Bahamas Rethinks Probe of Smith Death

NASSAU, Bahamas – A planned jury inquest into the death of Daniel Smith may be canceled if tests show that that the son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith died of natural causes after all, a legal official in the Bahamas said Wednesday.

Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez said authorities are reconsidering the need for the inquest, which had been scheduled for Oct. 23 and was to include Anna Nicole Smith among the witnesses.

But Gomez, in an interview with The Associated Press, said pending toxicology tests may in fact show that the death of Smith’s 20-year-old son was not suspicious after all.

"If the results show that the cause of death was natural, then there will be no inquest," he told AP.