Investigation: Prince's friends scrambled to save him in the final days of his life

“The bottom line is we simply do not have enough evidence to charge anyone with a crime regarding Prince’s death,” Carver County Attorney Mark Metz said in a press conference Thursday announcing that no one would face charges.

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Metz explained that Prince had been taking counterfeit Vicodin pills that were laced with fentanyl, but said there was no evidence that the 57-year-old had any idea that the pills contained a drug that is 30 to 40 times stronger than heroin. A toxicology report after his death found an “exceedingly high” level of the opioid fentanyl in his body.

“In all likelihood, Prince had no idea he was taking a counterfeit pill that could kill him,” Metz said.

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