out as a cause of death.
Reading from prepared statements to AP reporters present in a Los Angeles hotel room, Keith Carradine said, “This is a devastating loss for our family and we greatly appreciate the compassion pouring in from all over the world.”
He went on to thank the government of Thailand and Bangkok police for their “support and cooperation,” and the U.S. Department of State for their assistance in investigating David’s June 4 death. The actor was discovered hanging in his hotel room closet, with rope around his neck, hands and genitals, leading many to suspect he was a victim of auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong.
Brother Robert Carradine also read a own statement asking the public to allow his family to “to lay our beloved brother, husband and father, grandfather and great grandfather to rest in peace and with dignity.”
The Carradines then released a statement by Dr. Baden in which he said, “To reach a final determination as to the cause and the manner of death we must wait for further information from Thailand as to the scene findings and the completion of the crime laboratory and toxicology studies that are still being performed.” He did not explain how he’d ruled suicide out as a cause.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dr. Baden Confirms Second Autopsy on David Carradine
Posted on Jun 08, 2009 @ 02:55PM - Add a comment
Famed forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden spoke exclusively to RadarOnline.com about his involvement with the investigation into David Carradine’s death.
“I was contacted by Mark Geragos and asked to help,” Baden said.
Geragos is representing David’s brother Keith Carradine in his family’s search for answers into 72-year-old actor’s sudden death.
Carradine died in Bangkok where he had just started a new film, and an autopsy has already been performed by Thai authorities.
EXCLUSIVE NEW DETAILS: Hotel Video Showing Carradine Handed Over To Thai Police
Posted on Jun 08, 2009 @ 01:40PM - Add a comment
All hotel surveillance videotape showing actor David Carradine inside the Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand has now been turned over to local authorities, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
The General Manager of Nai Lert Park Hotel spoke with RadarOnline.com Monday.
Also Monday, police in Bangkok said they welcome the FBI's involvement into the investigation into the bizarre death of the Kill Bill star.
