Daniel (left, with Stern on the Illegal Aliens set) "had aspirations to be a producer," says Giancola. "He was very cool about presenting his ideas and very mature." Photo by: COURTESY ILLEGAL ALIENS / EDGEWOOD STUDIOS
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That last bit of news left Stern particularly "relieved," Goen says. In August Daniel was hospitalized for depression, and since then had been taking the prescription drug Lexapro, an antidepressant and antianxiety medication. He had also lost about 30 lbs. in the past year and had at least twice complained of a racing heart, on one occasion going to the intensive care unit of an L.A. hospital.

It is not known if Daniel took any Lexapro the day he died, though Wecht, who has been in touch with Daniel's L.A. doctor, says the boy was being "weaned off" the medication. Wecht adds that no drugs were found "on his person, in his clothing or luggage." Two pills that were discovered in a container in the room have not been identified as belonging to Daniel.

What options does that leave? Wecht says the young man might have suffered a fatal heart arrhythmia, or abnormal heartbeat. Or he possibly could have suffered an accidental overdose by combining Lexapro with some other drug. On Oct. 23 Virgill will conduct an inquest and bring witnesses before a jury, a normal procedure in the Bahamas in a case in which someone dies unexpectedly.