Carver County Sheriff’s Office cite criminal probe exception to public-record laws.

A week after Prince’s death, details have remained tightly under wraps and there’s a good reason for it: The rockstar’s death has now become part of a criminal probe according to a report from the Carver County Sheriff’s Office, the Star Tribune.

Though neither suicide or foul play are suspected in Prince’s death, the law plainly states: “investigative data collected or created by a law enforcement agency in order to prepare a case against a person, whether known or unknown, for the commission of a crime or other offense for which the agency has primary investigative responsibility are confidential or protected nonpublic while the investigation is active.”

Currently police are investigating whether an opioid overdose played a role in Prince’s death and whether the prescription pills found at Paisley Park were prescribed to Prince and where they came from. The DEA is currently not involved in the case, according to Carver County Chief Deputy Jason Kamerud, who released the criminal probe report.

It remains unclear who made the 911 call from Paisley Park or if anyone in the building spoke to investigators after Prince’s death.

Recently, sources close with Prince’s family said the singer had a long-standing addiction to the opiate painkiller Percocet.

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