B.B. King (Photo : YouTube)
American Hall of Fame blues singer B.B. King's body has been examined by a Nevada coroner following allegations of foul play in his death, as revealed on May 25, Monday. The step has been taken after two of the singer's next heirs raised serious allegations of murder by poisoning on the singer's decades-old close associates.
"We are coordinating our investigative efforts with the Homicide Division of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. I expect the investigation will take a minimum of 6 to 8 weeks," said Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg in reference to the reexamination of the singer's body, NBC News reported.
The legendary singer had passed away on May 14, following multi-infarct dementia caused by a series of small strokes, as told by the Las Vegas coroner. He was 89. No family member was reportedly present at the time of his death.
Soon after King's death, reports started emerging that the singer's two daughters, Karen Williams and Patty King, believe that their father's business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson poisoned him to death.
Toney and Johnson, meanwhile, has declined to comment over the matter. While Toney was considered a close ally of the singer since last 39 years and is also named in the King's will as executor of his millions of estate, Johnson was present at the singer's bedside in hospice care.
Meanwhile, Patty and most of King's nine other adult children and heirs have accused Toney of misconduct, saying that he used to mysteriously administer two drops of an unknown substance on the singer's tongue during several evenings before his death. King's family is also accusing Toney, of misappropriating millions of dollars, lying, and exerting undue influence over her late client, Gawker reported.
