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Hayden Panettiere's Death Highlights Risk of Overdose Death After Stopping and Resuming Drug Use

  • The Greenville County Coroner's Office is withholding stud earrings removed during Hayden Panettiere's autopsy after both parents, Skip Panettiere and Lesley Vogel, requested them, with the items remaining sealed until the divorced couple reaches an agreement.
  • Separated in 2008 and finalized their divorce in 2016, the parents have been at odds over personal belongings, according to coroner documentation of this administrative matter.
  • Officials determined the jewelry holds no forensic relevance to Panettiere's accidental death investigation, treating the items strictly as personal effects requiring parental consensus for release by the coroner's office.
  • Though currently held in a sealed purple plastic bag, the report does not specify a deadline for resolution or the total number of earrings involved in the dispute.
  • Past friction between the divorced parents complicates the administrative process of distributing Panettiere's belongings, as officials handle the earrings as a civil matter rather than a criminal inquiry.
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The autopsy report provides new details on the death of Hayden Panettiere at the age of 36.

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Actress Hayden Panettiere was released from a drug rehabilitation center just weeks before she died at the age of 36, according to a new medical examiner's report. Panettiere was found dead on August 16 in a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment. Her ex-partner, Brian Hickerson, and his brother, Zach, were at the scene. Hayden, one of Hickerson's brothers, told investigators that Panettiere had been in a rehab center in Malibu until a few weeks …

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