if I understand his sharp accent, about Anna's death (Med Examiner speaking)

[Divine Discontent]

he is saying they are not ruling on a cause of death at this time? And she fell in the bathroom and hit her back a few days ago? No illegal drugs or trauma showing.

also said he's waiting on toxicological results, and the very "subtle findings in the heart" that look, "unusual", or "may be nothing".



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[NYC]

1. I don't understand the comment about the back,

unless it was to explain drugs ingested for the pain.

I had heard on the radio that if she died of natural causes, the results of the autopsy would be ready soon.

From what you wrote above, it sounds natural.

[Kagemusha]

2. It might be, drugs are irrelevant to the cause of death

and just because there might be trace amounts doesn't mean they had anything to do with the actual event.

But we'll see I guess.

[Donnachaidh]

5. I wonder if they are looking to see if diet drugs damaged her heart?

I seem to recall a news piece on the damage Ephedra diet drugs have on the heart? I'll bet dollars to donuts that is what they are looking for.

She did lose a tremendous amount of weight very quickly on TrimSpa. I don't know if that has ephedra, but if it does -- ?

[ananda]

8. diet makes sense

Losing 69 lbs that quickly, using a dangerous drug,
could well have been the culprit. So sad.

Pathetic really.. her whole life and way of being.

[JoDog]

15. I think it did

when Smith took it in 2004. Don't know if she still was on it.

[BadgerKid]

19. Well, ephedra isn't inherently deadly

if your body can tolerate it and you don't overdose on it. Otherwise it can be an effective non-FDA-approved drug for appetite suppression.

[merci_me]

3. My understanding about the back injury

was that he said there were no visibile injuries, such as gunshot, stab wounds etc. Just a bruise on her back that was days old and evidently was due to a fall she had taken a few days prior, and not relevant.

[BayCityProgressive]

4. wow

well if she just died of something like heart failure that will be even more sad. For her and her new baby.

[NYC]

12. Thanks.

That would explain his comment. I was just wondering, and I don't have cable, and the television is in the closet, etc., etc.

[Divine Discontent]

16. yeah,

more and more it looks like she died of a "broken" heart and was weakened by the flu, perhaps showing some credence to why she fell a few days ago (which I don't think is unimportant, how often do you all fall?)

take care!

[NYC]

22. I hadn't thought about that.

How often do people just fall? Not often.

[napi21]

13. That's correct. She had been suffering from flu like symptoms

for the last several days, and fell in the bathroom 2?days ago, but had not been seriously hurt. There was also a personal Dr. who flew from Ca. to chcek her a few days ago. I know people living in hereconomic class live a lot different than the rest of us, but a Dr. flying across the Country to treat a patient sounds pretty ususual to ME! I'll be curious to see what the Tox screen shows. I really don't suspect a drug overdose, but tox screens can show a lot more than just drugs in the blood stream. I think they'll findsome serious illness that no one recognized as being life threatening.

[in_cog_ni_to]

23. He found no injuries, blunt trauma or bruising on her body except a small bruise on her back

which was caused from her falling in the bathroom a few days ago.

[NYC]

25. Thanks.

[blogslut]

6. These reporters are vultures

"Did you find any plastic surgery scars?"

vultures

[LoZoccolo]

10. That's why I think it was so funny when those guys in Boston messed with them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR_29Oz93mk

It's like, the reporters know it's bad for the dudes' case to talk to the media (they even get told as much), and they ask questions and try to get them to talk anyways. Well, OK, but the media really shouldn't be surprised that their disrespect gets thrown back at them when the dudes start talking about haircuts of the 70s!

[blogslut]

14. I loved that press conference

The press was so mad that the boys wouldn't play the game.

Someone on DU posted this a while back. It's a picture of the press (And Rita Cosby!) swarmed around John Mark Karr as he drove away. I think it was titled: "Come back! The press needs you!"

[Divine Discontent]

17. blogslut

that picture of that msnbc lady is too funny.......... that mark guy is looking out the window and thinking, "that's that effing crazy lady off the TV"

[blogslut]

18. I wish I could remember

which DUer posted it first.

Sums it all up to me.

DISCLOSURE: I was raised by a member of the press. Technically, just barely, I am a member of the press. Blogslut Jr. is in college, majoring in journalism.

[Divine Discontent]

21. awesome!

I wish blogslut jr. a great career... we need witty, smart, and dedicated journos, and I'm sure the apple didn't roll too far from the tree.

lata!

[Divine Discontent]

20. oh gosh......

i've been laughing about that picture for over a minute straight! one of the best photos to show the insane swarm mentality of some in the press... He shoulda lunged quickly at the window and licked it... she woulda been scarred permanently, hopefully :sarcasm:

[Uben]

7. It's a conspiracy

She was killed by the wacko astronaut gal while she was in Florida, then, she flew to Edward's huge house on Nancy Pelosi's huge plane, non-stop, to hide. During autopsy today, they found all the missing votes in Florida in her stomach, as well as WMDs from Iraq. Scooter Libby is now claiming it was Anna NIcole who first told him about Plame!

[spinbaby]

9. But where does this leave Zsa Zsa's husband?

And all the other fathers of Anna Nicole's baby?

[Uben]

11. Update

ANS may have died from second-hand smoke from Barak Obama's cigarettes!

[jelly]

24. Inhaled while visiting the Edwards family.

Obama is such a cigarette fiend he managed to fill even Edwards' obscenely large mansion with toxic levels of second hand smoke.