The accidental death
American music band Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan, 46 was found dead on 15th January by a maid, submerged in the bathtub. She was staying at a London’s Park Lane Hilton hotel. She had been there as a part of a recording trip for her 2018 tour.
When paramedics arrived, the police were performing CPR on her but were unable to revive her.
A further inspection into her death revealed that the singer had no signs of injuries or self-harm evidence. But she did have excessive alcohol and was drunk.
Following her death, the police did not release an official statement concerned about the reason behind her death. The inquiry was supposed to be released on 3rd April but was unexpectedly canceled and rescheduled for 6 September.
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6th September inquest
PC Natalie Smart, who was there at the scene, revealed:
“I saw Mrs O’Riordan submerged in the bath with her nose and mouth fully under the water.”
He had heard that there were five miniature bottles and a bottle of champagne in the room. Also, there were containers of prescription drugs. The postmortem Toxicology tests showed that Dolores had taken only the prescribed amount of medication. But there was 330mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. These values mean that she was four times more drunk than the 80mg legal limit for driving.
There were reports that the “Zombie” singer had checked into the hotel on 14 January. She had called the room service at around midnight and had even called her mom at around 03:00 GMT. After finding unresponsive in the tub, she was confirmed dead at 09:16.
Dr. Shirley Radcliffe has said:
“There’s no evidence that this was anything other than an accident. There was no intention, this seems to be solely a tragic accident.”
