Day 3 of the trial: Does anyone know artificial respiration?
On the third day of Conrad Murray’s trial, the first person to reach Michael’s room and call emergency services testified.
From the statements, it appears that as a cardiology specialist, Murray didn’t know how to perform cardiac massage, and until then he had never given anyone mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Murray: "This is the first time I’m giving mouth-to-mouth to someone. But I have to, because he’s my friend!"
Murray delayed calling emergency services as much as possible, and according to another witness, he caused Michael’s children to witness the horrifying scene of their father’s death.
Kai Chase, Michael Jackson’s personal chef, was another witness from yesterday’s court proceedings. He said he was busy in the kitchen when Conrad Murray arrived looking nervous and shouting:
"Call Prince. Call the officers. Go get help."
But Murray never told him to call emergency services.
Kai went to Prince and told him: "Hurry up—Conrad Murray needs you. Maybe something bad happened to your father."
When asked why he hadn’t gone to the security officers instead of Prince, Chase said Prince was available and he had followed Murray’s instructions.
Kai Chase said he arrived at Michael’s home at 8 or 8:30 a.m. six times a week. His job was to prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner for Michael and his children. He said that on average, twice a week Michael would eat breakfast with the children.
The kids’ breakfast was granola and almond milk. (Granola is a popular North American breakfast made from a mix of grains, nuts, and honey.) Michael sometimes ate the same breakfast or requested an omelet with lots of vegetables.
Michael preferred a mix of organic carrot and beet juice. Chase sometimes prepared a mix of other fruit juices and organic vegetables for him. He would sometimes put prepared food in the refrigerator or give it to Michael so he could take it with him to practice sessions in the afternoons. For Michael, it was important to eat healthy food at home.
Chase says that one day before Michael died, he prepared white bean soup for dinner so Michael could take it with him. When he returned home for work on the morning of June 25, he saw that the soup hadn’t been touched and was still in the refrigerator.
On that day, Michael didn’t come down for breakfast and didn’t request breakfast. He prepared the children’s breakfast and went to the supermarket to shop. After returning, he got busy preparing lunch. Michael ate lunch every day at 12:30 with his children. That day’s meal was spinach salad and turkey breast meat.
Between 12:05 and 12:10 that day, Conrad Murray came down the stairs in a nervous state and shouted to call Prince, call the officers, and go get help.
Chase sent Prince to follow Murray and returned to work. Shortly after, he heard crying and wailing from upstairs and went to see what was happening.
Chase says he and the staff formed a circle with all three of Michael’s children to pray for Michael.
This chef said he had participated in television interviews seven times and received a thousand dollars each time. He said that in these interviews he talked about Michael’s favorite foods. But he pointed out that in the summer of 2009, when Michael died, he hadn’t received any payment for any of his interviews.
Source: eMJey.com / CNN / BBC / AP
Prosecutor David Walgren holds a vial of propofol and asks Alvarez questions.
Alberto Alvarez, one of Michael Jackson’s guards who was responsible for logistics, testified that before Murray asked him to call 911, he told him to help collect the medicine vials and syringes. He followed the order because Murray was a doctor and Alvarez trusted him. Alvarez thought these medicines would be taken into the hospital to help Michael.
Alvarez told the crowded courtroom that inside the room, an IV bag was opened and hung on an IV stand, and an empty propofol vial was inside the IV bag. The IV line was connected to Michael’s leg by a tube.
In response to Alvarez, Murray says Michael had shown a bad reaction, and then...
"He grabbed a handful of the medicine vials, put them in a bag, and told me to help him."
The prosecutor says Murray was cleaning up evidence of his wrongdoing before notifying emergency personnel for help.
Overwhelmed by emotion and with his voice showing it, Alvarez told the court that Prince and Paris had witnessed the horrifying scene of their father’s death.
They entered the room and went toward their father, who was lying on the bed with his eyes and mouth open. Paris screamed "Dad!" and began to cry.
Murray told Alvarez not to let the children see their father in that condition.
