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Michael Jackson's father said he suspects "foul play somewhere" over his son's death.
Joe Jackson said he had a "lot of concerns" over events leading up to the tragedy.
He was commenting as details began to emerge of results from the post-mortem carried out on Michael Jackson's body.
Jackson weighed just 8st 1oz and his stomach only contained partially-dissolved pills when he died, it was reported.
The post-mortem findings, reported in The Sun, state that the singer had four injection marks near his heart, apparently from attempts to pump adrenaline into the organ in a bid to restart it.
Speaking on the Black Entertainment Television Awards (BET) red carpet, Mr Jackson said he could not go into details about what his concerns were.
But Mr Jackson told ABC7: "Michael was dead before he left the house. I'm suspecting foul play somewhere. He was waving to everybody and telling them he loves them and all the fans at the gate. A few minutes after Michael was out there, he was dead."
Los Angeles County Coroner's officials said their post-mortem found no indication of trauma or foul play. But, because of additional tests, an official cause of death could take weeks to determine. The Jackson family's lawyer said more would be said after the results of a second post-mortem examination.
The lawyer representing the singer's doctor, Conrad Murray, said he did not administer the drugs which may have contributed to his death. Edward Chernoff said: "Dr Murray has never prescribed nor administered Demerol to Michael Jackson. Not ever. Not that day. Not OxyContin (either) for that matter."
It follows reports that the singer received a shot of Demerol - a powerful painkiller - shortly before his death.
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Interesting how Michael Jackson's father seems to care now considering he bullied the poor guy into the state he was in.
- Steph, Kent, 29/06/2009 11:34
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As I stated in the Los Angeles Times today: "Why the sudden interest from the Jackson family? Money."
- Reuben Camara, Republic of Morecambe, UK, 29/06/2009 06:18
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