ICR: 1500012559 Special Notes or Instructions: CO ATTNY FORMAL COMPL C0 ATTNY REVIEW CITY FORMAL COMPL CITY ATTNY RavIEw C0 SOCIAL SERVICES Co MENTAL HEALTH RESTORATIVE CONF SCHOOL CRIME OT HER: Date of This Report: 08-22-17 DETAILS: 1. On Thursday, 04-21-16 at approximately 1000 hours, I was requested to respond to Paisley Park Studios at 7801 Audubon Road in Chanhassen to assist in a death investigation. I was told the deceased was identi?ed as ?Prince? later identi?ed as 57 year old Prince Rogers Nelson dob? I was advised Prince was located in an elevator by his bodyguardtsecurity manager Kirk Johnson after numerous attempts to reachPrince by phone. Prince was found to be not. breathing and CPR efforts were unsuccessful. Prince Rogers Nelson was pronounced deceased at 1007 hours. 2. I arrived on scene at 1013 hours and made contact with Lt. Eric Kittelson, Sgt. Jason Breunig and Commander Paul Tschida who were on scene. I observed several parties inside of the lobby area who were Off to the left (east) as you enter Paisley Park who appeared to be mourning. One of the females who was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt was crying. She was later identi?ed as Prince?s personal assistant, - Meron Beluire dob_ The other parties were later identi?ed as Prince?s longtime friend, bodyguardfsecurity manager, Kirk Anthony Johnson dob_ (the person whofound Prince), Prince?s recent doctor, Dr. Mike Schulenberg from North Memorial, Andrew Bateson Kornfeld dob representative from a California treatment center (Recover Without Walls), Joshua Aaron- Michael Welton Dob? one of Prince?s producers and a fellow Third Girl band member and Joshua Welton?s wife, Hannah Jeanne Welton dob 3. I was advised Prince was lyingjust outside of the elevator in the main lobby area. The elevator was hidden by the stairway that went to the second floor of the portion of Paisley Park where Prince called home. I later would learn that Paisley Park was somewhat split, the east side of the building was where Prince lived and the-west side of the building was where Prince conducted shows, played mosic and had numerous sound studios for music production. 4. Upon responding to the area of the elevator, I put on a pair of. latex gloves. 1 observed Prince lying on his left side, face up with his feet pointed towards the elevator and his head pointed east tOwards the lobby hallway. I observed Prince?s right arm was draped across his abdomen and Prince?s left arm resting on the floor in what] would describe as a 90 degree angle. Prince?s face appeared moist. The temperature inside Paisley Park-felt very warm. I later observed the thermostat was set at ?75 degrees and there were space heaters positioned in various rooms which were turned on. Revised 05106 1600012559 5. .1 observed Prince was wearing a solid black Rasta style hat over his head, a black Under Armor sweatshirt which appeared to be cut (I later learned EMS cat Prince ?s sweatshirt while conducting CPR), a grey t- shirt under the black sweatshirt, black lounge athletic style pants and black ankle socks. There was a black and tan colored decorative floor rug under Prince?s body. Upon closer examination I observed purpling around the left side of Prince?s face which appeared to be lividity setting in. 1 observed monitor style pads on the inside of Prince?s calves above the ankles and on the inside of Prince?s left wrist which I was told came from a heart monitor EMS applied during life saving measures. There was a mark, which appeared to be an injection site into a vein on Prince?s left forearm. There was bruising around the site approximately one centimeter in diameter. There was also a blue colored bandage wrap around Prince?s right wrist. There was a bulge under the tape which I would later ?nd out from the autopsy were cotton pads used to absorb blood. (I would later find out from Kirk Johnson that Prince had blood talcenfrom the doctor the day prior (04-204 6) for testing. Both the injection site on the left arm and the blue bandage on the right wrist were believed to come from the doctor appointment the day prior). While examining Prince?s body, I did not observe any discharge coming from Prince?s mouth or any signs of trauma. 1 was advised the position of Prince?s body had been moved from the elevator by EMS who attempted CPR. 6. Detective Sgt. Dewitt Meier and Detectives Pat Murphy, Chris Nelson and Angela Nucci arrived on scene. During that time I learned that Prince?s longtime friend and security manager/body guard Kirk Johnson was the person who located Prince. I learned that the party who centacted 911 was believed to be Andrew Kornfeld whose father owned a California drug recovery center. I was told Kornfeld arrived from California overnight on a ?red flight? and was supposed to be having his ?rst meeting with Prince on this date (04/21l16) regarding treatment. I was told Prince had two morning appointments, one with Andrew Kornfeld and the other with Dr. Schulenberg'to discuss the results of the previous day?s appointment. Kirk stated when he was unable to reach Prince by phone, Kirk, Andrew Kornfeld and Prince?s assistant Meron responded to Paisley Park. I was told Kirk contacted Joshua and Hannah Welton; who also lived in Chanhassen after be located Prince?s body. The Welton?s in turn responded to Paisley Park. 7. Based on the small area inside of the lobby and the placement of Prince?s body, it was determined that the interviews of Andrew Kornfeld, Meron Bekure, Dr. Schulenberg along with Joshua and Hanna Welton be moved to the Chanhassen City Hall. 1 was advised that Detectives Chris Nelson and Pat Murphy would begin conducting those interviews. I was advised Detective Nucci was instructed to respond to the Sheriff?s Office in Chaska to begin writing a search warrant in order to search and process the death scene, as it was an unwitnessed death. 