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NYPD Shares Anne Burrell Death-Scene Photos and Video Showing Meds and Final Elevator Ride

The materials deepen the public record without changing the medical examiner’s suicide ruling.

Overview

  • The NYPD photos, obtained by People on Tuesday, show dozens of pills in a dish and bottles of Advil, Zyrtec, Motrin and a ValuMeds antihistamine on the bathroom floor, plus discarded cigarette butts beside a lighter.
  • Newly released videos depict Burrell and her husband, Stuart Claxton, arriving at their Brooklyn building, with elevator footage showing her leaning back, folding her hands and turning her head away as he appears to speak.
  • An NYPD report documents a “suicidal note” and separate “suicidal” journal entries found in the primary bedroom after Burrell was discovered on June 17, 2025.
  • Claxton told police he found her on the bathroom floor next to over-the-counter pills, tried to wake her and called 911, and he has not been accused of wrongdoing.
  • The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide in July 2025, citing acute intoxication from diphenhydramine and cetirizine (antihistamines), ethanol (alcohol) and an amphetamine often prescribed for ADHD.