Police: Anne Burrell Didnt Receive Narcan Treatment

Food Network star Anne Burrell was not given the overdose‑reversing drug Narcan when first responders of her Brooklyn home, police have revealed.

Burrell’s husband Stuart Claxton made the grim discovery at around 7.40am on June 17, 2025, and paramedics pronounced her dead at approximately 8am, according to a police report obtained by TMZ on Thursday.

Officers at the scene reportedly found a bowl containing a mix of over‑the‑counter medications near her body, per the report.

In July, the medical examiner ruled her death a suicide, citing ‘acute intoxication’ from a combination of amphetamine and ethanol, as well as the antihistamines diphenhydramine and cetirizine.

While naloxone - commonly sold under the brand name Narcan - is widely used to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses and can also blunt some effects of amphetamines, the report states that paramedics determined Burrell was beyond help and did not administer the drug.

The revelation comes after investigators said they found what appeared to be a ‘suicidal note’ and troubling journal entries in the late chef’s bedroom in the aftermath of her shock death at 55. 

A new report from the New York City Police Department revealed that a letter indicating suicidal intent was recovered from Burrell’s bedroom, alongside a journal containing entries described as ‘suicidal,’

The report also noted that a person identified as her spouse told police Burrell had ‘never attempted suicide in the past’ and ‘never talked about it,’ adding that she had shown no warning signs or behavior suggesting she would take such action.

Her body was discovered on her bathroom floor by her husband Stuart Claxton (right), whom she married in October 2021 in her hometown in upstate New York