Circumstances that eerily mirrored her mother’s death, sealed autopsy results,
and questions surrounding her relationship with her boyfriend.
Keep watching for the disturbing details discovered in Bobbi Kristina Brown's autopsy.
The unusual death of Bobbi Kristina Brown in 2015
left many wondering what exactly happened to this remarkable young woman. She grew
up in the spotlight as the only child of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
Born in 1993, Brown was adored by her parents. Her mother told Rolling Stone,
"There's been nothing more incredible in my life than having her."
Bobbi Kristina apparently inherited some of her parents' vocal talents, too,
and appeared with her mother on "Good Morning America" to sing "My Love Is Your Love" in 2009.
Tragically, Bobbi Kristina was only 18 years old when her mother, Whitney Houston, died on February
11, 2012, after being found lying face down in her bathtub. Houston's death was declared an
accidental drowning, but heart disease and her use of cocaine were considered contributing factors.
"Until she was gone, you know, I didn't understand, but she prepared me for it."
After her huge loss, Bobbi Kristina gave TV viewers an inside look at her life on the
2012 reality series "The Houstons: On Our Own." The show centered around her uncle
Gary Houston and his wife Patricia, as well as Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend, Nick Gordon.
In only a short time, Bobbi Kristina went from budding television star to a person battling
for her life. She was found under eerily similar circumstances to her mother, nearly three years
after Whitney Houston's death. Like her mother, Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious in a bathtub
in her home in Roswell, Georgia on January 31, 2015. According to Entertainment Tonight,
her boyfriend Nick Gordon had done CPR until help arrived. She was taken to North Fulton Hospital
and later placed in a medically induced coma. At the time, her family released a statement, saying,
"Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life and is surrounded by immediate family."
While her father Bobby Brown tried to remain hopeful that his daughter
would recover, her condition eventually began to deteriorate. She was moved to a hospice facility
near Atlanta that June, and passed away on July 26, 2015. She was only 22 years old.
In the wake of Bobbi Kristina Brown's death, stories circulated about what led
to her tragic end. Her estate filed a wrongful death suit against her boyfriend Nick Gordon,
claiming that he had allegedly beaten her and given her a "toxic cocktail," per CNN.
Brown's father, Bobby, was also vocal about his belief that Gordon was to blame for his
daughter's death. The results of her autopsy were initially sealed
at the request of District Attorney Paul Howard while an investigation was ongoing.
It wasn't until March 2016 that the details surrounding her death were finally revealed.
According to the autopsy, Bobbi Kristina had alcohol, marijuana, and morphine,
as well as prescription medication for sedation or anxiety in her system at
the time of her death. There was also a substance connected to cocaine present.
Her death was determined to be the result of lobar pneumonia, which occurred because she was
facedown in the water while experiencing intoxication from an array of drugs.
Her death was also deemed to be the result of brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen.
While the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office was able to release information
regarding what contributed to Bobbi Kristina Brown's death, it couldn't
shed any light on what led up to her death. In a statement via ABC News, the office said,
"[The medical examiner] has not been able to determine whether death was due to intentional
or accidental causes, and has therefore classified the manner of death as undetermined."
However, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Brown's autopsy showed that
she had a number of scars on her body, and was missing several teeth, at the time of her death.
Bobby Brown believed that his daughter had been abused by her boyfriend.
He established the Bobbi Kristina Serenity House in her memory,
which is a safe haven for those experiencing domestic violence. While Nick Gordon was never
criminally charged in the case, he was declared "legally responsible" for her death in 2016
in the civil lawsuit brought by her estate. Gordon was ordered to pay $36 million to her estate. He
died in January 2020, after overdosing on heroin in a Florida hotel, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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