Conrad Murray: Timeline of Major EventsConrad Murray: The Michael Jackson Doctor Trial.
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Los Angeles - Here's a timeline of of major events in Conrad Murray's life up to the conclusion of the preliminary hearing to decide whether Murray would stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death.
Feb. 19, 1953
Conrad Murray is born in St. Andrews, Grenada. He lives for his first seven years with his maternal grandparents. He then moves to Trinidad and Tobago, where he joins his mother and stepfather. He is educated there and works as a schoolteacher in Trinidad, a customs clerk and insurance underwriter before turning to medicine.
1980
Moves to Houston to study medicine. He completes an undergraduate degree in pre-medicine and biological sciences from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas in three years, graduating magna cum laude.
1989
Graduates from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. This follows his return from fourth year senior elective medical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
1992
Completes his internship and residency at the Loma Linda University Medical Center in Calif. Training in cardiology follows at the University of Arizona, the University of San Diego and Sharp Healthcare. Files for bankruptcy in California.
1993 - 2003
Murray accumulates more than $44,000 in tax liens owed to California and Arizona.
1996
Murray starts a three-year stint as associate director for the interventional cardiology fellowship training program at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
1999
Relocates to Las Vegas; opens a private practice in the spring of 2000.
2000
Founds Global Cardiovascular Associates in Las Vegas. Operates a second practice in Houston.
2005 - 2006
A former partner in an energy-drink distribution venture claims Murray owes him $68,000. John Thomas, distributor of a drink called Pit Bull, says that in 2005 and 2006 Murray had the rights to distribute the product in Trinidad and Tobago. The drink never gains popularity there. Murray pays his bill for a first shipment, then doesn't pay for three subsequent shipments, Thomas says.
2006
Meets Michael Jackson when Murray treats one of Jackson's children in Las Vegas.
May 2007
A woman files a paternity suit against Murray in Nevada. The case is sealed in Clark County family court.
December 2008
Murray is hit with a nearly $3,700 judgment for failure to pay child support in San Diego and has his wages garnished for almost $1,500 by a credit card company. Murray's 10-year certification in internal medicine expires. The American Board of Medical Specialties reports that he is not board-certified.
April 2009
Murray is ordered to repay $71,000 in student loans dating to the 1980s.
May 2009
Murray signs on as Michael Jackson's personal physician for a $150,000 monthly salary and agrees to accompany the singer to London for his comeback concerts. He takes a leave from his practice and, in a letter to his Nevada patients, says he is leaving "because of a once in a lifetime opportunity."
2009
By the time he is hired by Jackson, Murray is in serious financial trouble. In all, he owes more than $780,000, including $600,000 in court judgments for unpaid rent on office space and medical equipment in Nevada and Texas, $100,000 on the mortgage on his Vegas home and $70,000 for outstanding loans he took out at Meharry. He also owes thousands in child support.
June 25, 2009
Murray finds Jackson in bed at Jackson's rented mansion and not breathing. He then reportedly performs CPR until paramedics arrive. Murray rides with Jackson to UCLA Medical Center, where the pop superstar is pronounced dead.
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July 23, 2009
Documents filed with the Clark County (Nevada) Recorder show Murray accumulated a debt of more than $100,000 plus penalties since January on a nearly $1.7 million loan on his mansion at the exclusive Red Rock Country Club.
Feb. 8, 2010
Is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Murray pleads not guilty and is released on $75,000 bail. The Los Angeles coroner cites Jackson's cause of death as "acute propofol intoxication" in combination with other drugs, and Murray acknowledges that he has administered the powerful anesthetic at Jackson's request.
Feb. 10, 2010
Murray returns to work in Las Vegas. He makes arrangements to work from another physician's office pending an April 5 evidentiary hearing in Los Angeles.
May 27, 2010
Murray is denied his request for a court order relieving him of an obligation to pay about $16,000 in back child support to the mother of his 12-year-old son. Santa Clara County (Calif.) Superior Court Commissioner John Schroeder denies the request.
June 25, 2010
Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, files a wrongful death lawsuit against Murray in federal court in Los Angeles. The complaint, which seeks more than $75,000, accuses Murray of professional negligence for providing the singer with a mix of sedatives including the anesthetic propofol that authorities say killed him.
Dec. 8, 2010
The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners allows Murray to keep his Nevada medical license. Murray admits to making inaccurate and incomplete statements to the board about being current on child support. He receives a reprimand and agrees to pay at least $3,700 in investigation costs.
Jan. 4, 2011
A preliminary hearing begins in Los Angeles to decide if Murray will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death.
Jan. 5, 2011
Alberto Alvarez testified that he was the first security guard to reach Jackson's room and that he obeyed the doctor's instructions to collect medicine bottles and intravenous bags. He also said the doctor told him to shield Jackson children from seeing their father, all before being told to call 911.
Jan. 6, 2011
Paramedic Martin Blount who was sent to Michael Jackson's mansion says he saw Murray scoop up three bottles of lidocaine from the floor and place the vials in a bag during efforts to revive the pop star.
Jan. 7, 2011
Sade Anding, Murray’s former girlfriend, testified that he was distracted when he called her on the morning of the singer's death and there was commotion in the background. She heard coughing and mumbling but didn't recognize the voice as Murray.
Jan. 10, 2011
A pharmacist testified that Murray purchased four shipments of the anesthetic propofol between April 6 and June 10, 2009. Tim Lopez, owner of Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas, where Murray has a clinic, said Murray bought 130 vials of propofol in 100 milliliter doses and another 125 vials in the smaller dose of 20 milliliters.
Jan. 11, 2011
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ordered Murray to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after hearing testimony that he administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives and then left the pop star alone.
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