Four months after the death of the legendary musician Prince, investigators obtained pills labeled as Hydrocodone in his home. The pills contained the drug Fentanyl, an opioid more powerful than morphine, which was the cause of his death.
Reports indicate that the musician did not have a prescription for the pills which leads to speculations that he might have induced the drug by accident. This suggests that the manufacturer might have mislabeled the pills or sold them illegally.
The legendary pop icon, Prince, was found dead at the age of 57 in an elevator of his Paisley Park compound on April 21. Investigations on the cause of his death continues, and recently, authorities were able to obtain pills labelled as Hydrocodone in his home which contained the lethal drug, Fentanyl. The Star Tribune reported that the musician did not have a prescription for the pills and an autopsy report by the Midwest Medical Examiner's released on June confirms that his death was due to an accidental overdose of the said pills.
Authorities are further leaning on the theory that Prince took the pills without the awareness that it contained Fentanyl. Esquire reported that a day prior to the singer's death, his representatives contacted an opioid addiction treatment doctor located in California, and reported that he was dealing with a grave medical emergency. Unfortunately, the Doctors were too late as the autopsy report revealed that he was dead six hours before his body was found.
As of date, the authorities will continue to work on the case of Prince to find out how he obtained the pills. Federal investigators believe that he might be another victim of a new national crisis involving deadly counterfeit pills.
