Bobby Brown Jr’s autopsy placed on a security hold as ‘Los Angeles cops probe’ sudden death at 28
BOBBY Brown Jr’s autopsy has been placed on a security hold after a request from the LAPD following his sudden death at 28, The Sun can exclusively reveal.
The son of singer Bobby Brown Snr, Whitney Houston’s ex-husband, was found dead in his Encino home on Wednesday, November 18, and police are now believed to be investigating.
A spokeswoman for the L.A. County Department of Medical Examiner/Coroner told The Sun: “A security hold was requested by the Los Angeles Police Department, the investigating law enforcement agency.”
The autopsy was previously “deferred,” while cops said last year there was no criminal investigation and no foul play was suspected.
The LAPD regularly places a “security hold” on autopsies during early stages of an investigation.
It is a directive from detectives to the coroner’s office not to publicly disclose details from an autopsy.
The Sun has contacted the LAPD for comment, but did not hear back.
Police arrived at Bobby Brown Jr’s home after a report of an unspecified “medical emergency” in the 5200 block of White Oak Avenue shortly around 1.50pm and officers pronounced him dead at the scene.
His father released a statement, saying: “Please keep my family in your prayers at this time. Losing my son at this point in our lives has devastated my family. There are no words to explain the pain.”
Bobby Brown Jr’s close friend, Karey Graves, told The Daily Mail that the aspiring singer suffered from a heart condition, which could explain his cause of death.
Karey revealed: “He told me a long time ago that he was born with a heart condition, and when he called me on Tuesday he was saying how he was sick and how you never know what you’ll die from.”
She also felt that Bobby Jr essentially predicted his own death, saying: “It was eerie, like he knew something was going to happen, but wouldn’t seek medical help because he has a phobia of hospitals.”
Karey added that she felt he could have had the viral disease, saying: “From my view, I feel like he had Covid or maybe another illness that didn’t make it easy for his pre-existing heart condition.
“He definitely knew something was going to happen. It sounded like a super bad cold.
“A heavy voice that sounded congested and I heard him cough intensely too when he got up to get a drink.”
TMZ later disclosed from family members that the star had experienced flu-like symptoms prior to his death, but they insisted the young singer did not have Covid-19.
Another close friend to Bobby Jr, Mikey Polo, spoke out in an exclusive interview with The Sun, saying he was adamant he did not have a drug problem.
He shared: “Bobby was one of my close friends – we would be at the same house, making music together, partying together, chilling together, waking up on the couch and talking to each other.
“It’s a huge shock to me – I was only just with him.
“Bobby was a real energetic person, he was cool, we’d all hang around in the same group of friends making music.
“He wasn’t badly harmed or anything like that, he was found dead and we’re still waiting for news on that.”
He added: “It was probably too much partying or something like that.
“But I want everybody to know that my bro Bobby was one of the best people – I know people are going to look at how his father grew up and everything that Whitney did – but not Bobby.
“He had a lot to live for and if he had a drug problem, trust me, we would have stopped it. I would not let Bobby do anything and f**k up in front of me. I’ve lost too many people to drugs.
“I know people are going to say, ‘Oh he’s Bobby Brown’s son he must have taken too much coke or too much whatever’ – I don’t want anybody looking at him like a druggie who overdosed.”
The young singer’s mother, Kim Ward, dated Bobby Snr on and off for 11 years before he began his relationship with Whitney Houston.
Kim gave birth to Bobby Jr the same year the famed vocalist married the late superstar.
He was one of Bobby Snr’s seven children, the second to have an untimely passing.
Bobbi Brown, the performer’s daughter with Whitney, also tragically died back in 2015.
She was found in her bathtub with high levels of cocaine and alcohol in her bloodstream at age 22.
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The family attempted kept her on life support for several months before she passed in a desperate attempt to save her life.
Her tragic end was strangely reminiscent of her mother Whitney’s death in 2012.
The I Will Always Love You hitmaker was also found dead in her bathtub from cocaine intoxication and coronary artery disease at age 48.