DECISION EXPECTED SOON ON SMITH’S SON INQUEST
LATEST: A top prosecutor in the Bahamas insists a decision will be made soon on whether an inquest is needed into the death of reality star ANNA NICOLE SMITH’s son who died under mysterious circumstances in Nassau last year (06).
Director of Public Prosecutions BERNARD TURNER said results of a police investigation into the death of 20-year-old DANIEL SMITH will be given to Chief Magistrate ROGER GOMEZ by the end of the week (ends12JAN07).
Gomez or another magistrate will decide whether or not an inquest into Smith’s death is necessary.
Daniel died at his mother’s hospital bedside on 10 September (06) from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressants, just three days after she gave birth to a daughter.
Bahamian police completed an investigation into his death and submitted the report to the attorney general’s office in October (06). The office is responsible for reviewing the findings, but do not make recommendations on inquests.
Turner added, "Every matter had to be investigated based on the peculiarities of that case. You have to keep in mind that although he died in the Bahamas, he had only arrived here a few hours earlier, so this ended up not being an entirely local matter."
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