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| Bobbi Kristina with her mom Whitney Houston |
The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA, released the autopsy report on Bobbi Kristina Brown’s
death on Friday, but it's still unclear whether her death was an accident, murder
or suicide.
The medical examiner's report
released showed that Brown, the daughter of singers Bobby Brown and the late Whitney
Houston, had a combination of morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs
in her body.
According to the medical examiner’s statement,
Bobbi Kristina died of lobar pneumonia, which was caused by the combination of
drugs found in her system, drowning and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy – a
neurological condition resulting from a lack of oxygen to the brain.
“The drugs involved included marijuana, alcohol
(ethanol), benzoylecgonine (a cocaine-related substance), benzodiazepines
(medications used for sedation or to treat anxiety), and morphine,” the medical
examiner's office said.
“It could not be determined from toxicology tests
whether the morphine resulted from heroin use.”
The autopsy alone could not reveal the underlying
cause of death because of the long interval between her being found
unresponsive in the bathtub and her eventual death.
The 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina was found face-down
and unresponsive in a bathtub in her Atlanta home on January 31, 2015, and died
in hospice care on July 26 after six spending months in a coma.
Her death was eerily similar to her mother, who also
drowned in a hotel bathtub in February 2012 just before the Grammy Awards. Bobbi
Kristina was buried next to her mother in a New Jersey cemetery.
The medical examiner’s office says her death was “clearly
not due to natural causes,” but they can't tell if it was due to intentional or
accidental causes, and the coroner classified the manner of death
'undetermined'.
“She'd used a bunch of drugs, she
went into the bath and she basically drowned in the bathtub,” he said. “That's
pretty much all you can tell from this report.”
Medical personnel were able to
revive her but she suffered brain damage that left her in a coma, and she
ultimately died from pneumonia, the autopsy report says.
Other details revealed in the full autopsy report
include how Bobbi Kristina was missing two teeth, was covered in dozens of scars
and bruises and was just 93 pounds when she died.
The autopsy report had been
sealed by a judge at the request of prosecutors, for "public safety and
investigative reasons." However, two television stations sued for its
release and a judge ruled in their favour Thursday.
Bobby Brown, who was upset that the autopsy report
had been released without his consent, believes someone is responsible for his
daughter’s death.
In a statement issued to US Weekly, he said he said: “First and foremost, 23 years ago
today, Bobbi Kristina was born. Krissy will always live in my heart and soul. I
love my baby girl. For news affiliates to seek and obtain my daughter’s autopsy
report, before anyone has been brought to justice for her death is mind blowing
to me. Please pray for my family.”
Fulton County District Attorney
Paul Howard is investigating whether criminal charges should be brought in
Brown's death, but has said very little about the probe.
Brown's estate filed a wrongful
death lawsuit against her partner, Nick Gordon, 20, accusing him of giving her
a “toxic cocktail” and putting her face down in water. Gordon has not been
charged and his attorney Randy Kessler said the report should put to rest “all
the negativity surrounding” him.
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown
were married 15 years before their relationship ended in 2007. Bobbi Kristina
was their only child together.
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