Anna Nicole Smith autopsy inconclusive
Anna Nicole Smith died last month aged 39
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Friday, 16, Mar 2007 08:01
Police investigating the death of model Anna Nicole Smith have announced that initial autopsy results are inconclusive and no illegal drugs were found in her hotel room.
Former playmate Ms Smith died in her Floridian hotel room last month aged 39. The blonde bombshell, born Vickie Lynn Hogan, was once called the "next Marilyn Monroe" for her voluptuous figure and styling herself on the troubled actress for the cover of Playboy magazine.
"We found no illegal drugs, only prescription medicines," Seminole police officer Charlie Tiger told the press.
The statement comes just one day after authorities revealed that investigators were not treating the death as murder.
A spokesperson for the Broward County state attorney's office, Ron Ishoy, said: "We are continuing to help law enforcement agencies and the medical examiner as they try and figure out the nature of this death. This is not a homicide investigation."
Ms Smith rose to notoriety after her marriage to billionaire J. Howard Marshall in 1994 when she was 26 and the oil giant was aged 89. Mr Marshall died just over one year later, prompting Ms Smith's lengthy legal battle for a portion of his fortune.
Since her death a court battle regarding the paternity of her five-month-old baby daughter Dannielynn has ensued. A court in the Bahamas is today expected to hear the contenders for custody of the child which includes Ms Smith's mother and ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead.