Shocking news. Coming out of the testimony before a Florida Judge in the custody hearing regarding Anna Nicole Smith is the fact that one sample was not taken, a swab of Smith's mouth!
The medical examiner - in response to questioning about all of the samples taken - admitted one swab was not taken at the time of the other samples!
Oh my goodness, sample was taken only to be tested for cocaine use!
Developing
Earlier story
More tests needed to determine cause of death for Anna Nicole Smith
sun-sentinel.com staff & wires
Published February 9 2007, 3:10 PM CST
DANIA BEACH -- Prescription drugs were found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, but there were no pills in her stomach, and investigators said Friday they are awaiting toxicological tests that would tell whether the former centerfold died of a drug overdose, as some of those close to her suspect.
Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward County medical examiner, said no illegal drugs were found in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, but he would not identify the prescription drugs.
There was no immediate indication of a drug overdose, Perper said, but officials ``do not exclude any kind of contribution of medication to the death.''
He called the process a ``medical puzzle'' and said it would take three to five weeks to conclude the investigation. The autopsy was able to exclude any types of physical injury on the body of the 39-year-old former Playboy playmate and reality TV star, Perper said.
It revealed only ``subtle findings'' in the heart and gastrointestinal tract, and blood in her stomach from being in shock before she died, Perper said. Minor bruises on her back were from a previous fall in the bathroom, he said.
``There were no findings that would indicate continuing drug abuse,'' Perper said. He called the process a ``medical puzzle'' and said it would take three to five weeks to conclude the investigation.
Smith apparently had been sick for several days with some kind of stomach flu, Perper said.
Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said investigators ``found no illegal drugs, only prescription medicines'' in Smith's hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood. Nothing unusual was observed on hotel surveillance tapes, and there was no evidence to suggest a crime occurred, he said.
As the Broward medical examiner conducted the autopsy to determine what killed celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, it was business as usual at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
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