The revelation that Anna Nicole Smith may have swallowed hundreds of pills leading up to her death seemed so shocking, many observers believed that there has to be some kind of crime that goes with that. While observers and cable television pundits continue their search, it appears that one agency may actually be looking as well. Sort of. Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, the psychiatrist who prescribed all 11 of the drugs found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room after the tabloid star died, is under investigation by the Medical Board of California.

Anna Nicole Smith: California Board Looking for a Crime

Eroshevich reportedly prescribed more than 1,800 pills and a bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Smith in the five weeks before she died of a drug overdose. For that she could lose her medical license if the board finds misconduct on her part.

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The events that have unfolded since the death sound like a 'B' movie. The Broward County Medical Examiner's office on Thursday released a list of medications found in the room and prescribed by Eroshevich between January 2 and March 6. They include chloral hydrate, anti-anxiety drugs, muscle relaxants, anti-seizure drugs, diuretics and antibiotics. More than 600 pills were missing from the various bottles, though it wasn't clear if Smith took them all. The chloral hydrate was a liquid and about a third of the bottle's contents remained.

Eight prescriptions, including the chloral hydrate, were prescribed to Stern. Two drugs, antibiotic Cipro and flu medicine Tamiflu, were prescribed by Eroshevich to someone named Alex Katz, who was not identified by the medical examiner's office. One of the drugs found in the room, potassium chloride, was prescribed by Eroshevich to herself.

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So - now what? We may never know without reporters digging. "I can only tell you that she (Eroshevich) is being investigated in connection with the Anna Nicole Smith matter," board spokeswoman Candis Cohen said. "These investigations are not (typically) public record," Cohen said. "We are making an exception in this case because we want to assure the public that we are doing our job."