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Police Did Hayden Panettiere Welfare Check Week Before She Died, Report Says

  • On August 9, 2025, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies conducted a welfare check at actor Hayden Panettiere's West Hollywood apartment after an acquaintance reported she was unresponsive to phone calls.
  • The check followed concerns regarding Panettiere's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, as neighbors in the West Hollywood complex had been instructed to contact 911 if they spotted him on the property.
  • When deputies arrived, Hickerson answered the door and reportedly told officers that Panettiere "did not feel good" and had been ill all day, leading deputies to clear the call as incident-free.
  • Panettiere was found unresponsive on August 16 at a South Carolina Airbnb she shared with Hickerson, and paramedics were unable to revive the 36-year-old actor upon their arrival.
  • The Greenville County Coroner revealed Panettiere's death resulted from "toxic effects of fentanyl, 4-ANPP, Alprazolam, Methocarbamol, and Quetiapine," while former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko petitioned for legal guardianship over their 11-year-old daughter, Kaya Klitschko.
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New, dramatic details about the death of Hayden Panettiere. As now comes out, only a week before the actress died of an accidental overdose, the police at the 36-year-old arrived because her environment could not reach her.

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Agents reportedly conducted a check on Hayden Panettiere's apartment in West Hollywood a week before her death. Reports indicate that someone was worried because the American actress was not answering her phone.

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A week before her death, Hayden Panettiere was the subject of a check-up at her West Hollywood home. On August 9, around 10 p.m., a call was made after a woman at the address was not answering her phone, Us magazine reported, citing a report from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office. The document is heavily redacted and does not name the actress. However, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Us that the check-up was for Panettiere. …

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