Did Anna Nicole/ Howard K. Stern contribute to Daniel Smith's death?

**NewYorkEvilEye** · October 3rd, 2006, 02:24 PM

The death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son, Daniel, has become a big controversy that may soon turn into a murder mystery. A second autopsy performed at Anna Nicole’s request found that Daniel had three drugs in his system at the time he died. The coroner found two antidepressants (Lexapro and Zoloft) and Methadone while performing an investigation into Daniel Smith’s cause of death.

A US doctor issued Daniel Smith a prescription for Lexapro and Zoloft to help deal with depression after recently having problems with his girlfriend. Methadone is usually used to treat people who are recovering from narcotic addictions. Everyone seems pretty confident that Daniel Smith never had a narcotic addiction, but sources from inside the Smith camp claimed that Daniel may have taken the methadone for back pain. Methadone can be used as a pain reliever, but doctors say that it is very rare.

Getting Methadone is not a simple task, however it is obtainable. Most Methadone users are being treated for a narcotic addiction. This means that for Daniel Smith to get Methadone to use as a back pain reliever, he had to get it from someone who is struggling from a narcotic addiction. If someone wants Methadone badly enough it can be purchased as a street drug. Why would Daniel Smith buy a street drug for back pain? He probably wouldn’t.

An anonymous source tells me that both Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K. Stern have struggled with narcotic addictions over the past few years dating back to the time when my source met Anna Nicole Smith while she was taping her self-titled reality show on E! The insider says that Anna Nicole and Howard K. Stern were both addicted to a pain killer similar to oxycodone. This would explain Anna Nicole’s often disillusioned appearance on her reality show and her public antics where she appears intoxicated. This would also describe why her attorney, Howard K. Stern, often talked at such a slow pace as if he was holding on to every word. As a former pill-popper myself, I know that all these traits come along with taking a pain relieving narcotic.

US Weekly also reported that Larry Birkhead told them that Anna Nicole was taking Methadone, and her treatments were administered by her lawyer turned boyfriend, Howard K. Stern. Stern told Larry King on CNN that Daniel’s depression had manifested itself as back pain.
Our source said that Anna Nicole Smith was forced to quickly kick her pill addiction when she found out she was pregnant with her recently born daughter. Stern, however, was evidently still working to end his addiction. Daniel Smith boarded a plane in California to head to the Bahamas to visit with his mother and newly born sister, Dannilyn. He was picked up at the hospital by Anna’s attorney Howard K. Stern. Daniel visited with the family before retiring to bed. The New York Daily News reported in its September 14th issue that others near Anna Nicole’s hospital room heard her "screaming loudly and blaming someone" for her son collapsing. That’s 38 minutes before hospital officials say a nurse was called to try and revive Daniel Smith.

According to Wikepdia.com, Methadone has a half-life of 24-48. A drug’s half life generally predicts when it will hit your system and was probably the time when Daniel Smith died from the lethal mix of two anti-depressants and Methadone. So if my source is right, one might assume that Howard K. Stern is the one who is responsible for Daniel Smith’s death. Howard and Anna Nicole’s representatives confirmed that the two were unofficially married in the Bahamas on Thursday morning. My source who says claims to know both Stern and Smith very well, told me that the quick commitment ceremony sounds like something Stern would propose to take the attention off of him for inadvertently killing Daniel.
Stern appeared on Larry King Live last week where he looked nearly sedated himself. On the show, Stern claimed that he and Anna Nicole were in love and that he is the father of her newborn daughter.

Our anonymous source said that if Howard and Anna Nicole have secretly been dating for as long as Stern claims; then they did a good job of hiding it from both of their personal friends and their staffs. My source also said that Anna Nicole and Larry Birkhead did have some sort of romantic relationship within the past year. Stern also dodged questions on CNN about whether or not Anna Nicole and Birkhead were intamite. He did say that “she never consider him her boyfriend.” If my source is correct, then this does seem that Stern dodged a question from Larry King very well. Anna Nicole Smith’s mother told Entertainment Tonight that she spoke with Anna Nicole Smith recently and that she was “out of it” and appeared to be drugged up. This leads me to believe that Anna Nicole may be so out of it, that she doesn’t even realize what is going on. Other sources have said that she is so sedated that she often forgets that Daniel is actually dead. If she became sedated immediately after Daniel’s death, then she may not even realize what is going on.

There is obviously a lot more to this story that is coming out. If allegations such as these continue, then eventually the authorities will have to investigate where the Daniel Smith got the Methadone that killed him.

