Update | Peaches Geldof died of heroin overdose just like mother Paula Yates, report says

Musician Bob Geldof's daughter Peaches died of a heroin overdose, the same cause of death as that of her mother, Paula Yates, in 2000, The Times newspaper reported yesterday.

The 25-year-old model died suddenly on April 7 at her countryside home in southern England, but a postmortem examination proved inconclusive.

However, Detective Chief Inspector Paul Fotheringham was due to tell a hearing in Gravesend, Kent, yesterday that toxicology tests showed she had died of a heroin overdose, the newspaper reported.

Peaches, who wrote for British magazines and newspapers and presented a number of celebrity-driven television shows, was found dead at home, where she was looking after 11-month-old son Phaedra.

Husband Thomas Cohen, 23, had spent the previous night apart from his wife and was looking after their elder son, 23-month-old Astala. He raised the alarm when he could not contact her by phone.

Police searched the property for drug paraphernalia, but found none.

Supermodel Kate Moss was among a host of celebrities who attended last month's funeral at a village church filled with memories for the tragedy-hit family.