Celebrity Justice
Daniel's Death Officially Ruled Accidental

A jury in the Bahamas investigating the death of Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel has ruled it was caused by an accidental drug overdose, recommending no criminal charges be filed.


This verdict is huge because of what the jury didn't say -- that Howard K was responsible for the death.

The jury unanimously concluded Daniel died from "non-dependent drug use" -- meaning he wasn't addicted to what killed him.

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Anna Nicole Smith

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46. 25. For all you haters, accidents do happen. This is why you need to know what your kids are into. And keep track of YOUR meds. because alot of kids are getting into them and getting busted, or dying. That is a big problem in the U.S., everybody wants to blame someone else for what the kids do instead of the kids.

Posted at 1:28PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Dale

Dale, you're right about prescription drugs being a problem and kids taking their parents meds.
However how did Daniel get Anna's methodone? She was hospitalized after having a baby and methodone is illegal in the Bahamas, it wasn't one of her legitimate prescribed meds. She did however have a stock pile of it at her home. Her son had yet been at her home before his hospital visit.

Posted at 1:55PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Ms. Kitty

47. 38. 25. For all you haters, accidents do happen. This is why you need to know what your kids are into. And keep track of YOUR meds. because alot of kids are getting into them and getting busted, or dying. That is a big problem in the U.S., everybody wants to blame someone else for what the kids do instead of the kids.

Posted at 1:28PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Dale

A voice of reason. How refreshing.

Do you think attitudes will change when it happens to one of their own?

Posted at 1:42PM on Mar 31st 2008 by oh ok

Unfortunately, that is the attitude amongst parents and the teens that experiment. It can't happen to them.

Then when it does, everyone places blame, instead of PREVENTION!

Posted at 1:56PM on Mar 31st 2008 by butterfly

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F U BUTTERot / How does it feel to make excuses for the person the ENTIRE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE CORRUPTED BAHAMAS believes was INVOLVED IN THE EARLY DEATHS OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE ?


DOes it make you feel big ? THERE ARE TWO THINGS BIG ABOUT YOU AND BOTH AR ON YOUR FACE : YOUR MOUTH and your NOSE .

Posted at 2:02PM on Mar 31st 2008 by DR. STERN Paging Dr. Stern ; Dr. Stern STAT

49. Oh GOODY ! Now that the STERNOID have WON and helped HKS , they are just as bad as HKS if not worse, NOW they have can LEAVE this blog and never come back ;



I feel sick . I'm going to go pray that ALMIGHTY GOD REACHES DOWN AND RIPS THEIR THROATS OUT . THANK YOU GOD > IN ADVANCE < FOR YOU KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED AND LIKE YOUR WORD SAYS ---- VENGENCE IS MINE " SAITH THE LORD < " I WILL REPAY "

LET GOD TAKE CARE OF THESE CRIMINALS : HE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO GET THEM .

Posted at 1:49PM on Mar 31st 2008 by DR. STERN Paging Dr. Stern ; Dr. Stern STAT


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Could you at least learn to spell vengeance correctly? From what I hear, the almighty doesn't like small minded people who use his name in vain and can't spell.

Posted at 2:02PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Lord have mercy!

50. 50.


F U BUTTERot / How does it feel to make excuses for the person the ENTIRE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE CORRUPTED BAHAMAS believes was INVOLVED IN THE EARLY DEATHS OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE ?


DOes it make you feel big ? THERE ARE TWO THINGS BIG ABOUT YOU AND BOTH AR ON YOUR FACE : YOUR MOUTH and your NOSE .

Posted at 2:02PM on Mar 31st 2008 by DR. STERN Paging Dr. Stern ; Dr. Stern STAT

Looks like you are left all alone here. HKS supporters are still together, focusing on the positive and learning as always.

Let Daniel rest in Peace. Let Anna Nicole rest in Peace.

Let Dannielynn have positive memories and remove her struggles that she is unaware of at the moment. She is innocent.

Posted at 2:09PM on Mar 31st 2008 by ?

51. YEA! HKS IS INNOCENT

LET DANIEL REST IN PEACE!!!

Posted at 12:55PM on Mar 31st 2008 by butterfly

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Butterfly....you are despicable...TMZ reports your hero IS responsible for Daniel's death.....


This verdict is huge because of what the jury didn't say -- that Howard K was responsible for the death.




Posted at 2:10PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Tears for Daniel .....

52. Last night Geraldo Rivera (and his panel of experts) predicted this same verdict. He was also irked the nannies who were set to give testimony in teh inquest have seemingly disapeared from the face of the Earth, Congrats HKS you and your cronies have "won".

