Celebrity Justice
Daniel Smith Inquest Back in Session

The inquest into the death of Anna Nicole's son resumed today in the Bahamas, with new testimony about how the former Playmate traveled with a cache of drugs in a Coach duffel bag.


Ford Shelley, a South Carolina real estate developer who once rented a house to Anna, testified today that when Anna came to visit, he and his wife found methadone in her luggage.

He also said on the stand that she had the drug in both tablet and liquid form, and that Anna Nicole traveled with a Coach duffel bag filled with drugs, although he admits he never "saw Anna personally take any of the medication."

Shelley called Daniel "a brilliant" and "awesome" kid who loved his mother, but found it difficult to deal with her fame.

Smith died in September of 2006 while visiting his mother in the Bahamas after she delivered his half sister Dannielynn. A coroner's inquest into his death was requested by the Bahamian government, although an independent autopsy commissioned by Daniel's family determined the cause of death to be an accidental overdose.

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1. Finally, I have been waiting for them to prove Howard is innocent

Posted at 4:21PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Adrienne

2. When will they throw HKS in the slammer?

Posted at 4:21PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Victoria

3. I love you Anna and now I m worried about my Brit Brit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 4:45PM on Jan 30th 2008 by shelleyshell

4. Funny how he "never saw her take any"

Yet on Geraldo he has admitted to giving Anna drugs out of the bag.

Ford Shelly is a liar.

Posted at 4:22PM on Jan 30th 2008 by get it straight

5. And yes I agree Howard is innocent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 4:45PM on Jan 30th 2008 by shelleyshell

6. Apparently, Anna kept some of her "medication" Anabuse or something in a cold medicine bottle, I think the poor kid was feeling ill, took it and died.

Posted at 4:24PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Adrienne

7. Who cares ! Where's Brit Brit ?

Posted at 4:25PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Stiff Willie

8. And WHY was Ford Shelley and his wife in Anna's luggage anyway? It's one thing for a guest to snoop in the bathroom but a HOST in a GUEST's luggage??? There's something wrong with that picture, I think.

Posted at 5:57PM on Jan 30th 2008 by mountnqt

9. Leave Anna and Howard alone............She is dead..........why keep sliming her memory?

Posted at 4:26PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Susan B

10. Little Howie is going to pay, - it begins now.

Posted at 6:33PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Justice Is Blind, Not Dumb

11. Methadone, yeah that's what I meant, not Antabuse

Posted at 4:27PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Adrienne

12.

Hopefully some semblance of the truth will be told. It is obvious from the pictures taken with his mother and sister and from his desire to hire a Private Investigator to help his mother that Daniel had no intention to kill himself.

How did he get that methodone. Was he told they were something else? Were they in a drink? It is time to bring justice for Daniel.

and I'm not ......

Posted at 4:28PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Just Guessing

13. She’s like so whatever
And you could do so much better
I think we should get together now
And that’s what everyone’s talking about!
Hey! Hey! You! You!
I don’t like your girlfriend!
That's Right! No way! No way!
I think you need a new one
Hey! Hey! You! You!
I could be your girlfriend

Posted at 4:28PM on Jan 30th 2008 by Katrina

14. WHAT WERE THEY DOING GOING THROUGH HER LUGGAGE????

Posted at 4:28PM on Jan 30th 2008 by ME

15. ARE YOU KIDDING ME ADRIENNE!!!! Howard is guilty as sin! He exploited hers and daniels drug addictions for money and "fame". He liked them doped up, that way he could get what he wanted from anna (without working a real job)and daniel wouldnt focus on how much he disliked him. Howard is a bad, dirty man, and his motives were always seriously colored by greed and self absorbtion. Wake up miss adrienne. I dont think he killed them personally, but his actions more than contributed to both their deaths.

Posted at 4:38PM on Jan 30th 2008 by samantha

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