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Coroner reports on Houston death
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 5 April 2012
Whitney Houston drowned in a hot bathtub with cocaine in her system and white powder nearby, a final coroner’s report confirmed yesterday. Detectives called to the scene found white powdery substances, a rolled-up piece of paper, a small spoon and a mirror in the bathroom of the hotel suite where the singer died the day before this year’s Grammy Awards in LA.
An autopsy report published last month revealed Houston died of accidental drowning due to the effects of cocaine and heart disease, and yesterday’s statement from the LA coroner’s office confirmed both cocaine and marijuana were in the singer’s system at the time of her death. The new report also reveals that Houston had a perforated nose, indicating substance abuse, that it was filled with a bloody discharge, and that the water she drowned in was extremely hot – 34 degrees celsius six hours after her death.
Houston was alone at the time of her death, a personal assistant having gone out to a local department store to pick up some items for the singer’s planned appearance at a pre-Grammys party that night. The assistant found the singer’s naked body face down in the bathtub on her return.
That Houston battled with drug addiction was no secret, of course, and when last month’s autopsy report was released, the singer’s sister-in-law and manager Patricia Houston told reporters simply: “We are saddened to learn of the toxicology results, although we are glad to now have closure”.
