The AP reported today that prior to Anna Nicole Smith’s death, the FBI had been investigating her for plotting to murder he ex-husband J. Howard Marshall’s son, E. Pierce Marshall.
After J. Howard died, Anna began fighting E. Pierce for the inheritance. Authorities began investigating Anna for possibly hiring a hit man to kill E. Pierce. The case was dropped after Anna denied the charges, and the Feds were unable to come up with enough evidence against her.
E. Pierce died in 2006 from supposedly natural causes. He was 67 years old. Anna died about a year after that.
Update: Inside Edition is reporting that Anna Nicole’s ex-boyfriend Mark Hatten came to them in 2003, claiming that Anna had asked him to hire a hit man to kill E. Pierce. According to him,
She wanted me to take care of it for her…If I wasn’t going to do it personally, to get a contract going to kill Pierce Marshall.
She’d get jacked up on pain pills and then this would come out and she’d start saying Mark you gotta kill him, I’m Anna Nicole I can’t do it, you gotta take care of this for me. I’ll do anything for you, we’ll be set.’











