A court revealed on Monday that Anna Nicole Smith’s son had died from a lethal combination of methadone and the antidepressants Zoloft and Lexapro.

Dr. Govinda Raju performed the official autopsy on Daniel Smith 20,  when he died in 2006 in the Bahamas. Daniel Smith, died on September 10, 2006 in his mother's hospital room while visiting her and his newborn sister.

Moreover, the doctor Raju announced that the young man had five other drugs in his system including two that medical personnel used in an attempt to revive him after he collapsed while visiting his celebrity mother at a Nassau hospital.

The former Playboy playmate herself collapsed and died Feb. 8 in Florida from an overdose of drugs.

On February 8, 2007, Anna Nicole Smith was found unresponsive in room 607 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
After a seven week investigation led by Broward County Medical Examiner and Forensic Pathologist Dr. Joshua Perper in combination with the Seminole police and several independent forensic pathologists and toxicologists, Dr. Perper announced that Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the "major component."

 


Publication date: 11 December 2007   

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