here's what it reveals about the tragic death of whitney an >> reporter: released today as her ex, nick gordon, wishes her a happy birthday the medical examiner's official ca death is pneumonia brought on, simply put, by lack of oxygen caused y drowning and drug intoxication. the drug cocktail included marijuana, cocaine, an anti-anxiety med and morphine. what's eerie is the comparison with what her mother's autopsy said was in her system, also marijuana, cocaine, and an anti-anxiety med, along with a muscle relaxant and antihistamine. forensic pathologyist said the similarities could be more than coincidence. g her mother's death. both women in a bathtub with drugs. what are the odds of that happening by chance?: here's anoth shocker, she had no less than 28 small scars on her head, neck, torso, extremities. cutter? strongly suggestive of cutting and not the kind of cutting from an assailant, but rather, a small cuts that some people inflict upon themselves. another comparison between autopsies indicate a bit of a generational gap between sy. whitney had a few. bobby was tatted, her mother wa

the estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit of her partner nick gordon for giving her a toxic cocktail and putting her face-down in the water. >> any chance of rain getting into our weekend plans? >> we could have a shower but it would be at night. >> that would be ok. >> would not mess up daytime plans for saturday or sunday we got backup into the 50s after the 40s yesterday. a little bit better off for us. 53 right now in charlotte. mid-50s. statesville. morganton 51. and cold in boone mid-30s as of 4:00 p.m. our temperature change compared to this time most of us are at least about 5-10 warmer compared to yesterday at this time. we are turning in the right direction and the temperatures will continue to go up for saturday and into sunday. touch of a wrez as breeze as well. and here is your hour-by-hour forecast for friday night. down to 50 by 7:00 and 9:00 middle 40s. more coming up in a couple of minutes. let's check in with tonya rivens and the traffic. >> first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. i-77 by morehead street a little volume. a nice start to the afternoon comm

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. >> on kitchen nightmares, nick was berated by gordon ramsay. he later jumped off the george washington bridge to his death. [music] i do what i can >> simone battle appeared on x factor in 2011 but didn't make the cut. >> simone took the rejection more serious than she had maybe her past rejections. >> three years after she was eliminated, she hanged herself. she was only 25. >> it's not the reality show per se. everyone knows that possibly i could be off the show. then when they come to the reality of it, it's a trauma. >> none of the parent that we spoke to say they are blaming the reality shows but they hope more can be done to put an end to such tragedies. >> this can't happen to anybody else. >> it's estimated there are more than 300 reality shows produced every year. >>> and we will be right back with much more "inside edition" after this. >>> still to come, it's superman. can you believe no one >> it's a bird, it's a plane. nope, it's superman. the star of the highly anticipated movie batman versus superman dawn of justice had a little f