Illegal Drugs Recovered From African Room Reality TV Producer Found Dead In
Feb. 24 2012, Published 3:30 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
A bag with traces of heroin was found in the hotel room of the late reality TV producer Jeff Rice, who was found dead in Africa last week, with authorities saying he likely died of a cocaine overdose.
"The bag of white powder that was found on scene is a mixture of a component of heroin and some Tylenol and some caffeine," pathology consultant Dr. Stephen Cina said, according to ABC News. "So that certainly suggests that at least in that bag there's a mixture of several substances present."
The latest update conflicts with initial reports from Rice’s widow, claiming the 39-year-old might have been poisoned after resisting an attack from local thugs.
Rice’s assistant Katheryne Fuller, who officials found unconscious next to him, remains in critical condition at a Ugandan hospital. Authorities said Fuller, a native of South Africa, tested positive for cocaine, and might be held in violation of the region’s drug laws as such.
According to Uganda Police Force spokesman Asuman Mugenyi, â