London – Caroline Kent
A private detective in Hollywood has claimed that Whitney Houston was murdered by a drug gang. The popstar was found dead in the bath of a luxury Los Angeles hotel room on February 11 2012 aged 48, from "accidentaldrowningdue to the effects of chronic cocaine use". However, private investigator Paul Huebl has allegedly uncovered CCTV evidence that suggests she was the victim of an attack by two men. Huebl claimed in an in-depth report for US magazine the National Enquirer: “I have evidence that points to Whitney being a victim of high-powered drug dealers who sent thugs to collect a huge debt she owed for drugs.” The singer is said to have owed over $1.5million to drug dealers before her death. The coroner concluded that Whitney had Benadryl, Xanax, marijuana and Flexeril present in her system at the she died but Huebl believes despite a report that claims there was no foul play involved in her death, “Whitney’s body shows classic defence wounds that would have occurred while she was battling for her life.” He claims that before Houston died there was a 45 minute window when her alleged murders were caught slipping in to her room at the Beverley Hilton on the eve of the Grammy Awards. Although several bottles of prescription medications were found in Houston's hotel room, coroner's officials stated earlier this year that they were "not considered to be related to the actual cause of death."