Peaches Geldof death: Dealer who sold fatal heroin to remain unknown as police close case
IT may never be known who sold Peaches Geldolf the fatal heroin that killed her as police closed the case.
Detectives say they have "exhausted all lines of enquiry" in a 15 month hunt for the drug dealer whose caused the young mother's death.
Peaches, 25, was found slumped face down on a bed in a spare room at the home she shared with her husband, musician Tom Cohen, and two children on April 7 last year.
The daughter of singer-songwriter and Band Aid founder Bob Geldof was covered in needle marks and police found 6.9g of heroin with a purity of 61 per cent, worth up to £550, stashed in a cupboard over a door at her family's home in Wrotham, Kent.
An inquest into her death found there was no evidence her death was deliberate.
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No one has ever been arrested for supplying the "importation quality" drug, which was ultra-pure compared to the usual 21 per cent purity.
Detective Superintendent Paul Fotheringham, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "Our investigation into the supply of drugs to Peaches Geldof-Cohen has exhausted all lines of inquiry and has now concluded.
"If further information or witnesses come forward we will review the case, but I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Peaches' family who have supported our inquiries during what has been a difficult time."
The tragic star, who leaves behind her two boys Astala, two, and Phaedra, one, had been taking the heroin substitute methadone for two-and-a-half years before her death, but had started taking heroin again in February 2014.
When police searched Peaches' house, they also found a syringe containing residue of heroin inside a sweet box next to the bed, and other drug paraphernalia including burnt spoons, syringes and knotted tights throughout the property.
Her last known movements included posting a picture of herself with her mother Paula Yates - who died of a heroin overdose herself on Peaches' 10th birthday - on social networking site Instagram with the comment "me and my mum" and watching The Dog Whisperer TV show on YouTube.
