Anna Nicole Smith's Stolen Items Show Up in South Carolina  2/16/07

Items reportedly stolen from Anna Nicole Smith's Bahamian home in the days after her death last week (08FEB07) have mysteriously shown up at a South Carolina Sheriff's Office.

The Sheriff's Office of Horry County received two missing laptop computers, several hard drives, mini cassette tapes, papers, pictures and photos on Tuesday afternoon (13FEB07).

The authorities have declined to identify who turned over the items.

Ron Rale, the attorney for Anna Nicole's companion, Howard K Stern, released a statement on Monday (12FEB07) regarding an alleged break-in at the home last week (09FEB07).

Stern's reaction to the alleged burglary was captured by US TV news show Entertainment Tonight, who followed the devastated lawyer back to The Bahamas from Florida, where Smith died, at the weekend (10FEB07).

Rale stated, "When Howard Stern returned to the house... he learned that all of Anna Nicole's personal items had been stolen. These items included computers, external hard drives, mini DV tapes, and DVDs containing all of Anna Nicole's personal digital photos and digital home videos, many of which are extraordinarily personal in nature.

"All of Anna Nicole's personal documents were also stolen, including confidential contracts, banking information, attorney client privileged documents, and (her baby daughter) Dannielynn's birth certificate. Even paintings hanging in the nursery that Anna Nicole had painted for Dannielynn were stolen."