The cause of death on Michael Jackson‘s death certificate is listed as “deferred” while investigators continue testing the singer’s brain.
“As soon as we are done with the brain, we will return it. There is a whole series of tests that will be done,” said assistant chief coroner Ed Winter regarding the on going neuropathology testing.
Although it is not uncommon for the coroner to hold on to a brain or samples from it, it gives us the heebie-geebies!
Winters claims that many families delay burying their loved one until the brain has been returned, but he had no information regarding the Jackson family’s wishes.
“The last I heard, they are not burying the body yet,” said the coroner.
The death certificate does not state where Jackson will be buried.
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