Smith death still a mystery

The cause of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith’s death remained a mystery tonight despite an autopsy.

Medical examiner Dr Joshua Perper said physical trauma had been ruled out.

Natural causes or a reaction to medication remained possibilities.

Police said prescription drugs were discovered in the Florida hotel room where Smith, 39, was found unconscious yesterday, but there were no illegal drugs.

No pills were found in Smith’s stomach, Dr Perper said, but he stressed that toxicology results were not yet available.

“At this time we do not make a determination of the cause and manner of the death,” the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office doctor said.