LadyLayla said:

nelcp777 said:

Nbc News showed the photo of his body this evening.

So did CBS, with a warning. I didn't know it was coming on because I was reading, then looked up. Still stunned.

ABC World News Tonight had a lot of footage, and a follow up in the studio w/ a reporter who had been on the case since day one.

One interesting note: They showed a bank bag with the word "OPIUM" on it, found in the vault. But behind that in the photo are tapes of "Crucial", "Cocoa ...", "Housequake", "Can I Play With U?" and "A Couple of Miles".

I just watched the segment about Prince on ABC World News Tonight, about 10 minutes ago. It was hard to watch those pictures and videos of Paisley Park from the day he died.... I put my hands over my face for a few seconds. It appeared that ABC "blurred out" his body in the video footage from PP on 04/21/16. I remember seeing a black "blur" near the elevator in the video. The ABC reporter for this segment, Eva Pilgrim, used to work for the ABC affiliate here in Philadelphia (WPVI, 6 ABC).

TrivialPursuit said:

LadyLayla said:

So did CBS, with a warning. I didn't know it was coming on because I was reading, then looked up. Still stunned.

ABC World News Tonight had a lot of footage, and a follow up in the studio w/ a reporter who had been on the case since day one.

One interesting note: They showed a bank bag with the word "OPIUM" on it, found in the vault. But behind that in the photo are tapes of "Crucial", "Cocoa ...", "Housequake", "Can I Play With U?" and "A Couple of Miles".

The reporter is Eva Pilgrim.

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I saw the bag with OPIUM on it, but I didn't pay attention to the stuff in the background. I think the bag that said OPIUM caught all of my attention. Again, it was hard to see that.

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My understanding is that only Prince had the code to his vault, hence why Bremer Trust had to drill open his vault. Therefore, my conclusion is that Prince put that OPIUM bag in the vault.

TrivialPursuit said:

LadyLayla said:

So did CBS, with a warning. I didn't know it was coming on because I was reading, then looked up. Still stunned.

ABC World News Tonight had a lot of footage, and a follow up in the studio w/ a reporter who had been on the case since day one.

One interesting note: They showed a bank bag with the word "OPIUM" on it, found in the vault. But behind that in the photo are tapes of "Crucial", "Cocoa ...", "Housequake", "Can I Play With U?" and "A Couple of Miles".

It was a light blue bank bag.

Let's not get crazy. Opium is the name of a perfume too. Or a song? who knows. Doubt if someone stashing the drug would keep it in a marked bag.

PennyPurple said:

Mumio said:

Nope, that isn't stopping at all, in fact they are even more livid that "someone is getting away with murder". The fact of the matter is that unless someone was charged with murder, those people would have NEVER believed anything said by law enforcement nor will they believe anyone else. They have their own agenda now-investigating the murder of Prince. And that wonderful cuz of his has helped push this craziness by not being clear about what he's been doing, so that's seen as encouragement by those people. I feel sorry for them, they are very deluded and I hope that no one gets hurt as a result. There's been some SERIOUS anger issues expressed in some of those groups leveled at Kirk, Tyka, the chefs, etc. I hope those people are watching out for their safety, especially right now with all going on in MN.


ETA: and sure enough, he's out there having a press conference. Good grief.

[Edited 4/19/18 12:51pm]

Who is having a press conference? I've been busy the last few hours and haven't heard.

Chazz of course.

206Michelle said:

TrivialPursuit said:

ABC World News Tonight had a lot of footage, and a follow up in the studio w/ a reporter who had been on the case since day one.

One interesting note: They showed a bank bag with the word "OPIUM" on it, found in the vault. But behind that in the photo are tapes of "Crucial", "Cocoa ...", "Housequake", "Can I Play With U?" and "A Couple of Miles".

The reporter is Eva Pilgrim.

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I saw the bag with OPIUM on it, but I didn't pay attention to the stuff in the background. I think the bag that said OPIUM caught all of my attention. Again, it was hard to see that.

