The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner is the government agency responsible for investigating deaths within its jurisdiction that fall into categories such as sudden, violent or unusual deaths. Its work includes determining the circumstances, cause and manner of qualifying deaths.
That makes the official record fundamentally different from the theories and jokes that sometimes circulate online.
There is no credible documentation establishing that Jackson survived and secretly began living elsewhere.
The man on the bus may look remarkably like him.
That does not make him Michael Jackson.
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The Official Record Matters More Than a Viral Photograph
It is easy to understand why mysterious images attract attention.
A photograph feels immediate.
People see a face and react before they have time to investigate the story surrounding it.
