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South Carolina Closes Investigation into Panettiere's Death
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In Short: South Carolina police have closed their investigation into the accidental overdose death of actress Hayden Panettiere.
South Carolina police have closed their investigation into the accidental overdose death of actress Hayden Panettiere, Greenville police announced Wednesday. The decision was based on the medical examiner's determination and the findings of the investigation.
Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville on Aug. 16. A coroner's report obtained by The Associated Press last month stated that her death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Panettiere had been in rehab just weeks before her death and had acknowledged in her memoir 'This Is Me: A Reckoning' that she struggled with alcohol addiction and postpartum depression after her daughter's birth in 2014.
Her father told investigators that Panettiere had plans to visit her daughter in Ukraine days after her death. Wladimir Klitschko, Panettiere's ex-fiancé and former boxer, petitioned a California court last month to protect her property for their 11-year-old daughter, who is her sole heir.
Klitschko also noted in the petition that some of Panettiere's property had been taken by federal law enforcement agents investigating her death and by an unnamed nonrelative looking to sell it.
Background
South Carolina police have closed their investigation into the death of actress Hayden Panettiere, ruling it accidental.
South Carolina police have closed their investigation into the death of actress Hayden Panettiere, ruling it accidental.
South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River.
What's confirmed
- The decision was based on the medical examiner's determination as well as the findings of the investigation, Greenville police said Wednesday in a statement.
- In "This Is Me: A Reckoning," a memoir that was published in May, Panettiere acknowledged being addicted to alcohol and having postpartum depression after her daughter's birth in 2014.
- Panettiere, who starred in the TV series "Heroes" and "Nashville," was pronounced dead in an apartment in Greenville on Aug. 16 at age 36 after paramedics found her unresponsive.
- RELATED STORY | Hayden Panettiere appeared to suffer cardiac arrest after suspected overdose The California court granted Klitschko legal status this month to protect Panettiere's property for their 11-year-old daughter, who is her sole heir.
- RELATED STORY | Hayden Panettiere’s death was accidental and involved fentanyl, coroner says A coroner's report obtained by The Associated Press last month said her death was from an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, and she had been in rehab just weeks before.
- Panettiere's father told investigators that at the time of her death, she had plans to visit her daughter in Ukraine days later.
- In a petition to a California court last month, Panettiere's ex-fiance, former boxer Wladimir Klitschko, said some of her property had been taken by federal law enforcement agents investigating her death and by an unnamed nonrelative looking to sell it.
- Police in South Carolina have closed their investigation into the overdose death of actor Hayden Panettiere following a coroner's finding that it was accidental.
What's still developing
- Nothing material beyond the confirmed record.
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