Michael Jackson's elder sister LaToya has spoken out about the death of her brother, and insisted that he was murdered.

She also revealed that Jacko's daughter Paris held his cold hand even after he had passed away.

In the hours after his death, no one was so close to the King of Pop as LaToya.

She has been talking to British Newspapers about…

•…the hospital

Prince Michael I (12), Paris (11) and Prince Michael II (7) stood at the bed of their dead father. La Toya said: “There was a towel over his face. I lifted it and the kids saw him and Paris said, 'Oh Daddy, I love you'."

•…the final goodbye in the mortuary

Paris Jackson bought a necklace with a heart on it which changes colour at different temperatures.

LaToya siad: "Paris told me, 'The heart is in two pieces. I want one half to go to Daddy and I will wear the other half forever'. She carefully wrapped it around his wrist and said, 'Daddy this is for you. On Daddy, it will be blue because he is cold. On me, it's purple. He's so cold, he is so cold'."

She grabbed his cold hand.

•…the state of the children

“Prince Michael is assertive. I see such sadness there. He cried at the hospital but hasn’t cried since. He has become the little man of the family.

"Paris wears Michael t-shirts every day and the walls of her room are covered with posters and pictures of her daddy. She writes him letters every day, sweet lovely letters about how much she loves him."

•…Jacko’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe

“These are not Debbie’s kids. They don’t even know she’s their mother. Like everyone else in his life, she was motivated by money.”

•…the cause of his death

"I believe Michael was murdered, I felt that from the start. Not just one person was involved, rather it was a conspiracy of people. He was surrounded by a bad circle.

"Michael was a very meek, quiet, loving person. People took advantage of that. Michael was worth more than a billion dollars.

"When anyone is worth that much money, there are always greedy people around them.”

And she believes that her brother was callously robbed as he lay dying: "Michael always had cash in his homes, usually around $2 million.”

The money disappeared without a trace. LaToya insisted that she knows who took the money and she “won't rest until I nail them”.