8. assisted in clearing the building to ensure there were no other occupants in the building or any other scenes. Together, Sgt. Meier, Sgt. Breunig, Kirk Johnson (Prince?s bodyguard who had door keys) and I began to clear the building. On the second floor, down the hallway from one of Prince?s bedrooms and a dressing room was a black leatherjacket and a pair of black leather gloves that were lying on the floor of the hallway. Kirk said Prince wore thatjacket (described as black leather vest with fringes) and the gloves last night when they went to the doctor appointment. The black leather gloves had Prince?s ?Sign? embroidered on them. Kirk did not know why the clothing was laying in the hallway but confirmed that the clothing belonged to Prince and that Prince was found to be wearing the same clothing Prince had worn the previous day. Kirk explained Prince was a ?night owl? and it would not be unusual for Prince to be wearing the same clothing as the night before because Prince would usually sleep during the day and may have never gone to bed. ICR: 1600012559 9. While walking through Paisley Park clearing the building, Kirk told me Prince?s only living next of kin was his sister, Tyka Nelson, and that he had attempted to notify her by phone but was unsuccessful. 10. Upon learning that Kirk had been unable to reach Tyka by phone, I broke away from clearing the building, as we were coming to the end, and responded to the lobby entry point where I had cell phone coverage. I contacted sheriff?s dispatch and requested address information on Prince?s sister, Tyka Nelson, so that we would be able to deliver a death noti?cation prior to the information getting leaked. I learned from dispatch that they were able to locate a possible address for Tyka Nelson at 1 in I contacted Deputy Adam Hastings for assistance in the noti?cation. Deputy Hastings and I cleared the scene at 1112 hours to conduct the noti?cation. As I was driving towards Minneapolis, I was contacted by Sgt. Meier and requested to return to assist in interviews. I provided the possible address of Tyka Nelson to Deputy Hastings and responded back to Paisley Park at 1117 hours. 11. At approximately 1126 hours, I met with Hennepin County Crime Scene Lieutenant Todd Turpitt, Sgt. Kevin Schwartz, Sgt. Shane Magnuson and Sgt. Sarah Buck who arrived on scene to assist with documenting and processing the death scene. I provided initial call and investigative information to the crime scene team who were waiting for the search warrant to be executed prior to taking initial photos. Interview with Kirk Anthony Johnson rig? I . 12. On 04-21?16 at 1 150 hours, I met with Prince odyguard, Kirk Anthony Johnson do_ who agreed to provide a statement. Kirk said he ?rst met Prince in 1984 as a dancer in Purple Rain. Kirk said from 1989-1992 he was a band member, from 1992-1996 he assisted with drums and producing, from 1997-2000 Kirk was again a drummer in Prince?s band. Kirk said he left for a short time to pursue his career as a health and fitness instructor from 2000 to 2009. From 2009 to present he was hired as Prince?s building property and security manager. 13. Kirk said Prince?s manager was Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins dob ho had taken anotherjob in California a year prior and had not yet been replaced. Kirk said the only other people, other thanhimself, who frequent Paisley Park on a dail basis, were Mero'n Bekure, Prince?s assistant, and Ray Roberts (Raymond Russell Roberts dobh, Prince?s chef. l4. I asked Kirk about Prince?s medical history. Kirk said he did not know all of Prince?s health background. but stated he started to ?y?ignre it out when he was ?ying backfrom Atlanta that he (Prince) passed out, and it scared me so Kirk said Prince had a concert in Atlanta on Thursday April 14th, 2016. Kirk said they flew down there for the concert and headed back right after. Kirk said Prince had one of his best concerts. The concert ended around 2330 hours. Kirk said he, Prince and Judith Hill (a singer) boarded the plane to head back to Minnesota. "Kirk said he was asleep when Judith woke him up and told Kirk ?something is wrong with Prince?. Kirk said he found Prince was unconscious. Kirk said he tried to wake Prince up but couldn?t and requested the plane make an emergency landing. The plane landed at the Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois. 15. Kirk said Prince went to the hospital in Moline, Illinois and ?they gave him something to take him out of the unconsciousness?. Kirk told me during the interview with the doctor, Prince admitted he took 1-2 pain pills which Kirk thought were called ?Naloxone?. (Naloxone is sold under the brand name Narcan, which the paramedics used to treat Prince. I believe Kirk was confused when he told me Prince took Naloxone).