London, June 29
The leaked autopsy details of Michael Jackson show that the pop icon was a virtual skeleton as he was barely eating and only had pills in his stomach when he died, according to a new report.

According to the detailed autopsy reported by The Sun, Jackson was bald, bruised and had broken ribs. The pop singer’s hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds which are said to be the result of injections of narcotic painkillers, given three times a day for years.

The examination showed that Jackson had been eating just one meagre meal a day. His stomach only had partially-dissolved pills which he took before the painkiller injection which stopped his heart.

The report also claimed that the pop star was wearing a wig when he died and a little more than “peach fuzz” covered his scalp.

A scarred section of skin above his left ear was entirely bald which is said to be the result of a 1984 accident when his hair caught fire while shooting an ad for Pepsi.

According to the newspaper, Jackson also suffered several broken ribs as rescuers pumped his chest after he collapsed in cardiac arrest. Four injection wounds were found above or near to Jackson’s heart. All appeared to have resulted from attempts to pump adrenaline directly into the organ in a failed bid to restart it.

The autopsy also found unexplained bruises on Jackson’s knees and on the fronts of both shins. There are also said to be cuts on his back, indicating a recent fall.

The King of Pop’s face bore many plastic surgery scars, while the bridge to his nose had vanished and its right side had partially collapsed.

A source close to the Jackson entourage said, “Michael’s family and fans will be horrified when they realise the appalling state he was in. Injection marks all over his body and the disfigurement caused by years of plastic surgery show he’d been in terminal decline for years. His doctors and hangers-on stood by as he self-destructed. Somebody is going to have to pay.”

However, the probe also found that Jackson was recovering well from skin cancer with an operation to shave cells from his chest. 

Meanwhile, Dr Conrad Murray, the cardiologist who was the only person in the room when Jackson suffered cardiac arrest, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Police Department for over three hours.

After the interrogation, Murray’s spokeswoman released a statement saying, “Investigators say the doctor is in no way a suspect and remains a witness to this tragedy”, reported Los Angeles Times online.

“He helped identify the circumstances around the death and clarified some inconsistencies,” added the statement.

The police confirmed that they interviewed Murray, adding that he was cooperative and “provided information which will aid the investigation”.

Murray was thought to have given Jackson the final injection of painkiller Demerol. He faced serious questions about his resuscitation attempts, which he began as Jackson lay unconscious on a bed.