More tests awaited after Geldof autopsy ‘inconclusive’

BRITAIN

THE autopsy on Live Aid founder Bob Geldof’s daughter Peaches, who died suddenly aged 25, has proved inconclusive, police say, as they await the results of toxicology tests.

Peaches, who wrote for British magazines and newspapers and presented celebrity-driven tele- vision shows, was found dead at her countryside home on Tuesday.

The local Kent police force in southeast England said her death was being treated as ‘‘a nonsuspicious, unexplained sudden death’’.

‘‘A post-mortem examination held on Wednesday following the death of Peaches Geldof has proved inconclusive pending the result of toxicology analysis,’’ police said in a statement.

‘‘Officers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death in order to compile a report for the coroner.

‘‘The result of a toxicology port can take several weeks.’’

Bob Geldof has said his family is suffering ‘‘beyond pain’’ at the death of his second daughter with

re- television presenter Paula Yates, who died of a heroin overdose when Peaches was 11.

Peaches wed her second husband Tom Cohen, a rock singer, two years ago. They had two sons, Astala and Phaedra.

A self-confessed ‘‘wild child’’ in her youth, she had become an advocate of ‘‘attachment parenting’’ after becoming a mother.