Will Anna Nicole's Son Be Exhumed?

Daniel SmithThe biological father of Daniel Smith wants his son's body exhumed and moved from the Bahamas to Texas.

In a letter obtained by TMZ, Billy Smith -- through his lawyer, Kara S.P. Butler -- is asking The Chief Magistrate of the Bahamas, Roger Gomez, "permission to have the remains of Daniel Wayne Smith (deceased) exhumed from its current location here in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to be transferred where his father and family reside in the State of Texas."

Anna met Billy Smith at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, Texas, where they both worked as teenagers. They married in 1985, and Daniel was born the following year.

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136. #89, The Bahamas is not a third world country.

Posted at 9:54PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Tootles

137. To Gloria who stated that Anna Nicole did not trust Larry Birkhead or think highly of him - No she did not like the fact that he told her that he did not approve of how she was carrying on while pregnant- doesn't this sound like what a respectable, normal, loving father would say to a drugged up pregnant wife/girlfriend? So who could we respect here-Anna Nicole or Larry or perhaps we have respect for Howard K. Stern who found a stoned 8 months pregnant Anna amusing and asked her if she was on a mushroom trip? So Gloria perhaps you need to visit someone and learn about respect and true values in life...

Posted at 9:58PM on Mar 1st 2007 by kathy

138. Nobody wanted them close when they were alive, now they are fighting over bodies. The love Anna and Daniel needed from Virgie and Billy showed up too late.

Posted at 9:58PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Clau

139. I knew this was going to happen and hoped it would so Anna the only one you will have is Howard because the baby will be with her rightful father so Ha! Ha! coward Howard and then Anna won't have Howard either for he will be in jail or move onto another woman to leach off of . Go for it Billy Smith and get your boy home where he belongs .. I was really hopeing this would happen and now it is .. He was not a citizen of the Bahama's and his Father has all the rights in the world .. Lets just see the corrupt Bahama's fight the U.S.A . over this one .. His mother was wasted on drugs and Sterns bought all these plots not ANNA but Sterns and put the boy there and he hated the Bahama's

Posted at 10:18PM on Mar 1st 2007 by frannie

140. Daniel lay decomposing for more than a month with no one fighting for his dignity. Why... was he not as beautiful as his mother..... ?
My guess is it took that long for Stern to 'work' Anna - get her drugged up, brain-wash her, buy the plots and force her to bury her boy there, keeping him safe in the Bahamas, knowing full well if anything happened to her, that would be where she would want to be.
Smith only ever said that she woudl want to be buried with her son, NOT SPECIFICALLY in the Bahamas. It just happened to BE the Bahamas.... by Stern Design. It suited his plan, forcing Smith to stay and have her baby there, naming him the "father", paving the way for him to claim the money.
Billy Smith never said he WOULD NEVER ewxhume his son and bring him here, he said he couldn't AFFORD it. The last question was, if you could, would you? He said YES!
Parents and children part ways now and then, it's a sad part of life. It doesn't negate the bond.
Bottom Line - it's only the Bahamas because it suites Stern. Period.

Posted at 9:55PM on Mar 1st 2007 by sharon r

141. I don't think that's going to happen. http://www.paybackisapicture.com

Posted at 10:57PM on Mar 1st 2007 by PAYBACK IS A PICTURE.COM

142. Looks like Virgie is beating Satan Stern at his own game. Satan Stern is really going to be mad tonight. Barfbag's phone will be blowing up tonight with the Satan calling.

Posted at 9:57PM on Mar 1st 2007 by boo Fvcking hoo scared monkey.

143. I cant understand how some people can actually look themselves in the mirror each day ...
Here is another "moron" thinking that the Bahamian Govt or the Courts is going to allow that...not after all the hoopla over Anna being buried,WITH ALL THE POST- PONEMENTS AND DELAYS is there :is this going to happen.Cant see it...Since it was Anna who was the sole custodian and parent of this child;who raised him on her own.
I just dont get the immediate rush to have these peoples remains disturbed especially when Daniel has been there "at rest " for months in the Bahamas....and will finally have his mother placed beside him.Do these people have no morals or beliefs...its a disgrace.

