Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel came close to hiring a PI to look into his mother's affairs, specifically her relationship with Howard K. Stern. Daniel confided in private detective Jack Harding three months before his death, but did not follow through on his plan to hire him.

In a private meeting, Daniel told Harding he feared his mother was being held "a virtual prisoner" in Nassau, the Bahamas by Stern, who was controlling her like a svengali. Harding tells the Globe, "Daniel felt Stern was keeping her on mind-bending drugs even though she was pregnant (with baby Dannielynn). He feared for his mother's well-being... and he was angry at being pushed out of his mother's life." Following Daniel's suspicious drug overdose death days after his baby sister was born, the private detective contacted Bahamian detectives. He adds, "I told them of our discussions and Daniel's concerns. They seemed interested." And then, when Anna Nicole Smith died last month (FEB07), Harding's suspicions left him with several questions. He explains, "When two people die so tragically in ways that may be related... police need to pursue every lead."

Sounds like things could get awfully sticky for Howard in the near future.

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