Bobbi K to be buried next to mom Whitney

28 July 2015 - 02:00 By AFP, Staff reporter

Bobbi Kristina Brown will be buried in New Jersey next to her mother, pop legend Whitney Houston. The only child of Houston and singer Bobby Brown, she died on Sunday aged 22, six months after being found unconscious in a bath in her home."She is finally at peace in the arms of God," the family said, adding that she was surrounded by family as she died.Bobbi Kristina - sole heir to Houston's estate - was discovered face down and unresponsive in her bath in her Atlanta, Georgia, home on January 31.She was revived by emergency crews but had lost considerable brain function and was placed in a medically induced coma. She died at a hospice in Duluth, Georgia.She died, according to the TMZ celebrity website, after her family decided to "take her off all meds".A source told Entertainment Tonight that her death was linked to what appears to have been a drug overdose.There were eerie parallels between her death and that of her mother, who was found face down in a bath in a Los Angeles hotel on February 11 2012, on the eve of the Grammy Awards ceremony.Houston fans sent messages of support for the family on Twitter, saying Bobbi Kristina would be reunited with her mother."Rest In Heaven. You were loved, Bobbi Kristina Brown," actress and singer Holly Robinson Peete said on Twitter.Oprah Winfrey tweeted: "Peace at Last!" Missy Elliott tweeted: "My heart is truly heavy. May u rest in peace with your mommy."In February, US media reported that police had opened a criminal investigation into Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend Nick Gordon, who reportedly said it was he who found her in the bathtub.The reports said that Bobbi Kristina sustained unexplained injuries prior to the incident, and there are also claims of a drug overdose, but no criminal charges have been brought.Bang Showbiz reports that there will be a funeral service in Atlanta this week before Bobbi Kristina's body is flown to New Jersey for burial alongside her mother. ..

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