Tosheena Robinson-Blair, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed Dec 12, 7:03 PM ET



NASSAU, Bahamas - An inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith's
son adjourned Wednesday until Jan. 28, while court officials seek
testimony from witnesses including an ex-boyfriend of the late
reality TV star.

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The court, which cannot compel people to testify, will try to
persuade Larry Birkhead, the father of Smith's one-year-old daughter,
and U.S. medical experts to travel to Nassau for the court
proceeding, according to Neil Braithwaite, senior counsel in the
attorney general's office.

Braithwaite told The Associated Press that officials also hope to get
testimony from at least one of the several people who performed
toxicology tests on the remains of Smith's son. Daniel Smith
collapsed and died Sept. 10, 2006 as he visited his celebrity mother
at a Nassau hospital where she had recently given birth to a
daughter, Dannielynn.

Officials also want to call as a witness California doctor Sandeep
Kapoor, who prescribed methadone to Anna Nicole Smith shortly before
her own death on Feb. 8 in Florida, from an overdose of prescription
drugs. The former Playboy playmate, 39, was buried beside her son at
a Nassau cemetery.

So far, 26 witnesses have testified at the inquest before a seven-
member jury, which will formally determine what killed Daniel Smith
and has the power to recommend criminal charges if it finds evidence
of wrongdoing.

Police have said there is no evidence of homicide, and an autopsy
found the likely cause of death was a combination of drugs, including
the painkiller methadone and antidepressants.