It is obvious that an investigation into how Daniel obtained Methadone needs to be conducted. Anna Nicole has done an impeccable job of shielding herself from the outside world through this situation and in the past. Unfortunately, the one shielding her this time may be the one who is hurting her the most.

Posted by Charles Winters on October 3, 2006 01:54 PM | Permalink
Source: http://gossipparty.com/home/2006/10/...of_daniel.html

**louiswinthorpe111** · October 3rd, 2006, 02:28 PM

I don't think ANS would do anything to endanger her son.

HKS is another matter....

**mistify** · October 3rd, 2006, 02:32 PM

And the plot thickens...........................again.......... ..............

**buttmunch** · October 3rd, 2006, 02:44 PM

She was disillusioned on her reality show? Can these people ever learn to use the english language?

**bite me spidey** · October 3rd, 2006, 03:07 PM

Anna being addicted to anything is not news. Really, is there anyone here that thinks she wasn't on something the entire time?

I don't think Anna would have anything to do with the death of her son though, and I don't think Howard would do anything either. It wouldn't really benefit him to kill him now after all the years they've been together (him as her attorney and Daniel her son). And to do it the night Anna has another baby... If killing him was his intention, why not wait until the media attention was far, far away? It would have made for more drawn out publicity and he wouldn't have been a prime target.

I personally think Daniel just got into his mom's stash and took something to feel better, not knowing that the combination of his anti-depressants and that would be fatal.

**mistify** · October 3rd, 2006, 03:12 PM

^^ I agree spidey....and besides experienced drug users usually know what not to mix with what.... (hope that makes sense.)

**dakodas** · October 3rd, 2006, 03:13 PM

It is entirely credible that ANS was on methadone at one time to combat her pain pill addiction...

**NewYorkEvilEye** · October 3rd, 2006, 03:15 PM

i dont think they would kill him on purpose, but as the editors note at gossipparty.com says... accidents happen.

it definitely makes you wonder!

there is also an interesting thread of comments on their website at: http://gossipparty.com/home/2006/10/...of_daniel.html

**Elisa** · October 3rd, 2006, 03:49 PM

I can't imagine either ANS or Howard playing a role in Daniel's death. Though I've never been an ANS fan, I've never doubted that her son was her whole world - the one person she could always count on for unconditional love and support.

I do believe, however, that this Larry Birkhead is the father of her new daughter. He appears pretty convinced - going so far as to state that Anna told him this herself. I suspect things ended badly between them and she fled to the Bahamas to get rid of him - Howard in tow. It's apparent this Larry guy knows a lot and is ready to spill.

There is just something about ANS and Howard that doesn't sit well with me. There's something big they're keeping from the public.

**sluce** · October 3rd, 2006, 03:54 PM

I think it is interested that Larry is requesting drug testing of ANS and the baby.

**sweetrebel** · October 3rd, 2006, 03:56 PM

No doubt he had methadone in his system, but I doubt that either of them would intentionally hurt him, and they both seemed to know that he was on antidepressents....whatever happened it is a sad time, and she is going to deal with this the rest of her life. Every time that precious little girl has a birthday, ANS will be reminded of the loss of her son.

**PrettyGirl** · October 3rd, 2006, 05:19 PM

I don't think Howard or Anna hurt Daniel. I have no doubt that Anna has battled drugs for many years. She's had weight problems, pain, fatigue and probably depression, in addition to all the plastic surgery she's had...she's a modern day Elizabeth Taylor (another in-the-closet druggie who's popped pills for years). But regardless of her addiction to prescription drugs, Anna loved her son. She never would've harmed that boy and I do feel that Howard was fond of the kid. Even if he didn't 'love' him, I'm sure he cared for him.

Larry Birkhead wants to know if the baby girl is his and it's understandable. There's no doubt that at some point Anna slept with both Larry and Howard. That baby has a 50/50 chance of being either one of theirs....

**happy8** · October 3rd, 2006, 05:38 PM

The one person we haven't heard from in all of this is Daniel's biological father. Is the guy alive or what?

**dakodas** · October 3rd, 2006, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by happy8

The one person we haven't heard from in all of this is Daniel's biological father. Is the guy alive or what?

Maybe he has what every one is lacking in this situation... a touch of dignity...

**AliceInWonderland** · October 3rd, 2006, 05:51 PM

the ppl who've i've known who were addicted to narcotic pain killers were overweight too; i guess it makes you a fatty so yeah i believe this story

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Originally Posted by sluce

I think it is interested that Larry is requesting drug testing of ANS and the baby.

oh course thats just more evidence that he knows that Anna is a drug user and in the videos posted on her website over the last year she does seem completely sober but she might have slipped a couple of times before and possibly during her pregnancy.