No Homicide in Death of Anna Nicole's Son

Posted Mar 20th 2008 1:21PM by TMZ Staff

Big news in the Daniel Smith inquest -- the magistrate in the case will not be giving the jury the option to rule his death a homicide.

In a Bahamian court today, the parties discussed four possible options as the cause of death -- accident, "misadventure," non-dependent drug use and an "open verdict."

We're told the magistrate will instruct the jury on those options on March 31.

No one, including Virgie Arthur's lawyer, suggested that homicide was an option.

As for the options, "misadventure" is defined as "a hazardous course of action which ended fatally." An open verdict means the jury can't decide the specific cause of death.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Anna Nicole Smith

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31. Good point. Has anyone thought of this? Will this poor kid EVER get any justice? You cannot believe that he went to the Bahamas to see his new sister and commit suicide. Preposterous.

Posted at 1:28PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Poor Daniel

Where does it say suicide? Still twisting the facts, even when written quite clearly.

Posted at 1:32PM on Mar 20th 2008 by ????

32. http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/03/59790/index.html

Daniel Smith Inquest: Death Was Not Homicide

Posted at 1:34PM on Mar 20th 2008 by link...more info

33. http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:Nxrv5jds1BsJ:laws.bahamas.gov.bs/statutes/statute_CHAPTER_56.html+bahamas+coroners+inquest+laws&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us&client=firefox-a

link to the law, read it stop guessing.

Posted at 1:35PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Bai

34. I know this makes me a minority but I don't think Howard Stern is that bad a guy. He stayed with Anna through all of her nonsense trying to take care of her. He was the closest thing Daniel had to a father. People think he was so terrible for saying he was Danilynne's father and keeping Virgie Aurther away from the baby. Guess what? He was only trying to do what Anna wanted. Anna was quite adamant about not wanting Larry Brikhead in the baby's life...in fact she moved to the Bahamas to insure that from not happening. And we all know she hated her mother. Larry Birkhead was only trying to do what Anna asked him to do. Give the guy a break.
I was not a big Anna Nicole fan...never watched her show...pretty much thought she was a joke. But one thing I did get from hearing her talk and seeing the pictures of her and Daniel is that she LOVED her son. I hope the are both at peace now.

Posted at 1:38PM on Mar 20th 2008 by tickles

35. The jurors in the inquest of ANNA NICOLE SMITH's son, DANIEL, have determined that his death was not a homicide.

After Daniel was found dead at Nassau's Doctors Hospital on September 10, 2006, two autopsies showed a toxic mix of methadone and the anti-depressants Lexapro and Zoloft, but the Bahamas police forensics chief testified that the high level of methadone was enough to have killed Daniel and that he could have had it in his system when he landed the night before.

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/03/59790/index.html

Posted at 1:41PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Virgie agrees no Homicide

36. 36. The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith
Daniel Smith Inquest. Verdict Due March 31st
March 20th, 2008 by QV
Anna Nicole Smith, Daniel Smith, Daniel Smith Inquest, Howard K Stern, Larry Birkhead, Virgie Arthur
The summations are concluded in the inquest into the death of Daniel Smith. Suicide as cause of death was pretty much taken off the table by Bahamian Magistrate Campbell. That of course leaves the jury to deliberate “accidental death” and “intentional death” as in foul play. A decision of foul play would signal that more investigation is needed. The jury has until March 31st to deliberate and come back with a verdict.
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Get your story right TMZ !!!!!!

Posted at 1:39PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Larryis

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NO THAT IS NOT TRUE, even Virgie's lawyers' said NO intentional anything

Posted at 1:44PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Virgie agrees no Homicide

37. Howard can't bribe AG Jerry Brown with a Rolex watch.

Posted at 1:46PM on Mar 20th 2008 by opi

38. Howard K. Stern can come out of hiding now.

After all, removing methadone pills from the dead man's clothing and then flushing them isn't probable cause ,in this jurisdiction ,to believe he had advanced knowledge of the illegal possession.

Who knows? Stern might actually practice law or something.

Posted at 1:46PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Carolyn (Abernathy)

39. NO THAT IS NOT TRUE, even Virgie's lawyers' said NO intentional anything

Posted at 1:44PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Virgie agrees no Homicide

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Link please and I am not asking for any tabloids.

Posted at 1:51PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Bai

40. 37. The jurors in the inquest of ANNA NICOLE SMITH's son, DANIEL, have determined that his death was not a homicide.

After Daniel was found dead at Nassau's Doctors Hospital on September 10, 2006, two autopsies showed a toxic mix of methadone and the anti-depressants Lexapro and Zoloft, but the Bahamas police forensics chief testified that the high level of methadone was enough to have killed Daniel and that he could have had it in his system when he landed the night before.

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/03/59790/index.html

Posted at 1:41PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Virgie agrees no Homicide
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We all know that Howard has been in bed with ET and TMZ for some time now. That is why both are being sued by Virgie!

You can't believe anything out of ET or TMZ sites!!!!

Posted at 1:52PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Larryis

41. To Rico....#4 comment----I know where you are coming from about those nasty holes on someone's butt. From my experience as a Student going to school to be a Doctor....... most of those I have seen were from people who used lots and lots of illegal needles. They cause awful, horrible infections and can manifest any plae on the body....not just where the injetion took place!!!!!!

Posted at 1:54PM on Mar 20th 2008 by South Tallahassee

42. What role does the Attorney General play in this or is that just connected to the Coroner's decision?

Posted at 1:30PM on Mar 20th 2008 by butterfly

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Has to do with the coroner's decision and the jury verdict. In cases where homicide is NOT taken off the plate of option and the jury reaches an open verdict, he goes by majority rule or what we call preponderance of the evidence which is not unanimous or calls another inquest. There are many British cases like this where homicide was an option, but the jury simply was unable to produce enough evidence from the police investigation. That is not the case here as you know. In this case an open verdict would only be one of those options being given the jury and since it does not include homicide, it is doubtful another inquest would be called regarding the verdict IMO.

Posted at 1:54PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Facts, please

43. No one, including Virgie Arthur's lawyer, suggested that homicide was an option.

If VA can accept this then why can't you. No crime has happened and that is the facts. Time to move on. Maybe just maybe Anna and Daniel can rest in peace. We all need to learn from this and the dangers of prescription drugs. More and more people are dying from this, and we need new laws in place so fight for new laws to happen so these drugs cannot be easy to get.

Posted at 1:59PM on Mar 20th 2008 by Virgie agrees no Homicide

44. http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/5382

Another source

Posted at 2:01PM on Mar 20th 2008 by yeowza!

45. RICO NEEDS TO STFU

Posted at 2:04PM on Mar 20th 2008 by like-it-is

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