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Medical examiner rules on death of Bobbi Kristina Brown

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, Bobbi Kristina Brown attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Sparkle" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The cause of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death has been determined, but the medical examiner’s office won’t publicly unveil autopsy results because of a court order, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, Bobbi Kristina Brown attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Sparkle" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The cause of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death has been determined, but the medical examiner’s office won’t publicly unveil autopsy results because of a court order, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

ATLANTA (AP) – A medical examiner says Bobbi Kristina Brown’s face being immersed in water, along with drug intoxication, led to her death last year.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office in Atlanta released a statement Friday morning on the death as it prepares to release the full autopsy report.

The 22-year-old daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta townhome Jan. 31, 2015, and died in hospice care July 26.

The office says it reviewed medical records, investigative files and other documents to determine how Brown likely died. The medical examiner’s office says marijuana and alcohol were involved in the death, along with medications used for sedation or to treat anxiety.

A judge on Thursday granted a request filed by media organizations to unseal the autopsy.