Police: No Illegal Drugs Found in Anna's Room

Only prescription -- and not illegal drugs -- were found during an investigation of Anna Nicole Smith's room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel, this according to Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger.

At a press conference outside the Broward County Medical Examiner's office, Tiger revealed that "No evidence has been revealed to suggest that a crime has occurred," and that sworn statements were taken from everyone involved.

While authorities were unable to identify an official cause of death, Broward County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper suggested that the death might be due to either natural causes, medication, or a combination of natural causes and medication.

Perper was able to rule out several speculated causes of death, such as blunt force trauma, gunshot wounds or asphyxia, meaning she did not suffocate to death on her own vomit.

Perper revealed that a small amount of blood was found in Anna's stomach, which he says is a result of the terminal shock Smith experienced before she died. He also said that no pills or tablets were found in her stomach.

Perper also acknowledged the need for Anna's DNA (due to the ongoing paternity dispute) and said a "large sample" was taken.

According to Perper, an official cause of death would be determined in 3 to 5 weeks.

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136. HKS told Larry King (I believe it was) that he picked Daniel up from the airport that he was in good spirits. Without rehashing all the details, at the hospital HKS LEAVES (to supposedly go get them something to eat). Then, Daniel suddenly isn't feeling well - flu-like symptoms - reported by HKS, as I recall. Daniel asks Howard, "Why am I so tired?" after offering HKS the other bed in the hospital room, as Daniel said he WASN'T tired and was going to stay up and watch t.v.
Where was HKS at the hotel???
I was very glad to hear the medical examiner say that HE HIMSELF wanted to talk to this "nurse" among others and that the HOTEL SECURITY TAPES would be reviewed. How could Anna have had this very bad "flu?" and then been drinking at all, let alone as heavily as reported here in the TMZ article which cites the New York Daily Times?

Posted at 5:54PM on Feb 10th 2007 by Walter Barbera

137. I agree with the person who thought a heart related problem could be anorexic or bullemic-related. After all, she was heavy at one time, then lost all that weight. Do we really believe that all that weight came off from Trim Spa?

I think Larry Birkhead is the father, and I think he would take care of Dannilynn. I don't believe he is looking for money. Some reports say that Anna knew he was the father and went to the Bahamas so she'd be out of US jurisdiction. Howard K Stern -- he only wishes he was the father. Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband -- dream on, you old goat. If she had Howard Marshall's sperm, it may even be his baby. After all, then she would have a legal heir to his money. With Daniel's death and now hers, it is very suspicious, with fingers pointed at Howard K. Stern.

No one has responded as to what was wrong with the coroner's head. It fascinated me too. Looks like he had a bad accident or had forceps gone wrong at birth. Truly weird.

Posted at 8:00PM on Feb 10th 2007 by Pam Pawelek

138. Bless Anna, may she rest peacefully now, Lord knows no one let her have any peace when she was alive. She was such a beautiful, fragile woman and I loved her. It would be great if Dannielynn was the baby of Anna's deceased husband but I think if that was the case, Anna would have put his name on the birth cert just to make sure everyone knew it. Guess we will just have to wait and see. So sad.

Posted at 9:55PM on Feb 10th 2007 by mickey

139. Peace! Peace! Stop saying it, please. The last person in the world who would want peace is ANS. She was a party a minute..It's making me nervous, just the thought of spending an eternity in peace.. I can only hope it's not going to be like that....there's got to be more than just resting & lying quietly somewhere.....I can't take it...

Posted at 11:19PM on Feb 10th 2007 by New plan Stan

140. I think Anna did want peace. She was suffering, its hell to lose a child. She was battling a dark depression and addictions. Not to mention her legal battles. I don't think she wanted Larry Birkhead to have the baby. I'm not sure why. I know for sure she wouldn't want her mom to have Dannielynn. That woman had no compassion for her own daughter. To go on national tv and talk about your daughter like she was trash was a disgrace....I saw her on Nancy Grace and I had to turn it off. Howard Stern, I think he loved her. I also think he tried to help her as best he could. I think she was a lot to handle. I am not sure where she would have been without him. I do not think he is the babies dad, but he did that for Anna. Anna's sister said yesterday on the news that the people surrounding Anna didn't give her the help she needed and didn't give her hope to live. If someone doesn't want to live there is nothing anyone can do. I think Howard was trying to help her have something to look forward too...like the yacht. It was really up to Anna to save herself. Beating an addiction or depression is really up to the person and no one else. Howard gets a bad rap. God bless Dannielynn and watch over her.

