March 15, 2007 6:42 a.m. EST
Maira Oliveira - All Headline News Reporter
Miami, FL (AHN) - After two additional pieces of evidence were submitted to medical examiner, Dr. Joshua Perper, Bahamian authorities and Florida Seminole Police have gathered to discuss the investigation into Anna Nicole Smith's death.
Paul Farquharson, Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner, confirmed meetings were in effect this week but did not state specifics.
Earlier reports had surfaced about prosecutors in Florida meeting to open a homicide case, however, Ron Ishoy, spokesperson for the Broward County state attorney's office, has denied such meeting ever occurred on Wednesday.
According to AP, he said, "There was no meeting today; there was no meeting yesterday. 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."
Meanwhile, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert A. Schnider has rejected the request of Smith's former lover, Larry Birkhead, asking that Howard K. Stern submit to DNA testing to resolve the paternity matter of six-month-old Dannielynn.
However, another hearing is set to take place on March 28, where both parties are expected to present their arguments.
Smith died on February 8 when she was found unconscious in her hotel suite at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida.
Anna Nicole death still being probed
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Anna Nicole's death is still being probed. Authorities are still working to establish the cause of Anna Nicole Smith's death - but insist a murder investigation isn't under way.
The Broward County state attorney's office has said they are still working with other bodies to determine what happened to the former Playboy Playmate, who died in a Florida hotel room in February.
Spokesman 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."
He added: "This is not a homicide investigation."
Ishoy also denied news reports that prosecutors had met with Seminole police to discuss Anna Nicole's death.
"There was no meeting today; there was no meeting yesterday," said the spokesman.
It's been reported that Seminole tribal police and Bahamian authorities are meeting about the investigation.
Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner Paul Farquharson and some detectives were in Florida meeting the Seminoles, Assistant Commissioner Reginald Ferguson confirmed.
A spokesman for the Seminole tribe - who owned the land where the starlet died - did not return phone calls seeking comment.
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