New Details Emerge as DEA Assists Probe Into Hayden Panettiere’s Death
The Drug Enforcement Administration has been contacted and is assisting authorities investigating the death of actress Hayden Panettiere. According to Fox News , the DEA’s involvement comes as police and the coroner’s…
The Drug Enforcement Administration has been contacted and is assisting authorities investigating the death of actress Hayden Panettiere.
According to Fox News, the DEA’s involvement comes as police and the coroner’s office continue separate but related investigations into Panettiere’s death in South Carolina.
TMZ was first to report that DEA agents were assisting with the ongoing work.
Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest Sunday at an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. Emergency responders attempted to revive her, but she was pronounced dead.
A preliminary autopsy found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death, according to Fox News Digital. Her official cause and manner of death have not been released.
A police report obtained by Fox News Digital states that Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, and his brother, Zach, called 911 after finding her unresponsive.
Hickerson was among those at the apartment when Panettiere was discovered, according to the report.
Authorities also executed a search warrant at the residence, and Hickerson provided officers with a bag of medication Panettiere had allegedly been taking.