Posted at 4:43AM on Feb 11th 2007 by DJCatePhillips

141. i think stern kiulled her and her son which means nock them off for the money thinks will get by the baby being left to him so will have custody use the baby for that millions dollars she surpose to get.

Posted at 3:14PM on Feb 11th 2007 by pam

142. give me a break. leave the family alone so the can grieve their loss. You do not know if it was drug related or not. The experts will figure that out. The press will do any thing to get the biggest story even if it is not true. That is sick. She may have died from the flu. We will find out soon enough

Posted at 6:04PM on Feb 11th 2007 by dzientz

143. SORRY I DON'T BUY IT> WHERE IS DR"S CYRIL WECHT OR MICHAEL BADEN WHEN YOU NEED THEM. THIS OLD COOT SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A QUICK AUTOPSY, JUST WONDER HOW MUCH HE MISSED DOING A QUICK AUTOPSY??

Posted at 9:05PM on Feb 11th 2007 by STACCEE

144. cause of death..........trim spa------maybe...baby

Posted at 3:41PM on Feb 13th 2007 by peggy cooper

145. In my opinion, Howard K Stern was the one man that loved Anna unconditional......
Surely he was aware of the many men in her life, but he was always there to pick up the pieces of her life. Please give him a chance to prove that he truly did love
her, regardless....I hope he gets the baby in the end....

Posted at 9:15PM on Feb 13th 2007 by Rena Trahan

146. feel very sad for Anna, money absolutely not buy what you really need. Let the poor woman rest in peace.

Posted at 4:34PM on Feb 13th 2007 by mark silkwood

147. Its sad, but Annie live life in fast lane and was always wreckless, I did not really like her but I am sadden that she died...I feel really sorry for her little baby girl, now she is going to pay the price of her mothers mistakes.

Posted at 2:14PM on Feb 13th 2007 by Peggy

148. You would think with all the people surrounding this young lady , someone would of been there to get her help. Anyone seeing her interviews on T.V could see she was a wreck . I think it is awful that she passed in this manner. Can any of you even begin to think about loosing a son , the same week you have a baby? Now eveyone must know with all this going on , then to get married???? . Does anyone think this is not normal or healthy ????

Posted at 2:46PM on Feb 13th 2007 by Lisa

149. They say they only found prescriptions in Anna Nicole's room but methadone is not prescribed in a bottle of that size. The bottle in this fridge was one that a methadone clinic would recieve in bulk to dose out to their patients in small levels. That bottle would actually last a normal person taking a normal, daily, consistent dose at least two months to go through. I am a methadone patient and it takes an extremely large amount of methadone (such as 1/10th of the bottle in her fridge) to overdose depending on her regular dose and if she mixed it with any drugs such as benzodiazapams or barbituates or especially alcohol. Most people on methadone are handcuffed to a clinic they have to visit daily, so it just shows what money can buy. I am on methadone from a car accident injury where i had severe head trauma and pain and was placed on oxycontin and fentyl for one year and then simply cut off rather than weened off. I was sick, didn't know where to get street drugs and had no money to enter into a detox, so I ended up at a clinic unfortunately and they have terrible stigma's but not everybody that goes to them are bad or even low class people. I wonder if she was using methadone during her pregnancy (which many women do) and if she has such incredible access to this drug then what others can she get her hands on at the drop of a hat. I don't understand why it would take weeks to figure out what is in her system. Maybe a week at the max. She most likely mixed a large amount of methadone with benzo's such as xanax or lithium and then added plenty of alcohol on top of that and her anti depressants which can easily cause someone to stop breathing. Opiates and benzos both can cause resperatory failure if used abusively. I can understand why she might want to be slightly sedated after all that has happened to her but she should have been more careful for the sake of her daughter. The loss of her son, however, is most likely what caused her carelessness but her primary physician and phsychiatrist should have been in close contact with her making sure she was taking her medications properly. I feel terrible for this women even if she did have everything in life. I can't believe how everyone is trying to profit off her death and how the news is sort of laughing about it when it is a tragedy that she was so sad that she felt the need to medicate herself to such a level. I would have thought that her baby would have given her the strength to move on, after her son. It's not like she was alone either, she had her choice of many men. But nobody knows how she felt inside and what her or the people around her did during the hours and days before her death. God bless her family and especially her beautiful baby!

Posted at 11:40AM on Feb 14th 2007 by Mary

150. Everyone needs to mind there own business. Anna Nicole Smith was a beautiful person, and yeah maybe she did some odd things at time but she is still human.I hope she is resting in peace with her son, and God Bless her daughter.

YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!

Posted at 5:46PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Vanessa

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