Posted at 2:17PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Ghost of Sir Harry Oakes

53. Unfortunately, that is the attitude amongst parents and the teens that experiment. It can't happen to them.

Then when it does, everyone places blame, instead of PREVENTION!

Posted at 1:56PM on Mar 31st 2008 by butterfly

I think the media is trying to let the world know. The commercial on the Superbowl of the dealer on the corner. The one of the child going thru his pill box. It's the public that doesn't want ot hear it. Denial and all that you know.

Not in my house, not my family. Not my community.

My daughter ended up in the ER last week. While there, watched a mother/daughter trying to get their script refilled. Her excuse. Bad back. Nurse came back and said her script had just been filled and it's not going to be refilled if she 'lost' 280 pills.

My daughter was prescribed hydrocodone but has had it before and it makes her nauseous so asked what else was available. He went into a rant that if he prescribed something else, I would have to have it under lock and key cause someone would break into my home and steal it. I won't even take a tylenol unless I'm in extreme pain.

It's widespread. It's an epedemic and society does not want to acknowlege it.

Posted at 2:18PM on Mar 31st 2008 by oh ok

54. Howard IS responsible for Anna and Daniels deaths. He claims to have loved Anna. Did he even TRY to get her off drugs? When she got pregnant, all the more reason to try. That must have really pissed him off that she had another man's baby. So he continues to let her have drugs, AND he and that Doctor Chris were picking up the stuff at that post office box. You Howard lovers, where did the drugs come from in the Bahamas? As far as I am concerned, he killed them, whether it be of his own hand, or by letting her continue her distructive lifestyle. If he had tried to convince her to stop using, she would have thrown him out...no more money and support from Anna! Ever hear of TOUGH LOVE Howard? Too late now!

Posted at 2:19PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Howard has a secret

55. With methadone being illegal in The Bahamas, where did this boy get the methadone, how could Anna-Nicole Smith receive a shipment in The Bahamas, and who picked it up on her behalf? What happened to the nannies and what happened to their sworn testimony in Florida and The Bahamas?

If this young man was into drugs, then the low-lifes with whom she surrounded herself during the last three years of her own life are not to be respected for neglecting to assist her son with either psychotherapy or early substance abuse counseling. It wasn't Hannah Rose who caught our attention, as mothers and grandmothers, in early September 2006, but the sudden death of a vibrant 20-year-old in his mother's maternity room within hours after his arrival. This young man had not begun to even have a real taste of nor a chance at LIFE. One can well imagine that he may have been abused (emotionally and psychologically) in a number of different ways with the type of people she surrounded herself the last decade of her life. Shame on her and shame on all of them for the life of debauchery they led in the presence of a young and innocent child!

There may be a pot of gold available through her daughter, but they will always remain "laughing stock" in the eyes of the American public.

Posted at 2:23PM on Mar 31st 2008 by savemothersandchildren

56. "Could you at least learn to spell vengeance correctly? From what I hear, the almighty doesn't like small minded people who use his name in vain and can't spell.


Posted at 2:02PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Lord have mercy!"



Well , idiot fool, NO MERCY FOR People who defend sociopaths, so whicheverway you spell it ; REVENGE WILL BE SWEET > one day . so YOU can go F yourself too .

Posted at 2:24PM on Mar 31st 2008 by DR. STERN Paging Dr. Stern ; Dr. Stern STAT

57. Yea, if Howard claims to have loved Anna so much, why did he sit there and watch her slowly die? We all saw her on tv, she was so out of it for so long. It was really obvious the last few months of her life, she was swollen, looked terrible, and high all the time. He had to have been a moron not to see her going downhill so fast. He has no excuse for his stupidity other than knowing that if he kept giving her the drugs, he could control her. Watch her reality show sometime. She HATED Howard. He was her "gofer" I still think that he took her away to the Bahamas by convicing her that Larry would take her child. There he had total control, till Daniel got in the way. The rest is history.

Posted at 2:27PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Meth kills

58. Poor tormented Soles...Let them now REST IN PEACE!!!

Posted at 2:31PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Bengal Girl

59. If I understood correctly--Love Radio in Bahamas said the jury determined Daniel was NOT a drug abuser....it was totally accidental...so where did it come from?

Posted at 2:31PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Dink

60. Daniel was a young man who was addicted to drugs. His surroundings were those of a chemically dependent mother and that is what he knew. There are many people incarcerated for drug addictions. Many people die from drug addiction. I bet if you could you would blame HKS for any drug related problem in the world. He is not a bad person.

Posted at 2:34PM on Mar 31st 2008 by Figure it out

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