Jackson Autopsy Report Finally Leaked

The Michael Jackson autopsy report has finally found its way to the media and it provides some interesting details and unexpected conclusion: he was healthy. Even though MJ had arms covered with punctures, scarred face and neck, and tattooed eyebrows and lips, he was not the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids.

According to the AP story, Jackson weighed 136 pounds-- in the acceptable range for a 5-foot-9 man. His heart was strong with no sign of plaque buildup. His kidneys and most other major organs were normal. Signs of arthritis were found in the lower spine and some fingers, and there was mild plaque buildup in his leg arteries. His lungs were chronically inflamed and had reduced capacity that might have left him short of breath.

"His overall health was fine," said Dr. Zeev Kain, chairman of the anesthesiology department at the University of California, Irvine, who reviewed a copy of the autopsy report for the AP. "The results are within normal limits."

Jackson also had chest bruising and cracked ribs from CPR, and a mechanical device known as a balloon pump was inserted into his heart to try to restart it. Aside from propofol and the sedatives, the only substances found in his system were the local anesthetic, Lidocaine, sometimes used to numb injection sites and ephedrine, a commonly used resuscitation stimulant. No other drugs—legal or otherwise—were detected, nor was any alcohol.

The autopsy findings cut off a potential defense for Murray—that Jackson hid serious pre-existing conditions that increased the risk of death from the drugs he willingly took.

The autopsy report also provided further details on Jackson's physical condition. He had a 3/4-inch scar behind his left ear and another apparent scar behind his right ear. He had a scar beside each of his nostrils and another, 4-inch scar on his right shoulder. He had a pair of additional scars about 3-inches long at the base of his neck and smaller scars on his arms and wrist. He also had a small scar near his navel and a 2-inch scar on the right-hand side of his abdomen.

The medical examiner found numerous punctures on both arms and on a knee and ankle. Jackson had several tattoos, all them cosmetic, including dark tattoos in the areas of both eyebrows and under his eyes, and a pink tattoo around his lips.

He was going bald at the front of his head, with his remaining hair described as short and tightly curled. The bald part of his scalp was darkened with what appeared to be a tattoo stretching across the top of his head from ear to ear. The coroner found depigmentation of his skin around his chest, abdomen, face and arms.

The coroner also found Jackson was actively producing sperm.