Anna Nicole Smith Updates

Update 1) According to another report this morning, when an "employee" of Anna Nicole Smith found her in her hotel room, she appeared to have choked on her own vomit. The "credible source" cited by Access Hollywood says that when the employee encountered Smith in her room, she pulled back a sheet and discovered that the model-actress had choked. The same source, says Access, claims that Smith took a "children's sedative" and that she "kept passing out" before her death.
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Update 2) Suspicion that drugs killed Anna Nicole Smith was heightened today as investigators found illegal narcotics as well as prescription medications in Anna Nicole Smith's room at the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., according to reports this morning.

WCBS-TV in New York reports that drugs were found in Smith's hotel room, and a toxicology report that would determine whether those drugs caused her death has not yet been released. An autopsy is scheduled for this morning.
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Update 3) The autopsy on Anna Nicole Smith began this morning at 9:20 EST.

There will be a news conference later this afternoon.
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Update 4) TMZ has learned that there were six people, including Anna, staying with her in her two-bedroom suite at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Florida.

The private nurse, who discovered Anna unresponsive, is the wife of Anna's bodyguard. The bodyguard, who is also a paramedic, administered CPR to Anna until an ambulance arrived. Anna's companion, Howard K. Stern, was staying in the room as well.

The identities of two other individuals are, at this time, still unknown.
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