The iconic and mysterious star, Prince, was found dead in an elevator on April 21, 2016, aged just 57. Following an emergency call from Paisley Park, sheriff’s deputies rushed to the singer’s home where they found Prince to be unresponsive, with medical staff unable to revive him.

Following the report that revealed his cause of death to be an accidental overdose of Fentanyl, Carver County attorney, Mark Metz, has been investigating the circumstances for the past two years.

Fentanyl is a dangerous opioid, and Prince was found to have a dosage in his bloodstream well above the lethal level, acquired from taking a counterfeit Vicodin pill.

Despite an extensive, thorough investigation into the musician’s death, Metz has concluded: “Investigators were unable to determine how the singer obtained the counterfeit pills. Therefore we simply do not have sufficient evidence to charge anyone with a crime related to Prince’s death.”

Suspicion fell on Prince’s doctor, Michael Schulenberg, and his bodyguard, Kirk Johnson, after they both admitted to helping the singer obtain other controlled drugs, but denied supplying Fentanyl. Schulenberg had previously obtained Percocet to help with pain relief but foolishly made out the prescription in the name of Prince’s bodyguard, in a misguided attempt to keep his identity a secret.

Ultimately, the county attorney was unable to find any link between Doctor Schulenberg and the Fentanyl overdose.

Prince was known for his outrageous, flamboyant style and superb showmanship, commanding worldwide fame after the release of the hit film “Purple Rain”. The Los Angeles Times summed up the allure of Prince, saying he was “our first post-everything pop star, defying easy categories of race, genre and commercial appeal”. With 18 top ten singles, his legacy to music continues to this day.