"I told the kids not to worry. Everything will be okay."
The children were then escorted out of the room.
Only after that did Murray tell Alvarez to call emergency services. The audio recording of that call was played in court.
Alvarez tells the operator: "He (Murray) is pressing on his chest. But he isn’t showing any reaction."
As the evidence suggests, the cardiology specialist didn’t know the correct way to perform cardiac massage. He was pressing on Michael’s chest with one hand while Michael was lying on the bed. This cardiac aid should be performed on a hard surface to be effective.
The operator tells Alvarez to place Michael from the bed onto the floor.
Alvarez recalls that in those circumstances, Murray had asked whether anyone knew how to do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?
Murray listens to Alvarez’s statements
Alvarez helped put Michael on the floor. Then, while Murray was giving Michael mouth-to-mouth, Alvarez was pressing on his chest.
Alvarez says that before placing Michael on the floor, Murray attached a pulse oximeter to his finger.
After a few rounds of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Murray said:
"This is the first time I’m giving mouth-to-mouth to someone. But I have to, because he’s my friend!"
Alvarez’s emotions surged when he said the media had offered him $500,000 to interview him about Michael Jackson’s death, but he refused. Despite the fact that for two years after Michael’s death he had been in a financial crisis and couldn’t find a steady job.
Some time after Michael’s death, when the media wrote about a witness who said that at Murray’s request, instead of calling emergency services, he had helped him collect the drugs; the Jackson family became furious and fired Alvarez, who had been serving them.
Alvarez said that guilt wouldn’t let him go, and he kept thinking that maybe he could have saved Michael’s life.
Alvarez said that Michael looked healthy and happy the night before he died.
"He was very happy. I remember exactly that he was in good spirits."
Kai Chase, Michael Jackson’s personal chef, was another witness from yesterday’s court proceedings. He said he was busy in the kitchen when Conrad Murray arrived looking nervous and shouting:
"Call Prince. Call the officers. Go get help."
But Murray never told him to call emergency services.
Kai went to Prince and told him: "Hurry up—Conrad Murray needs you. Maybe something bad happened to your father."
When asked why he hadn’t gone to the security officers instead of Prince, Chase said Prince was available and he had followed Murray’s instructions.
Kai Chase said he arrived at Michael’s home at 8 or 8:30 a.m. six times a week. His job was to prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner for Michael and his children. He said that on average, twice a week Michael would eat breakfast with the children.
The kids’ breakfast was granola and almond milk. (Granola is a popular North American breakfast made from a mix of grains, nuts, and honey.) Michael sometimes ate the same breakfast or requested an omelet with lots of vegetables.
Michael preferred a mix of organic carrot and beet juice. Chase sometimes prepared a mix of other fruit juices and organic vegetables for him. He would sometimes put prepared food in the refrigerator or give it to Michael so he could take it with him to practice sessions in the afternoons. For Michael, it was important to eat healthy food at home.
Chase says that one day before Michael died, he prepared white bean soup for dinner so Michael could take it with him. When he returned home for work on the morning of June 25, he saw that the soup hadn’t been touched and was still in the refrigerator.
On that day, Michael didn’t come down for breakfast and didn’t request breakfast. He prepared the children’s breakfast and went to the supermarket to shop. After returning, he got busy preparing lunch. Michael ate lunch every day at 12:30 with his children. That day’s meal was spinach salad and turkey breast meat.
Between 12:05 and 12:10 that day, Conrad Murray came down the stairs in a nervous state and shouted to call Prince, call the officers, and go get help.
Chase sent Prince to follow Murray and returned to work. Shortly after, he heard crying and wailing from upstairs and went to see what was happening.
Chase says he and the staff formed a circle with all three of Michael’s children to pray for Michael.
This chef said he had participated in television interviews seven times and received a thousand dollars each time. He said that in these interviews he talked about Michael’s favorite foods. But he pointed out that in the summer of 2009, when Michael died, he hadn’t received any payment for any of his interviews.
Source: eMJey.com / CNN / BBC / AP