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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DNA To Solve Anna Nicole Baby Riddle
Created: Thursday, 15 Mar 2007, 7:00 AM EDT
The mystery over who is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter will soon be solved.
A US judge has given the go-ahead for a DNA test later this month to end the custody battle over six-month-old Dannielynn.
The dead former Playboy's boyfriend Howard K Stern, 39, and ex-lover Larry Birkhead, 32, along with four other men, claim to be the father.
Birkhead's lawyer Debra Opri told Stern: "Put up or shut up, that's what we're asking for."
Birkhead is convinced the DNA test will prove his claims.
He said: "I've been putting a nursery together so I'm smiling - in a good mood."
But Stern's lawyer countered: "He is the presumed father until one of the 12 or whatever people claiming to be Dannielynn's father can come in and prove it."
Stern currently has custody of the child, who could potentially inherit millions of dollars from her mother's estate.
Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, also says he may be the father.
He has launched legal proceedings against Fox and Bill O'Reilly after the talk show host called him a "fraud" for staking his claim.