Detectives first defense witnesses called to the stand – Day 17
Prosecution has now rested it case and the defense in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial will have their day in court to prove their client Dr. Conrad Murray should not be sent away for killing the King of Pop.
Detective Mayers
After hearing from a witness regarding the 911 call, the next two witnesses called were Detectives Dan Myers and Orlando Martinez. They told the jury that Michael Jackson’s bodyguard Alberto Alvarez never mentioned anything about Propofol until two months after Michael Jackson died. This of course is noted because they want the jury to believe Alvarez may have made up details.
Detective Orlando Martinez
Detective Alvarez testified in the first week of the trial that Murray ordered him to stash vials of Propofol in a bag before asking him to call 911.
Could he not have told police this in fear of being involved in a crime or was it that by then charges were laid and he realized the doctor’s actions resulted in the death of the King of Pop.
Detective Martinez has been a police detective of the Homicide Division for over 10 years. He arrived at the ULCA hospital at 3 pm to conduct interviews. He did “half of it” with Alvarez and then attended to something different and Detective Smite went on with it.
The same questions ensued: “Did Alvarez mention putting away the vials?”, etc.
He stated that he arrived at N.Carolwood Drive at 7:30. He didn’t observe Alvarez there but observed Faheem Mohammad and Alex Supall who was in charge of the surveillance cameras. It was this detective Alvarez who determined that out of all the footage only the arrival of Conrad Murray and Michael Jackson would be of interest and downloaded. Now he admits that more of it could have been recorded.
At the August 31, 2009 he wasn’t present but he received a call from Prosecutor David Walgren in April 2011 who asked him to bring the evidence to a meeting with Alvarez (the saline bag, the pulse oxymeter and the propofol bottle).
This dective confirmed he recognized the drawing made by Alvarez on August 31. Here is that drawing:
New drawing:
He told the jury that the drawing was significantly different from the original one he drew.
Detective Martinez explained that when Alvarez saw the saline bag he recalled that the one Murray had asked him to put away had a kind of an additional chamber to it.
