Jacksons want family burial plot

Aug 13, 2009, 9:19 GMT

The Jackson family want to be buried together.

Michael Jackson's relatives are set to buy a private garden at Los Angeles' Forest Lawn Memorial Park so they can all be laid to rest in the same place.

The new plot may also be Michael's final resting place, after his father Joe Jackson denied reports the late pop star has already been committed to the ground.

A source said: "They are waiting to work out the details on buying plots for the whole family before they lay Michael to rest."

Joe has stated the 'King of Pop' is "not buried yet", despite speculation he was laid to rest at Forest Lawn last week.

The Jackson family has been looking at an enclosed garden costing around $253,000.

It has a brick wall running around the perimeter and is decorated with flowers, with enough room for up to eight plots.

The size of the space has led to speculation about who will be buried there as Michael's parents Joe and Katherine have nine children.

Meanwhile, it has been claimed federal drugs agents looking into the circumstances around Michael's death - he died after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest in June - have found evidence his personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray legally bought an anaesthetic from a Las Vegas pharmacy.

Murray was with Michael when he died, and although the events leading up to the singer's passing are unclear it has been speculated he may have been injected with powerful drug Propofol, which is used to put people to sleep before surgery.

Officers searched a Las Vegas pharmacy for items relating to the case earlier this week, and have also searched Murray's offices, home and a lock-up in his name.

A law enforcement source has claimed Murray has admitted giving Michael Propofol before his death.

It has also been reported that a tribute show in honour of the 'Thriller' singer in Vienna, Austria, will be staged on September 26.

The show will last three hours, and will be televised around the world.