The autopsy of Anna Nicole Smith was completed Friday afternoon, but the Broward County Medical Examiner says he is not yet able to say how the former Playmate of the Year died. Joshua Perper, Broward County Medical Examiner, told reporters that there was no evidence that Smith had taken a large amount of pills, explaining that the autopsy findings found only a small amount of blood in the stomach. However, he did not rule out drugs as a possible cause of death, saying there are still extensive tests which must be done before officials know what was in Smith’s bloodstream. Perper, who performed the autopsy with members of his staff, did rule out injuries as a cause of death, saying there was evidence the has suffered ‘trauma’ which could have led to her death. Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger, whose department is leading the investigation, said that there were no illegal drugs taken from Anna Nicole’s hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, that only prescription drugs were found. The cause of death has been a hot button issue. WCBS 2 in New York reported that while searching Anna Nicole Smith’s hotel room late Thursday afternoon, investigators found two key pieces of evidence — illegal narcotics and prescription medications. The prescription drugs were reportedly in the name of her lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, and included Valium and antibiotics. Over-the-counter drugs, including cold and flu medicines, also reportedly were found. Smith’s mother, Vergie Arthur, responded to the reports while appearing on an early morning talk show Friday morning and said she wasn’t surprised by the alleged findings. "I think she had too many drugs, just like Danny," Vergie Arthur told ABC’s Good Morning America, referring to Smith’s son Daniel, who died in September at age 20. "I tried to warn her about drugs and the people she hung around with," Arthur told GMA. "She didn’t listen. She was too drugged up."
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The press conference was painful because it was hard to understand the guy giving it. It sounds like we will not know what killed her for another 3-5 weeks. It reminds me a lot of what happened when her son died and they did not know what killed him either initially.
