Anna Nicole Smith Death Case Reopened in Florida

Officials in Florida are now in Los Angeles looking over evidence following the arrest of Howard K. Stern and Drs. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich, who are all accused of supplying Anna Nicole Smith with drugs illegally. Ron Ishoy, the spokesman for Ft. Lauderdale State Attorney Mike Satz said:

"Our prosecutors have met with representatives of the Los Angeles district attorney’s office and the California Department of Justice and discussed the evidence they have turned up in their investigation."

"We are now investigating that evidence to see where it might lead in relation to Ms. Smith’s death here in Broward County in 2007."

Legal experts, and I, say that Sunshine State prosecutors may reopen the case if they find evidence that the defendants illegally administered drugs to Smith, which ultimately caused her death. A Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Alec Rose, who is not directly involved in the case, said:

"If what they know is criminal felony conduct lead to the death, then they could be considering whether or not they can bring a secondary murder charge or an involuntary manslaughter charge against any or all of these people."

"It does not matter how much time has gone by since the case closed."

"In most jurisdictions the statute of limitation for murder is unlimited. There’s never a time limit to investigate a charge of murder. A criminal charge can usually be brought in any location where any part of the crime took place."

As I speculated before, it’s possible that Stern and the gang could face murder charges if they are convicted on illegally supplying drugs to Smith, and evidence is found that points to circumstances that Smith died when her death could have been avoided. Stern has proclaimed his innocence all along, but we’ll see what a court says when this is all done.