I wouldnt be surprised that the Bahamians boycott or slap legally the Hogans or Arthurs for wasting the valuble courts time...Give it a rest already...We all see why she- Anna or Daniel didnt want anything to do with you all in the first place! SHAME ON YOU !!!!!!! ...LEAVE THEM ALONE

Posted at 9:58PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Dawne

144. GO BILLY SMITH!!! We are on your side. Bring your son back to Texas where he belongs!
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:07AM on Mar 2nd 2007 by I SUPPORT BILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

145. Oh for God's sake! What's wrong w/ those people??? They were hardly ever IN their lives when they were ALIVE & now they want to be front & centre........They should just leave them the hell alone & let things be! What an absolute tragedy!

Posted at 9:58PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Dollface

146. Anna was beyond distraught when Daniel died, she was terrified to put him in the ground. She made them open up his casket after it was in the ground & she jumped into it with him. She also had just given birth to her daughter by c-section.

He may not have been buried until the 39th day but he was embalmed immediately.

Virgie Arthur & Larry Birkhead selfishly prolonged Anna's deterioration without a care.

Note: Birkhead's team did not need Anna's DNA, they could have used her mother's DNA - they inserted themselves into the hearing in Florida to get control of Anna's estate & half a billion dollars...

Posted at 9:58PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Ashley

147. If you all remember, Daniels dad said to the judge via phone that he did not want to exhume him. Why after all these years of no contact do they feel the right to say where and when to anyone one of these players.
Daniel and Anna where their each others world for years with no interference from Virgie or Daniles dad. And NOW they want to be involved because they have people around them stirring things up.
If, they can afford to do this, and the court makes they prove they can and it happens I would bet they would never visit that site again in a year or so, and the fact that they are now both going to be in the Bahama's it removes them again from their lives which should'nt be a strange thing for them because they weren't a part of it for so long.

Posted at 9:59PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Glenda

148. I WONDER HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE DANIALS DAD TO WANT A BIG PAY CHECK TO.I SAY FINE BUT DON'T LET ANY OF THE JERKS BE PAID FOR THIS MAKE HIM PAY OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET.HE TOLD THE JUDGE HE WANTED ANNA TO BE BURIED BY HIE SON, HE NEVER TRYED TO SEE DANIAL,HE NEVER PAYED CHILD SUPPORT,SO NOW HE IT LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS WHAT THE OTHERS ARE GETTING BIG FAT CHECKS,DO YOU THINK BILLIE AND ANNAS MON WOULD BE DOING THIS IF THEIR WAS NO MONEY TO BE MADE,ALL I CAN SAY IS ANNA AND DANIAL ARE IN A BETTER PLACE,

Posted at 10:01PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Linda

149. Well said NuZu!!! I couldn't agree with you more.

I just can't understand WHY the judges didn't use COMMON SENSE. Both Daniel and Anna's relatives and acquaintances except for the rich can't afford to visit their graves all the way to the Bahamas.

And when Danielynn grows older, she also would have to have fly all the way to the Bahamas to visit her step brother and esp. her mother.

I don't know why the judges couldn't figure that out. The tourists will do all the visiting.

Thanks also to Howard who so far has gotten his way. I hope he doesn't get away with all that he has put Anna's mother and Larry thru.

To not let Danielynn's own blood relative, her grandma Vergie hold her grandchild is a crime. I sincerely hope that Howard's manipulating days are over.

It would kill me to think that he is going to profit (if he hasn't already with ET and who knows who else) financially from Anna's death.

Posted at 11:45PM on Mar 1st 2007 by tweety

150. WHY DID THEY BOTH DIE< WE STILL NO TOXICOLOGY REPORTS! LETS WAKE UP THREE WEEKS? THEY COULDN"T SPEED THINGS UP?

Posted at 9:59PM on Mar 1st 2007 by Kiki

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