MIAMI - The long-awaited results of an autopsy on former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will be made public on Tuesday, possibly ending the mystery of her sudden death, a Florida medical examiner's official said today.
The death of the billionaire's widow at a Florida casino-hotel on February
8 triggered a bitter and highly publicized legal feud over her remains and the custody of her 6-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, who might one day inherit millions.
The autopsy results were delayed by an ongoing investigation into her death by the Seminole Police Department, run by Florida's Seminole Indian tribe. Smith died at a hotel on the tribe's reservation in Hollywood, Florida.
Broward County medical examiner, Dr. Joshua Perper, will reveal the cause of death at a news conference on Monday local time (Tuesday NZT), an official said.
Smith's body was buried in the Bahamas on March 2.
Her longtime companion and lawyer, Howard K. Stern, is listed as the father on her daughter's birth certificate.
But several other men, including Los Angeles photographer Larry Birkhead, also claim to be the father of Dannielynn. The results of a DNA swab of the child have been placed under seal by a judge in the Bahamas, pending an appeal against the DNA test by Stern.
- REUTERS
