While investigators in Los Angeles continue to dig for clues to understand what took place during Michael Jackson’s final hours of life, the star’s cook, Kai Chase, has spoken to the Associated Press.
Usually in the morning, Dr. Conrad Murray would come down from Jackson’s room with two tanks of oxygen, and would then return with breakfast for Jackson.
On June 25, the doctor did not come looking for cereal for the singer. Around noon, neither the doctor nor the singer had left the room. Chase began to speculate, and recounted, "I thought maybe Mr. Jackson is sleeping late."
While preparing lunch, the doctor asked Chase to bring Prince, Jackson’s 12-year-old son. "He’s screaming very loud. I run into the den where the kids are playing. Prince runs to meet Dr. Murray and from that point on you could feel the energy in the house change."
She added, "I walked into the hall and I saw the children there. The daughter was crying. I saw paramedics running up the stairs."
According to Chase, the house had become the epitome of chaos. The children were crying, their nanny, a cleaning lady and the cook met in a circle to pray for the star.
At 1:30pm, Chase and the other personnel were advised to leave the premises. Less than an hour later, at 2:26pm, Michael Jackson was pronounced dead.