An aspiring model who died at the home of former Anheuser-Busch chief executive August Busch IV had a rare heart condition, according to her ex-husband. 
 
 FILE - August A. Busch IV, then president of Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis responds to questions during a news conference in this Feb. 2006 file photo. Authorities were investigating the death of Adrienne... (Associated Press) 
 
 Adrienne Martin, 27, was found dead at Busch's suburban St. Louis home on Dec. 19. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper reported Saturday that Dr. Kevin Martin, a doctor of osteopathy who practices in Cape Girardeau, said he diagnosed his then-wife with a heart rhythm disorder in 2002, just after they married. 
 
 Kevin Martin said his wife didn't tell others about her condition, called Long QT syndrome, and he hadn't talked to authorities about it. 
 
 "She refused to see a cardiologist about it," Martin said. "I've always suspected she thought I was overreacting." 
 
 The newspaper also reported that it took someone at Busch's mansion more than 40 minutes to call 911 after Adrienne Martin was found dead at 12:30 p.m. local time, according to the St. Louis County medical examiner's office. 
 
 Busch, 46, hasn't commented publicly about Martin's death. Police who responded to the scene did not disclose her death until four days later _ after the newspaper reported it on its website, STLtoday.com. 
 
 Busch's lawyer, Art Margulis, said Busch and others were at the mansion when Martin's body was discovered. The attorney said Martin was Busch's girlfriend and there was "absolutely nothing suspicious about her passing, and it's a tragic and untimely death of a young person." 
 
 Officials said an initial autopsy was inconclusive and didn't reveal signs of trauma to her body or obvious natural causes of death. A ruling stating the cause of death is expected after results of toxicology tests come back. That could take up to six weeks. 
 
 St. Louis County forensic administrator Suzanne McCune had said there were no signs of trauma or illness, and an overdose was among the possible causes of death. 
 
 "She was against drugs," said Timothy Carlson, who until earlier this month employed Martin as his assistant. 
 
 Carlson, president of the local MTO Clean franchise, said one of the last tasks she performed before leaving the job was selecting a company to administer drug testing for Carlson's staff at the home and commercial cleaning company. 
 
 Martin was a former Hooters waitress and aspiring beer advertising model who was working on her master's degree in art therapy counseling. She and Kevin Martin, who divorced earlier this year, have an 8-year-old son who was with relatives in Springfield on the day she died. 
 
 Kevin Martin said he met Busch "months ago," and that Busch called him Dec. 19 to tell him about the death. 
 
 "We also both think the world of August," Martin said. "He is a good man." 
 
 Adrienne Martin's body has been cremated, and a memorial service is planned for Thursday in Springfield. 
 
 When Busch took over as chief executive of the family business in 2006, Anheuser-Busch Cos. owned roughly half the U.S. beer market thanks to its Budweiser and Bud Light brands. Two years later, the business was sold to Belgian company InBev in a $52 billion deal that created the world's largest brewer. 
 
 Busch is a member of the InBev board but has no role in day-to-day operations. 
 
 In 1983, Busch, then a 20-year-old University of Arizona student, left a bar near Tucson, Arizona, with a 22-year-old woman. His black Corvette crashed, and the woman, Michele Frederick, was killed. Busch was found hours later at his home. He suffered a fractured skull and claimed he had amnesia. After a seven-month investigation, authorities declined to press charges, citing a lack of evidence. 
 
 Two years later, Busch was acquitted on assault charges resulting from a police chase that ended with an officer shooting out a tire on his Mercedes-Benz. ||||| The former CEO of Anheuser-Busch, August Adolphus Busch IV, was arrested after he landed a helicopter in an Illinois business park Monday afternoon and returned appearing too intoxicated to take off, officials said Tuesday. 
 
 Swansea Police said in a Facebook post officers were dispatched to to a report of a helicopter landing for an unknown reason around 12:40 p.m., and were concerned about the aircraft taking off again "due to close obstacles and buildings." Chief Steve Johnson contacted the FAA at the time, and they advised they would investigate the landing. 
 
 About 7 hours later, police said they received a call saying the pilot, identified as Busch, "appeared too intoxciated to take off." The helicopter’s rotors were spinning and the engine was revving up when an officer arrived on the scene. The arrivng officer then turned on the emergency lights on the squad car, and the pilot powered down the engine. Busch's wife, Dawna Wood, was with him at the time, in addition to eight dogs in the helicopter. 
 
 After a second officer arrived on the scene, Swansea Police administed a standardized field sobriety test. Busch appeared unable to keep a single train of thought, and his speech appeared mumbling and slurred but he blew a .000 on a breathalyzer test, FOX 2 St. Louis reported, citing court records. 
 
 His wife told officers Busch has anxiety issues and is off his medication because of recent fertility treatments, according records obtained by FOX 2. 
 
 Officers also believed Busch may have been under the influence of a controlled substance, according to court records. 
 
 The 53-year-old then told officers that he had a conceal carry license and had a Rohrbaugh R9 9mm gun in the front pocket of his pants, adding that the weapon was “hot.” Busch then removed the gun from his pocket. 
 
 Officers also found Dexamethasone, which is used to treat inflammatory conditions such as allergies, in his pocket, but the prescription was for Busch's wife, court records obtained by FOX 2 said. 
 
 A further search of the helicopter turned up several loaded weapons, including a loaded Ruger LCR 22 LR revolver, and several bottles of prescription drugs. 
 
 After officials gave Busch more sobriety tests, they said he was unable to focus and placed him under arrest. The St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office then issued a search warrant for blood, urine, breath or other bodily substances from Busch, who was then transported to a local hospital. 
 
 “We have been in close communications and coordination with the FAA and the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office. This is not your normal case that a street police officer handles. The safety and security of the community, the pilot and passenger were of the utmost concern,” said Swansea Police Chief Steve Johnson in a Facebook post. 
 
 Busch is the former head of Anheuser-Busch,.and ran the brewing giant from 2006 until it was bought out two years later, according to the St. Louis Dispatch. 
 
 Busch was released from the Swansea Police Department at 12:30 pm Tuesday, and no charges have yet to be filed in connection with the incident. Police said family members are contacting another pilot to remove the helicopter. 
 
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– Adrienne Martin, the dead woman found at the home of former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV, was Busch's girlfriend—and her ex-husband says she suffered from a rare heart condition. Martin, 27, had Long QT syndrome, says Kevin Martin, a doctor of osteopathy who diagnosed his then-wife with the disorder. "She refused to see a cardiologist about it," he said. "I've always suspected she thought I was overreacting." Her ex, who has an 8-year-old son with Martin, also called Busch "a good man," the AP reports. Yesterday, police released a transcript of the 911 call made from Busch's home on Dec. 19, in which a household employee reported that a woman wouldn't wake up. He told the operator it was "dark back there" and no one could see if she was breathing, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, noting that 42 minutes passed between the time Martin was found and the time the call was made.