Hayden Panettiere took just one fentanyl-laced pill before death: report

Key Points:

• Hayden Panettiere reportedly took a single oxycodone pill laced with fentanyl the morning she died, according to law enforcement sources cited by TMZ, with investigators focusing on a longtime drug dealer who allegedly supplied her with black-market prescription drugs.
• The Drug Enforcement Administration is attempting to trace the fatal pill back to the dealer, with further actions pending Panettiere’s toxicology results; her representative confirmed the investigation is ongoing and complex.
• Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid significantly stronger than heroin and morphine, is a major contributor to overdose deaths in the US, often undetectable in drugs without testing strips, which can be lifesaving.
• Panettiere was found unresponsive in a Greenville, South Carolina Airbnb on August 16, with Narcan found at the scene; her boyfriend Brian Hickerson, previously arrested for abusing her, has not been charged and has remained mostly silent amid the investigation.
• Following her death, tensions escalated with Brian Hickerson involved in an unrelated bar incident where he was handcuffed but not charged, while authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding Panettiere’s overdose.