The investigation into the dying of actress Hayden Panettiere is now a cross-country investigation in each Los Angeles and South Carolina, sources instructed ABC Information.
Whereas toxicology experiences are nonetheless pending, sources say investigators are specializing in what medicine might have performed a task in her dying, and the place the medicine got here from.
Panettiere, recognized for her roles in “Heroes,” “Nashville” and “Ice Princess,” died on Aug. 16 after she was discovered unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina.
Hayden Panettiere attends the world premiere of Paramount’s “Scream VI” at AMC Lincoln Sq. Theater on March 06, 2023 in New York Metropolis.
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First responders tried to resuscitate her, however she was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Panettiere’s official trigger and method of dying haven’t but been introduced.
The actress flew from Los Angeles to South Carolina the day earlier than her dying, sources say.
The Greenville Metropolis Police Division is main the investigation into Hayden Panettiere’s dying, with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration helping, sources aware of the matter instructed ABC Information final month.
In response to DEA becoming a member of the investigation into her dying, a consultant for Panettiere told ABC News in an Aug. 20 assertion, “There’s nothing to be shared presently because the investigation is ongoing however we’re hopeful that justice might be served.”
Sources instructed ABC Information the investigation into Panettiere’s dying could possibly be trying into street-level drug sellers who might have supplied medicine to the late actress.
Brian Hickerson, Panettiere’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, and his brother Zach Hickerson had been current on the scene of her dying, according to a police report beforehand obtained by ABC Information. The responding police officer added within the report that Brian Hickerson confirmed them “the bag of treatment Hayden is at present on.”
The report famous that Panettiere had been “quickly staying” on the residence the place she was discovered.
Brian Hickerson’s legal professional shared an announcement with ABC Information on Aug. 20, in response to the police report, writing, “Hayden’s dying stays beneath investigation and you will need to enable that investigation to proceed. As has been publicly reported, police confirmed there have been no indicators of foul play.”
“Out of respect for Hayden’s family members and the continuing investigation, there might be no additional remark presently,” the assertion added.
Previous to her dying, Panettiere opened up about her substance abuse points, which she mentioned ran concurrent together with her profitable appearing profession. The actress wrote about her struggles in her memoir “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” launched in Might, and spoke about them in press interviews.
“After I received to the purpose of trying within the mirror and seeing my eyes had turned yellow, and that I did not acknowledge my physique anymore … I went into that physician’s workplace and received a blood check, and he instructed me ‘When you do not cease, you are going to be a liver transplant,'” Panettiere mentioned on the “Tamron Corridor Present” earlier this 12 months about her resolution to enter a rehabilitation heart in 2020.
