Whitney Houston fans will be relieved to know that the police have ruled out foul play in the death of the iconic "I will always love you" singer. At least for now.
Lieutenant Mark Rosen, a police spokesman in beverly Hills, California, said at a televised news conference that the police are not conducting the probe of 'The Bodyguard' star as a homicide investigation.
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"It's a normal investigation," Rosen said. "We follow the evidence where that evidence leads us." The police spokesman declined to speculate on the cause of the singer's death.
"No obvious signs of foul play and no obvious signs of a cause of death," Rosen said.
Houston was found dead in her bathtub in Beverly Hills Hilton hotel on Saturday. She was 48.
Though the exact cause of Houston's death will not be known till the Los Angeles County Coroner completes its report, which may take up to 2-3 weeks, several media reported that mumerous prescription drugs and alcohol were discovered in the singer's room.
Houston, who starred in hit movies like 'The Bodyguard,' 'Waiting to Exhale' and 'The Preacher's Wife,' was the only artist to have seven consecutive No. 1 singles on Billboard magazine's pop chart.
The fans of the six-time Grammy winner, are yet to cope with the news of the singer's death and believe that Houston suffered a lot of domestic violence at the hands of her then-husband Bobby Brown during their 15-year marriage and her dependence on marijuana and cocaine finally took her life.
If it turns out that Houston died of prescription drug overdose, she will join the growing list of celebrities, who have died from prescription meds in the past decade, including Brittany Murphy, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith.
