Mother of Adrienne Martin speaks about death in Busch home

By Ann Rubin St. Louis, MO (KSDK) -- Weeks after 27-year-old Adrienne Martin was found dead in the home of her boyfriend August Busch IV, Martin's mother is speaking about what happened.

Christine Trampler says her daughter was a rock, the person others would lean on in tough times. Now, she and August Busch IV have been leaning on each other to cope with this tragedy.

There are so many unanswered questions about that day and that's what Trampler says is most difficult.  Martin's body was found December 19 by her boyfriend, former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV.

"The first time he saw her was 12:30 p.m., but he just assumed she was sleeping," Trampler said.

She was not. A call to 911 came just after 1 pm. Trampler says this wasn't a delay; Busch simply didn't realize what had happened.

She says her daughter hadn't been sleeping well due to stress. She was moving into a new condo, starting a new job, and preparing for the holidays. The last day of her life, she and Busch had gone on a ride in his new helicopter.

"Even though she was so stressed, which was why she wasn't sleeping, it was all positive stuff," Trampler said. "She took Trazodone when she couldn't sleep. I didn't find out until after she died that her physician had increased it."

The medical examiner says it will take weeks before they get toxicology results back. But Martin's mother can't help but wonder if the drug was too much for her system.

"That's the only thing I can think of that could have contributed to it. And that's just speculation because nobody knows how she died except her," Trampler said.

She says the last 18-months of her daughter's life weren't good, they were great. August Busch IV was the love of her life.

"August's strengths were Adrienne's weaknesses and Adrienne's strengths were August's weaknesses. So they balanced each other out perfectly," Trampler said.

And though they'd never met, Trampler says she and Busch have now grown close.

"We talk every day on the phone because I feel like he's the only one that semi knows what I'm going through," he said.

She says this loss has been unimaginable.

"I've lost my best friend. And right now it's not too hard because it just feels like she's busy and that's why we haven't talked," Trampler said. "But I know as time goes on it's just going to get harder and harder."

She says Adrienne Martin was devoted to her eight-year-old son Blake, a perfectionist in her work, and someone who had everything going for her.

"She was the best daughter I could possibly hope for," Trampler said. "And that's a great way to sum her up."

Trampler says August Busch IV continues to be supportive and has set up a college fund for Blake.

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