What caused the death of Daniel Smith, Anna Nicole's 20-yr.-old son?

[Radio_Lady]

Please PM me or post here with your guess.

Sounds like something awful...

http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2006/09/13/475526.html&cvqh=itn_annanicole

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. autopsy gets released on friday.

My guess is a stingray.

[Radio_Lady]

3. LOL. What a BARB!

Seriously -- was it murder? I watched the Larry King Live show last night while cleaning up my bedroom -- there was no information on that program at all. Just speculation and the same photos over and over.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. I'm guessing suicide.

I know suicide is serious and involves serious depression and other mental illnesses...

but given his mom I can't help but think he was acting rationally.

[Radio_Lady]

6. Last night, Larry commented that it would have taken a lot of

antidepressant drugs to commit suicide.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Or a small piece of lead.

[Radio_Lady]

8. Someone else in the room! Here's the longer article:

Official calls Smith death 'suspicious'
JESSICA ROBERTSON
Associated Press
NASSAU, Bahamas - The death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son was termed "suspicious" by the coroner's office Wednesday, and a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges has been scheduled.

Authorities said at least one other person was in the hospital room when Daniel Wayne Smith died Sunday while visiting his mother, a reality TV star and former Playboy playmate, three days after she gave birth to a baby girl.

The person was not a member of the hospital staff, Reginald Ferguson, assistant commissioner of the Royal Bahamian Police Force, told The Associated Press. He refused to reveal the person's identity, saying he did not want to jeopardize the investigation.

Her Majesty's Coroner Linda P. Virgill scheduled the inquest for the week of Oct. 23, saying it "is the right course of action." If jurors at the inquest decide a crime took place, the case would be sent to the attorney general's office, authorities said.

"Whenever there is a suspicious death we would have an inquest to determine how the person died," Bradley Neely, chief inspector of the coroner's office, told AP Television News.

The inquest would be open to the public, Virgill said.

She said authorities believe they know what killed Smith, but were awaiting a toxicology report to confirm the findings. She declined to disclose details but said there was no sign of physical injury to Smith.

"I can confirm that there was definitely a third person in the room at the time of death and I do know who that person is," Virgill said. "But I am unwilling to reveal that information at this time for various reasons."

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. But if it had been murder...

we wouldn't need to wait for the autopsy results, we'd already have the arrest record.

[Radio_Lady]

11. Good point.

[RebelOne]

2. The coroner calls it suspicious.

I have a feeling it was drugs.

[Radio_Lady]

5. Another post at Comcast.net says there were no drugs involved.

But that link has been replaced by this:

Official Calls Smith Death 'Suspicious'
By JESSICA ROBERTSON, Associated Press Writer
52 minutes ago

NASSAU, Bahamas - The chief inspector of the Bahamas coroner's office on Wednesday called the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, "suspicious," and scheduled a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges.

"Whenever there is a suspicious death we would have an inquest to determine how the person died," Bradley Neely, chief inspector of the coroner's office, told AP Television News.

Her Majesty's Coroner Linda P. Virgill scheduled the inquest for the week of Oct. 23, saying it "is the right course of action." If jurors at the inquest decide a crime took place, the case would be sent to the attorney general's office, authorities said.

[Radio_Lady]

10. So, we have to wait until October 23rd for some insight?

[CBGLuthier]

12. DVT

Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Just a guess. Wish I knew how long the flight he took lasted.

[Radio_Lady]

17. Also known as: Coach Seat Thrombosis. Or Business Class...

Did he fly in those small seats? Who knows?

[kay1864]

22. Disagree.

That is such an overblown condition. There is nothing unique about airplanes that causes DVT. You can get the same condition from sitting at your desk at work (or at home, for that matter) for long periods of time.

Thousands and thousands of people fly every day from the West Coast to the East Coast (and vice versa), and *they* don't get DVT.

[CBGLuthier]

23. Maybe

But it is a fact that it does happen occasionally. Probably along the lines of 1 in a million but it does happen.

[kwassa]

13. Was the other person ..... Natalee Holloway?

[Radio_Lady]

26. LOL.. Wow, Natalee dropped over the horizon and is nowhere to

be seen. So sad.

[MrCoffee]

14. Shame and/or Embarrassment

[JVS]

18. you win

[zonkers]

15. As messed up as Anna is... she don't pretend to be nothing she ain't...

I like her. She's nuts but she's real. And the home movies of her and her kid seem like any other loving mom and son. This is very sad. And boy, she sure was beautiuful. And for a divorced teenage mom from the wrong side of the Texas tracks with not much going for her, she did pretty good. Hope she finds peace.

[Radio_Lady]

16. Thanks, Zonkers. You have a big heart...

[zonkers]

20. She sure was beautiful in those old Guess ads....

[Radio_Lady]

25. Gorgeous photo. Thanks for posting it.

[bleedingheart]

19. Here are my guesses...

If medical...

Anuresym
Heart Attack
Drug related death


I can't imagine anyone killing him....what for?

[Radio_Lady]

27. Hardly any motivation for murder. I don't know anything at all about

this family. Do we know why she went to Nassau to have her baby? Who is the father?

[Arugula Latte]

21. Gawd, that is so sad.

I can't imagine ... :cry:

[Radio_Lady]

24. Right you are. No parent should outlive their child.

It's the worst fate imaginable. Pre-deceased by your own child.

The news today said Anna Nicole tried to revive him -- and she welcomes the inquest planned for October.