Overview
- Her father, Skip Panettiere, confirmed to ABC News on Monday that Hayden Panettiere has died and the family asked for privacy.
- No official cause of death has been released and the Greenville County medical examiner has not yet published findings.
- Law-enforcement sources reported a police response to a reported incident and an investigation is ongoing, and limited local reports say emergency services were called about 1:50 p.m. in Greenville with no immediate signs of a crime.
- Multiple outlets citing TMZ report Panettiere flew south from Los Angeles on Saturday with on-off partner Brian Hickerson, though it is unclear if that travel relates to the investigation.
- Panettiere leaves her daughter, Kaya, and is being remembered for roles in Heroes, Nashville and Scream while recent public accounts of her struggles, including a May memoir about addiction and postnatal depression, shape public reaction and the reporting around her death.