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Date Set, Again, for Daniel Smith Inquest
The Bahamian judicial process may be agonizingly slow-moving, but it is moving nonetheless.
Bahamas Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez has announced that the long-pending inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel will finally begin on Oct. 30 and could last for up to two months.
Magistrate William Campbell will conduct the inquest, becoming the third judge assigned to the case. The previous two, Gomez and Chief Magistrate Linda Virgill, were both replaced from the proceedings after different justices in the Bahamas Supreme Court took issue with the duo's seemingly increased amenability to press coverage of the inquest.
As it is, the formal investigation has already suffered several false starts and endless postponements since 20-year-old Daniel died Sept. 10, 2006 in his mother's room at Nassau's Doctors Hospital.
To get to the bottom of the cause of the young man's death, which took place just three days after the birth of his namesake sister, Dannielynn, Gomez said at least 35 witnesses would testify in the inquest.
Chief among those expected to give evidence is Howard K. Stern, who was reportedly the last person to see Daniel alive and who was present in the hospital when the boy was unable to be revived. Friends of Daniel's who saw him in the days leading up to his departure to the Bahamas, police officers who examined the Nassau hospital room in which he was found dead and hospital workers on duty that day are also likely to be questioned.
Another potential witness that may be called in the case is Larry Birkhead, who was reportedly aware of Daniel's drug use in Los Angeles.
Dr. Cyril Wecht, the private pathologist who conducted an autopsy on Daniel in the wake of his death and who determined the cause to be an accidental overdose of antidepressants and Methadone, is also on the list to testify for the jury.
Back in March, the inquest started and almost immediately stopped following an appeal by Stern's lawyers. Before the proceedings shut down, Gomez managed to select a jury of seven women to hear testimony and ultimately determine the cause of Daniel's death, including deciding whether it was an accident, a suicide or a homicide.
Stern's appeal focused on the potential impartiality of the jurors.
Although the panel's decision is not legally binding, should the jury rule the death a crime, the case will be turned over to a prosecutor, who will then decide whether to pursue charges.
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