Michael Jackson: The ‘odd’ autopsy discovery exposed decade after death – ‘Extraordinary!’

MICHAEL JACKSON died on June 25, 2009, but it took more than 10 years before an “odd” discovery was revealed by the Los Angeles Police Department earlier this year.

Michael Jackson autopsy revealed singer had badly scarred head

Jackson, widely regarded as the King of Pop by his die-hard fans, was one of the most significant figures of the 20th century. In 2009, while preparing for his comeback “This Is It” tour, the 50-year-old was found dead from an overdose of the drugs propofol and benzodiazepine administered by his personal physician – Dr Conrad Murray. Today, Jackson’s former publicist announced a new foundation in the late singer’s name.

Raymone Bain, who stood by him throughout his child sex abuse trial, will made the declaration in conjunction with a mandate made by Jackson in 2006 – a year after he was charged.

The statement came just two month’s after Quest Red premiered their “Killing Michael Jackson” documentary, which laid bare previously unknown facts about the singer.

Among those featured was one of the officers who worked closely on the case – Detective Scott Smith – who revealed to viewers the most surprising thing he noticed about Jackson’s corpse.

He said: “When I showed up to go into the autopsy, you know, they had a little cover over the window and they were looking to make sure it was just me, then they usher me in right away, closed the door and locked it.

The autopsy revealed something strange about Jackson (Image: GETTY)

Raymone Bain will make an announcement today (Image: GETTY)

The thing that was odd, that I found myself periodically looking at was his head

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“Everything had been cleared out of there, I remember it being close to five hours long, it was extraordinarily long.

“The thing that was odd, that I found myself periodically looking at was his head, his scalp.

“Whenever he was out in public he was wearing a wig.”

In 1984, Jackson was badly burned while filming a commercial for Pepsi.

During a simulated concert before a full house of fans, pyrotechnics accidentally set Jackson’s hair on fire, causing second-degree burns to his scalp.

Michael Jackson was admitted into Brotman Memorial Hospital after being burned during the filming (Image: GETTY)

Exploding fireworks set Michael Jackson’s jacket and hair on fire (Image: SPLASH)

Michael Jackson suffered second degree burns on his scalp after the accident (Image: SPLASH)

Jackson underwent treatment to hide the scars and had his third rhinoplasty surgery shortly thereafter

Pepsi settled out of court, and Jackson donated the $1.5million (£1.2million) settlement to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California.

However, Mr Smith detailed the shocking extent of the injuries that Jackson had hidden for so many years.

He added: “Looking at his scalp, and the top of his head being severely scarred.

“He had hardly any hair at all on the sides [compared] to what he would look like in public with the flowing hair  – that was a bit different.