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DEA Joins Investigation Into Hayden Panettiere's Death

Authorities have not determined a cause of death as toxicology tests continue and the Drug Enforcement Administration joins the investigation.

  • 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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Hayden Panettiere's death was announced on Monday, August 17.

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The investigation into the death of American actress Hayden Panettiere added to a new authority. The U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA), under the Department of Justice, joined the proceedings to determine the circumstances of the death of the interpreter, which took place on August 16, according to information published by TMZ.

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Film News broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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