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Anna Nicole Smith autopsy results Monday
(AP)
Updated: 2007-03-26 16:29
Anna Nicole Smith holds a photo of her late husband J. Howard Marshall
II, as she testifies during a probate trial in Harris County Probate
Court in Houston, in this Jan. 29, 2001. (AP Photo/Carlos Antonio Rios,
Pool)
MIAMI - The days that followed Anna Nicole Smith's death were filled with
public courtroom drama and private whispers about what might have killed
the former Playboy Playmate.
On Monday, authorities were expected to add a dose of reality by
releasing the results of Smith's autopsy �� weeks after she was found
unresponsive in a hotel in Hollywood, Fla., on Feb. 8.
Unknown additional evidence from the Seminole Police Department delayed
the autopsy's release. The department is investigating the starlet's
death because the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where she was
staying, is located on tribal land.
Broward County Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper �� who has said he is
unaware of any criminal investigation �� has also declined to release the
autopsy until he reviewed the evidence. No serious injuries were revealed
in his initial examination.
Because Smith's death was so sudden and because her 20-year-old son
Daniel died under suspicious circumstances five months earlier,
speculation about possible criminal activity surrounding the deaths has
been intense.
An inquest into Daniel Smith's death is scheduled to start Tuesday.
Perper's initial tests found no evidence, either in Smith's stomach or
her bloodstream, that she had taken large amounts of prescription
medication. The medical examiner said prescription drugs, but no illegal
drugs, were found in Smith's hotel room. He wouldn't identify the drugs.
The initial examination also found signs of inflammation in Smith's
heart. Perper said it was "something which looks a little bit unusual"
but also noted "may be nothing."
Smith arrived at the Hard Rock on Feb. 5 and planned to leave four days
later aboard a new yacht that her companion Howard K. Stern was arranging
to buy. She was seldom seen outside her room during her stay: She was
said to be suffering from a stomach flu before she was found dead.
Smith was a Texan who went from topless dancer to Playboy Playmate of the
Year, Guess jeans model and bride of 89-year-old oilman J. Howard
Marshall II. She took her fight for his estimated $500 million fortune as
far as the Supreme Court and the ongoing battle could make her daughter
Dannielynn very wealthy. Stern and two other men have claimed they are
the baby's father.
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