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this is all beginning to sound like a daytime soap to me...
 

 Barry Rassin, right, president and CEO of Doctors Hospital, and Dr. Hubert Minnis, obstetrician, participate in a ...
Charges Possible in Death of Smith's Son
By JESSICA ROBERTSON, Associated Press Writer


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NASSAU, Bahamas - Authorities are leaving open the possibility that criminal charges will be filed in the death of the 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith, the Bahamas coroner said Wednesday.


Her Majesty's Coroner Linda P. Virgill told The Associated Press that authorities believe they know what killed David Wayne Smith, but are awaiting a toxicology report to confirm the findings.


"We do know the cause of death," Virgill said. "But we need to confirm it with a toxicology report."


She declined to disclose details but said there was no sign of physical injury to Smith, who died while visiting his mother, a reality TV start and former Playboy playmate, in a hospital three days after she gave birth to a baby girl.


Deepening the mystery, Virgill said there was at least one other person in the room when Smith died. She refused to elaborate.


"I can confirm that there was definitely a third person in the room at the time of death and I do know who that person is," she said. "But I am unwilling to reveal that information at this time for various reasons."


A formal inquiry may be launched, in which case officials will not publicly disclose their findings until after it is completed, Virgill said in an interview.


Meanwhile, police were reconstructing Smith's steps since his arrival Saturday in the Bahamas, said Reginald Ferguson, the assistant commissioner of the Royal Bahamian Police Force.


Ferguson told the AP that no drug paraphernalia or traces of illegal drugs were found on Daniel Smith, in the hospital room or near the room.


"We haven't found any illegal drugs or anything of that nature in the course of this investigation," he said.


Police believe Smith went directly to Doctors Hospital in Nassau, where his mother was, after flying in to the Bahamas, Ferguson said.


Daniel Smith was the son of Anna Nicole and Bill Smith, who married in 1985 and divorced two years later. The son had small roles in her movies "Skyscraper" and "To the Limit." He also appeared several times on the E! reality series "The Anna Nicole Show."


Anna Nicole Smith married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994, when she was 26 and he was 89. He died the following year.


She then feuded with Marshall's son, Pierce Marshall, over her entitlement to the tycoon's estate before he died in June at age 67.


Smith won a $474 million judgment, which was cut to about $89 million, and eventually reduced to zero. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Smith could continue to pursue her claim in federal courts in California, despite a Texas state court ruling that Marshall's youngest son was the sole heir.


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Associated Press writer Andrew Selsky contributed to this report from San Juan, Puerto Rico.



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What the heck , that is so weird.



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I think this is really sad.  I mean the girl IS NOT stable by any means, and this?  Too much.

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Yeah I read this too and was like WTF he was murdered in the room his mother was in? This is weird.

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so this third person that was in her room was her atty? they think he did it?


Lawyer Says Smith Tried to Revive Son
By JESSICA ROBERTSON, Associated Press Writer


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Anna Nicole Smith and her son Daniel Smith, 13, ...


NASSAU, Bahamas - Anna Nicole Smith frantically tried to revive her stricken son and had to be sedated after he died, her attorney said Wednesday. Authorities termed the death "suspicious" and said criminal charges could be filed.


Daniel Smith died Sunday while visiting his mother, a reality TV star and former Playboy playmate, in her hospital room three days after she gave birth to a baby girl.


"The devastation and grief over Daniel's sudden death coupled with the sedation has been so extreme that Anna Nicole experienced memory loss of the event," attorney Michael Scott said.


The chief inspector of the Bahamas coroner's office on Wednesday called the death of the 20-year-old Smith "suspicious" and a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges was scheduled for next month.


Police also revealed that a third person was in the hospital room at the time of the death.


But Scott said that the third person was another one of Anna Nicole Smith's attorneys, Howard K. Stern.


He said Anna Nicole Smith and Stern continued efforts to revive Smith even after he had been proclaimed dead by staff at Doctors Hospital in Nassau.


"Anna Nicole was so distraught at the loss of Daniel that she refused to leave his side and it was necessary to sedate her in order to check her out of the hospital," Scott read from a prepared statement.


He said she suffered memory loss and that it "was necessary for Howard to tell Anna again that Daniel had passed away," he added.


Authorities said they believe they know what killed Smith but were waiting for a toxicology report to confirm the findings.


Anna Nicole Smith, who went to the U.S. Supreme Court this year to sue for an inheritance, was in seclusion in the Bahamas with family and friends, Scott said. The identity of the newborn girl's father has not been publicly disclosed.


"You would expect any parent who sustained this kind of loss" to seek seclusion, Scott said.


A jury inquest, which will be open to the public, is scheduled to start Oct. 23, and Anna Nicole Smith will be required to attend, coroner Linda P. Virgill said.


"Whenever there is a suspicious death we would have an inquest to determine how the person died," Bradley Neely, chief inspector of the coroner's office, told Associated Press Television News.


The autopsy and toxicology reports will not be made public until the inquest is held, to avoid prejudicing the jury, Virgill said.


Jurors will meet in a courtroom inside a weathered, pink-pastel judicial building in the seaside capital, Nassau. If the inquest, which will be open to the public, determines a crime was committed, the case would be sent to the attorney general's office.


Virgill said there was no sign of physical injury to Smith, who was seen helping make his 38-year-old mother comfortable before he died. Anna Nicole Smith noticed him slumped in a chair Sunday morning and called for help. Hospital staff unsuccessfully tried CPR and other measures to revive him.


Scott dismissed media reports that Anna Nicole Smith's son had antidepressants or other drugs in his system.


"It's sheer speculation. It's irresponsible speculation, may I point out," he told reporters.


Ferguson, the assistant police commissioner, told the AP that no drug paraphernalia or traces of illegal drugs were found on Daniel Smith, in the hospital room or near the room.


Police believe Daniel Smith went directly to Doctors Hospital in Nassau after arriving in the Bahamas by plane, Ferguson said.


 



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What the DEUCE? Murder? It makes me so sad though that Anna Nicole, as much as I don't like her/freaks me out, had to go through this whole traumatic ordeal.

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I'm so confused - who do they think murdered him? Her? Her attorney? I immediately thought the 3rd person in the room would be her attorney - after watching her show he seems to be with her 24/7 & it wouldn't surprise me if the baby was his.

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laken1 wrote:

I'm so confused - who do they think murdered him? Her? Her attorney? I immediately thought the 3rd person in the room would be her attorney - after watching her show he seems to be with her 24/7 & it wouldn't surprise me if the baby was his.


I agree w/ you laken.  On the show it always seemed like he was totally in love w/ her.  Also, he's just plain creepy.


 



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laken1 wrote:

I'm so confused - who do they think murdered him? Her? Her attorney? I immediately thought the 3rd person in the room would be her attorney - after watching her show he seems to be with her 24/7 & it wouldn't surprise me if the baby was his.

Is the father unknown? I thought he was the father, no?

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halleybird wrote:


laken1 wrote:

I'm so confused - who do they think murdered him? Her? Her attorney? I immediately thought the 3rd person in the room would be her attorney - after watching her show he seems to be with her 24/7 & it wouldn't surprise me if the baby was his.

Is the father unknown? I thought he was the father, no?


The father has not been publicly released yet.  I kinda think he is the father too though.


This story confuses me so much.  I'm curious to see how it turns out.



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