Email Details Plans for Prince's Kingdom Hall Funeral Sunday May 15, 2016 Updated: 05/13/2016 4:53 AM KSTP.com
By: Katherine Johnson & Nate Leding
An email obtained by 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS details plans concerning a funeral for Prince this weekend. Minnetonka Police Chief Jeff Sebenaler confirmed with KSTP’s Katherine Johnson that Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall at 13001 Lake Street Extension asked the department to help with traffic and crowd control.
According to the email sent by Sebenaler on Tuesday to police staff, the funeral is scheduled to take place at the church at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The email states that the event is to be private and is invite only.
The police department is expecting 300-500 guests, according to the email.
The police chief’s email states that 30-50 of the guests are considered “high profile”. Last week, Prince's six surviving siblings said in a statement that, contrary to reports, no public memorial, funeral or tribute service has been organized or authorized by his family or Paisley Park representatives.
Prince died April 21 at his Paisley Park home and recording complex in suburban Minneapolis. Investigators still do not know Prince's official cause of death - that is part of the toxicology report, which has yet to be released. Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration revisited the scene at Paisley Park in Chanhassen Tuesday evening as "a component of a complete investigation."
Investigators brought a large suitcase on wheels into the compound, big enough to hold the paper trail they're following.
Multiple law enforcement sources say the DEA is probing the link between Prince and the addiction doctor in California, if someone else gave Prince the narcotics and if Prince was using his real name or an alias to get painkillers. Authorities are searching for paperwork to support their theory, including records like canceled checks, credit card charges and statements, bank documents and examining Prince's medical history, even his personal relationships.
The visit follows the release of a search warrant for Prince’s medical records, which shows the musician received a prescription shortly before his death and that the physician who prescribed it worked for North Memorial Clinic in Minnetonka.
The physician, identified as Dr. Michael Schulenberg (although misspelled as "Schulemberg" in the warrant), said he prescribed Prince medication on April 7 and that it was to be filled at a Walgreens, according to the warrant.
Prince also underwent tests on April 20, according to the document, and Schulenberg was dropping off the results at Paisley Park on the following day, the day of Prince’s death.
The search warrant also states investigators were told Prince was treated for an illness sometime in 2014 or 2015 at Ridgeview Hospital in Chaska. There were no details explaining why he needed treatment.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reported prescription pills were recovered at Paisley Park the day Prince was found dead. According to two law enforcement sources close to the investigation, the potent painkiller Percocet was found in Prince's system. Percocet contains oxycodone and acetaminophen, which also showed up in his system, according to sources.
While Prince had known hip problems, it's unknown whether he was taking Percocet to treat the pain. The sources also said Prince had a dangerously low red blood cell count, meaning he had been sick. http://kstp.com/news/email-details-p...ntrol/4136002/