Prince’s trajical death has raised many questions regarding the cause of his demise.
"Investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before he was found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis," a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The law enforcement official has also briefed on the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to open up to the media.
Whether Prince was addicted to painkillers is uncertain, but some are wondering whether the stigma surrounding addiction may have prevented Prince, who built a reputation as a sober superstar, from seeking help as to if he was becoming dependent.
A second law enforcement official revealed that prescription drugs were discovered at Prince’s home when the musician was found dead on April 21.
An autopsy has been performed, but results will take three to four weeks to come out. The search warrant for Prince’s Paisley Park home and studio, carried out on the day of his death, was filed on Thursday under strict restrictions on the request of investigators, who said it would hamper their investigation if contents were public.
Source: The Telegraph, The Washington Post, The Guardian
