That poor little girl.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008...at_feet-2.html
Detectives were chasing down leads Wednesday night in the mysterious death of a former CNN producer whose body was found in her tony Manhattan apartment - her crying young daughter clutching her legs.
Police are unsure if Julie Horner Lankamp, whose bloodied and bruised corpse was discovered on the floor of her 28th-floor Gold St. apartment Tuesday, was the victim of foul play or an accidental drug overdose.
Lankamp's 2-year-old daughter, Shaine, was crying for her mother when police found her, but the girl seemed to be in good health, officials said. Investigators were not certain how long she had been stranded with the body. Lankamp's relatives said they had not heard from her since Sunday.
Detectives want to interview Lankamp's abusive estranged husband - but sources said late yesterday the producer's death may have been accidental.
Lankamp was found with a broken jaw and dried blood pooled near her nose and mouth, but the injuries may have been suffered during a fall after an inadvertent drug overdose, sources said.
The city medical examiner told detectives Lankamp's injuries were not caused by a beating and that the bruising on her body may have been from decomposition, the sources said.
Toxicology tests were being performed on Lankamp, who took a variety of prescription medications for diabetes and kidney trouble, sources said. Investigators found an empty glassine envelope, containing a residue of cocaine, near her corpse, sources said.
Lankamp had filed for divorce from her husband, Dutch national Edwin Lankamp, in March - three months after he was arrested for attacking her with a chair while using their child as a human shield, officials said.
Edwin Lankamp pleaded guilty to harassment and a state court filed an order of protection against him.
Julie Lankamp worked as a producer for CNN from 1995 to 1998 and was later the director of marketing for Broadway Video. In 2002, she founded Melon Media, which designs Web sites and produces live-action video.