Anne Heche’s Autopsy Reveals She Had Cocaine In Her System At Time Of Death

More details person emerged astir Anne Heche’s tragic decease successful her autopsy report, which confirms she had drugs successful her strategy astatine the clip of her fatal car crash successful a bluish Mini Cooper. The actress, who was 53 at the clip of her passing, had inactive metabolite of cocaine called benzoylecgonine, fentanyl, cannabinoids, and benzodiazepines successful her urine per the Los Angeles County aesculapian examiner-coroner’s report, which Page Six reported connected Tuesday, Dec. 6. Notably, fentanyl was fixed erstwhile she was hospitalized for symptom incurred aft her burns.

The toxicology tested from the infirmary admittance humor showed the beingness of benzoylecgonine, an inactive metabolite of cocaine. Therefore determination was nary grounds of impairment by illicit substances astatine the clip of the crash.

Anne Heche passed distant aft a fatal car clang that near her burned. (Tony DiMaio / SplashNews.com)

Although cocaine metabolite was successful her system, it was concluded that determination was “no grounds of impairment by illicit substances astatine the clip of the crash,” per the coroner. Specifically, that means that she was not precocious owed to amerciable substances erstwhile she died. Her cause of death was antecedently reported arsenic being owed to a effect of fume inhalation and thermal injuries, on with a fracture to her sternum caused by blunt unit trauma arsenic a contributing factor.

Due to the second injury, it was besides determined that she would person experienced “painful breathing” aft the accident, wherever she remained successful her car for 30 minutes until responders removed her. As a result, she experienced 2nd grade burns connected the close broadside of her look and neck, shoulder, precocious thorax and much totaling 12% of her body. Her death, which occurred days aboriginal astatine the hospital, was ruled an accident.

Anne is survived by 2 children: her sons Homer, 20, with ex Coleman Laffoon, and son Atlas, 13, with ex spouse and Men In Trees co-star James Tupper. Homer issued a connection connected behalf of himself and his younger member soon aft her death. “My member Atlas and I mislaid our Mom. After six days of astir unbelievable affectional swings, I americium near with a deep, wordless sadness,” helium said. “Hopefully my ma is escaped from symptom and opening to research what I similar to ideate arsenic her eternal freedom…Rest In Peace Mom, I emotion you,”