DEA Joins Hayden Panettiere’s Death Investigation: Report
Rolling Stone • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has joined the investigation into Hayden Panettiere's death, with the Greenville City Police Department in South Carolina remaining the lead agency.
- Panettiere was found unresponsive on August 16 and pronounced dead at the scene; officials mentioned "overdose" and "cardiac arrest" in dispatch audio around the time of her death.
- An autopsy completed on August 17 revealed no signs of trauma, but the cause and manner of death are still pending further investigation and additional studies.
- Panettiere was open about her struggles with child stardom, sexual harassment, postpartum depression, addiction, and domestic abuse, as detailed in her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning.
