Local authorities have enlisted the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the investigation.
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CNN reports that a prescription opioid medication was found in his Minnesota home.
A reserved parking spot at the building housing the office of Dr. Howard Kornfeld appears, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in Mill Valley, Calif. Minneapolis attorney William Mauzy, who represents Kornfeld, said Wednesday that singer Prince had arranged an initial meeting with him the day before he died.
Howard Kornfeld’s clinic specializes in medical treatment for chronic pain and drug and alcohol addiction, according to its website.
The 57-year-old Prince was found dead on April 21 at his Paisley Park home-studio complex in a Minneapolis suburb.
What led to the singer’s death still remains undetermined and the autopsy results could still take weeks to come out.
Andrew Kornfeld, the son of an addiction specialist, was identified as the caller.
But Prince’s representatives could not initially find the musician, Mauzy said.
It was first reported last week that sheriff’s investigators had called in the DEA to help with the investigation into Prince’s death because painkillers were found on his person.
In 2012, a Sun-Sentinel story reported a growing problem in South Florida with addiction to a Southeast Asian “medicinal” plant known as kratom, which was readily available and was being used by people to help fight their addiction to heroin, opium and painkillers. He said that’s because of a Minnesota law that protects people committing drug crimes from being prosecuted if they call 911 to get help for someone who has overdosed.
According to The Minneapolis Star Tribune, the iconic singer had Percocet in his system at the time of his unexpected passing on Thursday, April 21.
Prince, who sold more than 100 million records, was widely considered one of the most talented and influential artists of his generation. Andrew’s voice can be heard on the 911 call made to alert authorities of Prince’s death.
The next morning, Prince representatives met him at the hotel and brought him to Paisley Park, where Kornfeld was to meet with Prince before taking him to the Minnesota doctor for evaluation and treatment pending a decision to travel to California. Mauzy says that Andrew had no intentions of administering the drug to Prince but instead planned to hand it over to a licensed doctor.
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The federal officials are investigating where Prince received the prescription drugs, what type he was getting and whether he was searching for a doctor before he was found dead.
