[Smithy]

reports it was a heroin overdose

[Jake.]

[Samm]

Oh

[Nedusa]

So can we expect to see the headline in the Sun in the coming days proclaim

Peaches Geldof dies from Heroin overdose ( like her Mother)

Sad....

[Ramsay]

ah feck

[GypsyGoth]

Tweeting the pic of her mom the day before (or whenever) and taking too much heroin suggests to me that it was suicide for sure.

[MTVN]

That's a shame if true and terrible for her family :/

[Marsh.]

So it was suicide.

[Kazanne]

Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose, according to toxicology tests due to be published on Thursday, The Times has reported.

The newspaper said that analysis conducted following an inconclusive post-mortem revealed that ingestion of the class A drug led to her death.

The body of Peaches, daughter of musician Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, who herself died from a heroin overdose in 2000, was found at her home in Kent on April 7th.

Shortly before she had died she had Tweeted a picture of herself and Yates with the caption "Me and my mum".

She left behind two boys aged 23 months and 11 months

At the time of her death, she was a columnist for Mother & Baby magazine, writing that "being a mum is the best thing in my life" and she was "happier than ever".

[Z]

Post natal depression perhaps a factor? If she was using heroin a lot it might explain her weight loss too...

[smudgie]

Tragic.

[JTM45]

Wow, that's very sad! I wasn't expecting it really.
I did wonder why her husband and family hadn't acted quite as shocked as one would have expected. If she was doing heroin to that extent then at the very least her hubby would have been fully aware of her drug use and there's a very good chance that her family knew as well.
If it was a heroin overdose then it's very strange that the police said that no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found, unless they were using some degree of discretion for the sake of privacy but that would be unusual for the filth.
To have overdosed she must have been injecting so there must have been evidence of that at the scene. People don't die from smoking heroin and even if you could there would be used foil and stuff.
I guess it would explain her recent weight loss as well.

You would really think that having gone through what she did with losing her mother in the way she did that would have been incentive enough to not want her poor kids to have to go through the same thing. She would have realized her habit and her mental health were getting gradually worse and i'm sure the people around her must have noticed too so it surprises me that she wasn't receiving the help and care it would appear that she desperately needed.
I know it's can be extremely difficult to get help with addiction and mental health issues if you're the average Joe with no cash in the UK but someone with pretty much unlimited finances available to them like she had could get the very best care money could buy.
All very strange and extremely sad, for the children in particular!

[arista]

Peaches Geldof 'died of heroin overdose' in tragic echo of her mother Paula Yates's death, report claims

Peaches Geldof, 25, found dead at her home in Kent earlier this month
Inquest will be opened on May 1 after results were returned to coroner
They're expected to show she died of a heroin overdose, The Times claims
Cause of death expected to be announced at 10-minute hearing


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz30Q7mh0Y1


What a waste

[Kizzy]

Wow.. shocked.

I hope there's no snide comments but I'm certain there will be.

[Jordan.]

Sad but very dumb of her if it wasn't suicide...

[AnnieK]

Aw no...I wasnt expecting that

[Ammi]

..it could still have been accidental and not suicide though...

[AnnieK]

Yeah....I'm just shocked at her doing hard drugs, I thought she had out that behind her. Awful situation...for the whole family. I honestly can't see her committing suicide, but I guess you never know what is going on in peoples heads.

[smeagol]

bit surprised toO. she had personal history not to make those kind of mistakes. i just dont get it. why would she do the same as her mother with kids of her own.

i did think her husbands response was a little odd. though anyone can give anyone drugs . the perfect crime really.

either way tragic

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..it could still have been accidental and not suicide though...

Yes very true
The Full Report is still to come

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes very true
The Full Report is still to come

..that won't say whether it was accidental or not though unless she left a letter/letters...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..that won't say whether it was accidental or not though unless she left a letter/letters...

But she was thin
not good for a heroin overdose.

I bet her husband knew

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

But she was thin
not good for a heroin overdose.

I bet her husband knew

..yeah he must have known, I don't think heroin is something you can take and not have the people closest to you know about it...I would imagine that others knew as well and were quite worries about her...it's all terribly sad for all her family and friends...

[Nedusa]

Surely now a criminal investigation needs to be started as to who supplied this drug, was a from a rogue contaminated batch or of unusually high purity.

Either way an investigation into the circumstances of her death needs to be started.

Her family must now be truly devastated at hearing this news.

[JTM45]

Yeah, i get the feeling she's been around the heroin scene in London for a while but whether she was actually doing it all this time herself i don't suppose we'll ever know.
She was involved with that Freddie McConnel kid who od'd and died and i think that was back in 2011. She apparently phoned his mother and in a conversation with her said that she hadn't been using heroin with him but she admitted that she'd been giving him money to score when he'd asked her because he was sick and broke.
That being said though, when they held an inquest into his death (he was found dead having overdosed in his London flat aged 18) the police had found his diary in which he'd written something along the lines of "Peaches is coming over tonight and i'm going to shoot heroin for the first time". Apparently he was child genius and was a Mensa member with a super-high IQ and all that stuff. His father was a composer or something and i think his mother was an artist and they were quite wealthy.
Quite a few of the rich kid crowd she hung around with were rumored to use heroin too.
It's not an easy thing to leave behind you but when you've got two young kids, a relatively new marriage and you want for nothing you would think that would help you and give you a huge incentive to stay away from that lifestyle.
Very sad on the whole! It's up to her what she did to herself i suppose but what she did to herself had a major bearing on her children's future which will now sadly somewhat resemble her own. Let's hope it doesn't carry on to another generation.

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Surely now a criminal investigation needs to be started as to who supplied this drug, was a from a rogue contaminated batch or of unusually high purity.

Finding out where she got it from won't solve anything and at the end of the day SHE got it and took it. It's not like she was forced to do it.
Heroin will kill you if you take enough of it. The 'rogue batch' thing is more of a media invention to sensationalize things really. Unless you're new to taking the drug accidental overdose is a pretty rare thing. People build up a tolerance really quickly which would lead me to think that it was more likely to have been a planned thing rather than accidental. The fact that the last thing she posted was a picture of her with her mother would kinda' point to the same thing, unless it was an unfortunate coincidence.