As the investigation continues into Prince's death by a fentanyl overdose previous year, newly unsealed court documents show that the late music legend was adept at concealing what seems to have been a prescription painkiller habit.
Prince was 57 when he was found alone and unresponsive at his Paisley Park home on 21 April.
Some of the strong painkillers found at the musician's Paisley Park complex outside Minneapolis had prescriptions in the name of his friend and bodyguard, the affidavits and search warrants showed.
The artist tragically passed away on April 21, 2016 due to what officials have ruled was an opioid overdose. Schulenberg had "put the prescription in Kirk Johnson's name for Prince's privacy". Investigators reportedly also found capsules labeled A-349, which CNN reported were found elsewhere in Prince's estate. Almost a year after Prince died from an accidental drug overdose in his suburban Minneapolis studio and estate, investigators still haven't interviewed a key associate nor asked a grand jury to investigate potential criminal charges, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation. He and five others were searching for Prince when Kornfeld said he heard a scream. They do not reveal answers, but do shed light on Prince's struggle with addiction in the days before he died.
In addition to the medication found in the suitcase, investigators also found opioids in various parts of Paisley Park; and also stored in containers other than pill vials, including vitamin bottles.
It's been nearly exactly a year since Prince died and just out, an update in the investigation into his drug overdose. The suitcase, which had a handwritten letter with the lyrics of "You Got the Look" inside, was labeled under her alias name, Peter Bravestrong.
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Michael Todd Schulenberg, the doctor who treated Prince twice prior to his death, admitted issuing a prescription for the narcotic painkiller Percocet under Mr Johnson's name to protect the singer's privacy, an unsealed affidavit showed. Dr. Schulenberg met with Prince and prescribed him clonidine, hydroxyzine pamoate and diazepam, which were filled on April 20 at Walgreen's on County Road 101 in Minnetonka.
Johnson maintained he had "limited knowledge" of Prince's addiction to painkillers, the Times reported.
Authorities also searched Mr Johnson's phone records to see who he was communicating with in the month before Prince died.
The specialist, Dr. Howard Kornfeld, couldn't get there immediately so he sent his son, Andrew Kornfeld, on an overnight flight to Minnesota.
Cramer said investigators are likely trying to uncover everything they can, and they need to get the drugs into a suspect's hands, either through a paper trail or witnesses.
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