LOS ANGELES — The 15-page report said “no drugs or drug paraphernalia” were discovered at the scene in Encino, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, where Robert Barisford Brown Jr. was found dead Nov. 18.
Brown Jr. was found unresponsive by his girlfriend in his California home on Nov. 18, and emergency responders declared him dead.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s report referred to the death as an accident and cited Brown Jr.’s history of drug and alcohol use, USA Today reported.
According to the investigative report, the evening before Brown Jr. died, he consumed tequila with friends and “snorted” both cocaine and Percocet.
The 28-year-old son of Brown and Kim Ward had been pursuing a musical career, the outlet reported.
When news of his son’s death broke, Brown released a statement, obtained by People magazine, asking for prayers for his family.
“Losing my son at this point in our lives has devastated my family. There are no words to explain the pain,” the elder Brown wrote.
The family also stated that Brown Jr. had been experiencing flu-like symptoms at the time of his death but had not tested positive for the coronavirus.
Following Bobby Jr.’s death, his older brother, Landon Brown, shared a black-and-white photo to Instagram, writing in the caption, “I love you forever King,” People reported.
Brown Jr., 28, was the son of Kim Ward and Bobby Brown. His death was the latest in a series of tragedies for his extended family.
The elder Bobby Brown, 52, lost daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in 2015, when she was 22. Bobbi Kristina Brown,the only child of Brown and the beloved artist Whitney Houston, was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub in January 2015. She was in a coma for six months before she died.