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My understanding is that only Prince had the code to his vault, hence why Bremer Trust had to drill open his vault. Therefore, my conclusion is that Prince put that OPIUM bag in the vault.

I think these pics are showing that it was worse then we thought.

Tears go here.

Do you REALLY think there was opium in a bag marked OPIUM? No.

poppys said:

LadyLayla said:

nelcp777 said:

Nbc News showed the photo of his body this evening.

So did CBS, with a warning. I didn't know it was coming on because I was reading, then looked up. Still stunned.

You and me both. I just turned on the news and saw it with no warning.

precioux said:

This is .... um....

feeluupp said:

There also photos inside his legendary vault showing recordings, large sums of cash and recording equipment stacked on shelves.

One pic shows a white powdery substance spilled out on a table with a bent spoon placed next to it.

poppys said:

Do you REALLY think there was opium in a bag marked OPIUM? No.

I'm in agreement with poppys on this. It just sounds so laughable that he would have a bag of opium in his safe in a bag with the word opium on it. And, if he did, wouldn't they be mentioning it?

poppys said:

Let's not get crazy. Opium is the name of a perfume too. Or a song? who knows. Doubt if someone stashing the drug would keep it in a marked bag.

And there was never any mention by law enforcement that opium was found.

He was found outside of the elevator not inside.

PennyPurple said:

PennyPurple said:

He was found outside of the elevator not inside.

they would have moved him for CPR

but the vault looks good. so many tapes... I feel better that it was well taken care of and we will see 100s of things....

the Opium was a joke... it was a bank bag. Money is a DRUG

[Edited 4/19/18 16:14pm]

I just saw TMZ. WTF?

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Why are they doing this on the anniversary of his death and the Prince Celebration?

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I feel sick. There are no words!!

Interesting details here:

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/latest-princes-doctor-fined-illegal-prescription-54582904

cloveringold85 said:

I just saw TMZ. WTF?

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Why are they doing this on the anniversary of his death and the Prince Celebration?

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I feel sick. There are no words!!

they were just released

PeteSilas said:

PennyPurple said:

He was found outside of the elevator not inside.

How do figure? If he was sprawled out on the floor why did it take so long to find him.

I don't know. It's just what is being reported...TMZ

As we've reported, Prince was found lying on his back in front of an elevator door in the home. We've chosen not to show the image of his body.

Now, they are bringing Sinead into this?

so there are dozens of photos of vault tapes! someone needs to try to map it out and catalog what they all say

PennyPurple said:

TrivialPursuit said:

ABC World News Tonight had a lot of footage, and a follow up in the studio w/ a reporter who had been on the case since day one.

One interesting note: They showed a bank bag with the word "OPIUM" on it, found in the vault. But behind that in the photo are tapes of "Crucial", "Cocoa ...", "Housequake", "Can I Play With U?" and "A Couple of Miles".

It was a light blue bank bag.

Did I say anything opposite of that? Don't care about the color. But you are right. It was blue.

To the other person saying Prince wouldn't have done that - get out of the purple clouds. There were multiple bags they showed full of drugs. That was just one of them. Drug users, even those who secretly get prescription drugs, have a shame about it and hide it. Even more, if you have some mythological image of being 100% drug-free for 57 years.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

cloveringold85 said:

I just saw TMZ. WTF?

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Why are they doing this on the anniversary of his death and the Prince Celebration?

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I feel sick. There are no words!!

they were just released

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I really feel like shit right now. This has been such an upsetting day!

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I'm sorry Prince, that no one had your back. All looking for that $$$ in your name, but no friends to be found. Users and abusers is all he got.

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I'm not doing good right now.

cloveringold85 said:

Now, they are bringing Sinead into this?

like wtf??!!

nelcp777 said:

poppys said:

Let's not get crazy. Opium is the name of a perfume too. Or a song? who knows. Doubt if someone stashing the drug would keep it in a marked bag.

And there was never any mention by law enforcement that opium was found.

There doesn't have to be. Very few details are released during an investigation. Just because no one heard of it 2 years ago doesn't mean it didn't happen. It means it wasn't our business just yet.