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DEA joins probe into Hayden Panettiere's death: Sources

Federal agents are assisting as investigators await toxicology results that could take up to 12 weeks, officials said.

  • Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive on Sunday at an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, and was pronounced dead at 2:32 p.m.
  • An autopsy performed Monday revealed no signs of trauma, yet the Drug Enforcement Administration has joined the investigation into Panettiere's death.
  • Dispatch audio from Broadcastify referenced a possible overdose and CPR in progress, while boyfriend Brian Hickerson showed responding officers a bag of her medications.
  • Wladimir Klitschko, her ex-partner and a former world heavyweight boxing champion from Ukraine, posted Tuesday that "our family is going through a time of profound shock and grief."
  • Panettiere had spoken openly about navigating addiction and postpartum depression in her adult life, documenting those struggles in a memoir released this year.
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The death of Hayden Panettiere continues to be surrounded by unknowns. Four days after the death of the actress, the investigation has taken an unexpected step with the incorporation of the U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA) into the investigations that try to clarify what happened in the last hours of life of the interpreter of 'Heroes' and 'Nashville'. The information, advanced by the U.S. media 'ABC News', cites knowledgeable sources of t…

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Madrid. The investigation into Hayden Panettiere’s death continues and she has been joined by the U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA). Heroes, Nashville’s actress, or Scream saga, died on Sunday, August 16, at the age of 36. After the autopsy ruled out signs of violence or injury, the results of the toxicological report are expected.

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DEA joins probe into Hayden Panettiere's death: Report

Panettiere had spoken openly about her ongoing struggles with drugs and alcohol and debilitating chronic pain.

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TMZ broke the news in Burbank, United States on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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