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Anna Nicole Smith Died from Accidental Overdose

Olivia

26th March 2007

Anna Nicole Smith died of "an accidental overdose with no other criminal element present," Seminole Police Department Chief Charlie Tiger announced at a press conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Monday.

He said the police conducted a thorough investigation, which included reviewing hundreds of hours of videotapes captured by the hotel security cameras and analyzing the contents of the laptop computer belonging to Anna Nicole Smith's companion, Howard K. Stern.

Broward County medical examiner Dr. Joshua Perper, who earlier had declined to make the autopsy results public until he reviewed the evidence, said that Anna Nicole Smith's system contained methadone, anti-anxiety and weight-reducing drugs and, possibly, vitamins, among other substances.

Meanwhile, an inquest into the death of her son, Daniel Smith, in September at age 20 is due to begin Monday in the Bahamas.