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“White Powdery Substance” Found In Whitney Houston’s Hotel Room

Leslie Velez |
April 4, 2012 | 7:13 p.m. PDT

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Image courtesy Flickr Creative Commons and Asterix611
Image courtesy Flickr Creative Commons and Asterix611
According to the final autopsy report released today by the Los Angeles County coroner, Whitney Houston died face down in “extremely hot water” about one foot deep that left superficial burns on her face. Additionally, the remains of a “white powdery substance” was found on the bathroom counter.

According to CNN.com:

Investigators found "a small spoon with a white crystal like substance in it and a rolled up piece of white paper" in the bathroom where Houston drowned, coroner's investigator Kristy McCracken wrote.

"Remnants of a white powdery substance" were found on a bathroom counter, McCracken wrote.

"I also collected remnants of a white powdery substance from out of a drawer and from the bottom of a mirror in the same drawer in the bathroom counter," she wrote.

Toxicology tests revealed in the weeks following Houston’s death listed cocaine as one of several drugs found in her system at the time of her passing, along with marijuana, prescription anxiety medication and muscle relaxants, and over-the-counter allergy pills.  

Based on the levels of the cocaine found in Houston’s blood during the autopsy, Chief Coroner Craig Harvey reported:

[Houston’s] cocaine use appeared to have occurred "in the time period just immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel."

Houston’s official cause of death is listed as accidental drowning, with heart disease and drug use as elements that may have led to a seizure or cardiac arrest, ultimately causing her to fall unconscious in the bathtub and drown.

Houston’s career appeared to be rallying after years battling alcohol and drug addiction.  The the six-time Grammy winner was found dead on February 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. 



 

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