Producer TEDDY RILEY has given weight to La Toya Jackson's assertion her brother MICHAEL was murdered, after revealing the King of Pop had named potential suspects in the event of his death.
Michael Jackson passed away from a drug overdose on 25 June (09), just days before he was due to kick-start a mammoth live residency in London.
His death has been ruled a homicide and Los Angeles police are focusing their investigation on the superstar's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray.
La Toya has long maintained her younger brother was murdered and her claims have been backed up by the late singer's close friend and collaborator, Riley.
The Blackstreet star claims Jackson lived in fear someone would try to kill him and even provided names of those he suspected of ill intentions.
Riley tells the National Enquirer, "He mentioned it to me a few times... like people were out to kill him... and he would say names, saying these are the people who are trying to kill me."
As soon as news of Jackson's passing broke, Riley immediately contacted the Thriller hitmaker's family to alert them to the possibility he might have been killed: "I said, 'Listen, he was murdered. Somebody didn't like something Jackson said or something he's doing or didn't want him to go to the top, so they had to get rid of him.' We've got so many people we think it could be. It's going to come out. You're going to find out."