It’s far overdue, but the Bahamas will finally conduct their inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son Daniel. Daniel died three days after Smith gave birth to her second child, daughter Dannielynn. The circumstances were very suspicious – no one can argue the terrible timing in giving birth to one child and losing one just a few days later in the same hospital room. It’s beyond tragic. There was a lot of suspicion floating around regarding Smith’s “boyfriend”/ “life partner” (I put them both in quotes because few people believe that he was actually either of those things to Smith) Howard K Stern. Some people just have that evil look about them, and it’s pretty clear that Stern wears that particular haircut to hide the stubs from the devil horns he had cosmetically reduced a few years ago.

“The long-awaited inquest in the Bahamas into the death of the son of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will begin on October 30, and could last two months, a senior judge in the Bahamas said on Monday.

“Bahamas Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez said at least 35 witnesses were expected to give evidence, including Smith’s longtime lawyer and companion, Howard K. Stern. The inquest would be conducted by Magistrate William Campbell, he added.

“Smith’s son, Daniel, 20, died at Doctors Hospital, Nassau, on September 10 last year, just three days after his mother gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn. A private autopsy found he had a cocktail of drugs in his bloodstream. An official inquest by Bahamian authorities has been repeatedly postponed.”

[From the Washington Post]

Smith was supposedly worried that Stern had something to do with Daniel’s death. Aren’t we all. Ex-MSNBC reporter Rita Cosby (the one with the voice that made mute buttons feel relevant again) says in her book that Smith had some serious worries about Stern. Keep in mind, though, that this is the same book the alleges Stern and baby-daddy Larry Birkhead were gay lovers.

“In her most desperate moments, Anna Nicole Smith feared that her lawyer boyfriend Howard K. Stern played a role in her only son’s death, a new book alleges. Former employees of the ex-stripper claim they heard her screaming at Stern, ‘You did this! You killed him! You caused this!’ as the couple waited for the coroner to determine how Daniel Smith died in 2006, the book says. The allegations are detailed in the tell-all Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death by former NBC journalist Rita Cosby.”

[From the Baltimore Sun]

I remember hearing that quote circulating through the media quite a while ago, and I guess it’s still popping up. People yell a lot of nonsensical, crazy things when they’re distraught. But they also can say true things that they’d otherwise keep to themselves, so it’s hard to say exactly what that was in reference to. It will be interesting to see what they finally rule in Daniel’s death, and exactly how this sort of inquest works in the Bahamas, and what – if anything – it’ll lead to.