Overview
- Hayden Panettiere was found unconscious in a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment and was pronounced dead after resuscitation attempts on Sunday, Aug. 16.
- Zach Hickerson told TMZ that he called 911 and that his brother Brian administered Narcan while the two men tried to revive Panettiere before paramedics arrived.
- An autopsy has been completed and the body was released to her family, but officials say the cause of death is undetermined until toxicology results are returned.
- Panettiere’s mother has publicly suggested a ‘toxic person’ was involved and neighbors and past court records documenting abuse by Brian Hickerson have intensified public scrutiny.
- Police and Hickerson’s lawyer have urged patience while investigators, including drug investigators reported by outlets, examine evidence and await toxicology findings that could change the scope of the inquiry.