ANNA NICOLE JUDGE URGES POLICE TO REINVESTIGATE DEATH
The retired judge who oversaw the ANNA NICOLE SMITH burial trial is urgin g police to reopen investigations into the star’s death, calling the trag edy grounds for "a potential murder case".
Former Fort Lauderdale, Florida judge Larry Seidlin has revealed he isn ‘t satisfied with the Seminole Indian Police Department’s investigation o f Smith’s February 2007 death, which was ruled an accidental overdose.
In a new book, titled The Killing of Anna Nicole Smith, he claims the f ormer Playboy model died under "highly unusual circumstances"; and he bel ieves someone is guilty of manslaughter.
Seidlin does not say who he believes should be considered a suspect, bu t he is highly critical of enablers of Smith’s drug use, writing, "I thin k enablers should be punished. How about keeping her off drugs while she was alive?" The retired judge also calls for investigations into the death of Smith ’s son, Daniel Smith, to be reopened. The 20 year old died five months be fore his mother, in September 2006.
Seidlin presided over the six-day televised hearing into the fate of Sm ith’s body, and ruled it could be buried in the Bahamas. (JMA/WNWCZM&WNWA
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