A rundown of calls to police from Prince’s Paisley Park estate in recent years is dominated by incidents like suspicious activity, trespassers or tripped alarms.
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The singer was found unresponsive in an elevator at Paisley Park, and was soon pronounced dead. Prince’s representatives have not responded to AP’s request for comment on the reports. “We might contact them to help us, but that hasn’t happened”.
The last call classified as medical came on October 23, 2013.
Authorities investigating the death of Prince found prescription opioid medication on him, according to various news outlets on Wednesday, the same day court records showed a judge appointed a bank to safeguard the music legend’s estate.
The search warrant is for Paisley Park, the musician’s home and recording studio complex in suburban Minneapolis.
A prosecutor and sheriff’s deputy who requested the action said disclosure of the details could “compromise this law enforcement investigation”, a sheriff’s deputy and prosecutor, said in requesting the action.
Prince had been rushed to hospital in IL six days prior to his death, while flying home from a concert in Georgia, but was treated and released a few hours later.
The singer’s cause of death remains unconfirmed and autopsy results are not expected for three or four weeks.
Reports of the possible role of painkillers in Prince’s death have been prominent in tabloid coverage since his still-mysterious emergency treatment at a hospital a week before he was found dead at Paisley Park.
ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN, citing unidentified law enforcement sources, have reported that prescription painkillers were found on the 57-year-old Prince and in his home.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, reported that prescription pills were found but that it wasn’t clear whether they had been prescribed to Prince.
Prince died April 21. Results of the autopsy could take several weeks.
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The pills are commonly used to treat pain, and investigators have brought in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to help with the case, the source said Wednesday.
