Autopsy into Peaches’ death ‘inconclusive’

An autopsy into the death of Peaches Geldof has proved inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests.

Kent Police said officers are continuing to investigate the circumstances around the 25-year-old’s death and a toxicology report could take several weeks.

The body of the mother- of-two was found at her home in Wrotham, Kent, on Monday and police have said her death is being treated as a “non-suspicious, unexplained sudden death”.

Peaches’ body was found on Monday afternoon after officers were called “following a report of concern for the welfare of a woman”.

A Kent County Council spokesman said yesterday her body had been transferred to Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford for a postmortem examination to take place.

In a statement yesterday, Kent Police said: “A postmortem examination held on Wednesday, April 9, following the death of Peaches Geldof has proved inconclusive pending the result of toxicology analysis... Officers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death in order to compile a report for the coroner. The result of a toxicology report can take several weeks.”

A coroner is expected to open an inquest following the results of the initial postmortem examination.

Her father, Bob Geldof, and other members of the family led the tributes which flooded in after the death.

In a touching tribute signed by the Live Aid organiser, his partner Jeanne Marine, and Peaches’ sisters Fifi Trixibelle, Pixie, and Tiger, they said the family was “beyond pain”.

Peaches’ husband, the musician Tom Cohen, with whom she had two young children, said his wife was adored by him and their two sons Astala, 23 months, and 11-month-old Phaedra, who he would bring up “with their mother in their hearts every day”.

Peaches’ elder sister Fifi on Tuesday posted a picture on Instagram of the two of them together when they were children, writing: “My beautiful baby sister... Gone but never forgotten. I love you Peaches x.”

Peaches was just 11 when her mother, TV presenter Paula Yates, died from an accidental heroin overdose in 2000, aged 41.

A prolific tweeter, the final message Peaches sent on Sunday was a picture of herself as a child with her mother, with the message “Me and my mum”.

In a column for Mother & Baby magazine, she wrote she was “happier than ever” after becoming a mother.