King yelled `` Baby come and help me '' before falling in the pool , the autopsy report says . Autopsy says Rodney King was `` in a state of drug and alcohol-induced delirium '' when he died . He `` seemed to have his life in order , '' the coroner 's report said . King 's fiancee found him at the bottom of a swimming pool and called for help , police say . The coroner ruled that his death was due to an overdose from drugs or alcohol.
King yelled `` Baby come and help me '' before falling in the pool , the autopsy report says . Autopsy says Rodney King was `` in a state of drug and alcohol-induced delirium '' when he died . King 's fiancee found him at the bottom of a swimming pool and called for help , police say . The coroner ruled that his death was due to an overdose from drugs or alcohol.