LOS ANGELES — The Associated Press reported Monday that the LA county coroner ruled that Michael Jackson’s death is a homicide, and cited a combination of drugs as the cause.

The AP reports: “Homicide, or ‘death at the hands of another,’ is one of several possible findings in a coroner’s death investigation. The designation does not necessarily mean a crime was committed though it is a useful starting point for prosecutors, said Dr. Michael Baden, the former chief medical examiner in New York City and a forensics expert involved in many high-profile murder cases.”

The AP’s source spoke on the condition of anonymity, who reportedly said that the anesthetic propofol combined with at least two sedatives caused Jackson’s death on June 25.

Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is the target of a manslaughter investigation, however that does not neccesarily make him a suspect. Murray reportedly administered propofol to Jackson the night before his death.

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