{"id":944698,"date":"2026-10-29T03:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944698\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T03:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:28:16","slug":"hayden-panettiere-death-investigation-police-reveal-update-after-it-was-ruled-accidental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944698\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere death investigation: Police reveal update after it was ruled accidental"},"content":{"rendered":"

The investigation into the death of Hayden Panettiere has been called off more than two months after she died.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old actress was found unresponsive at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 16 after an acquaintance called emergency services about 1.50pm reporting cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n

Despite resuscitation efforts, Panettiere was pronounced dead at the scene at 2.32pm. Her cause of death was ruled as an accidental drug overdose.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, the Greenville police department announced that the investigation was closed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on the (coroner office\u2019s) determination and the findings of the investigation, Hayden Panettiere\u2019s death has been ruled accidental, the statement read, as published by CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Greenville Police Department has concluded its investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

In late September, the Greenville County Coroner\u2019s Office detailed their findings.<\/p>\n

\"HaydenHayden Panettiere died from a toxic cocktail of drugs including fentanyl, coroners say. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cause of death has been ruled as toxic effects of fentanyl, 4-ANPP, Alprazolam, Methocarbamol and Quetiapine,\u201d the statement published by Variety<\/a> read.<\/p>\n

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opiod, 4-ANPP is used in the illegal manufacturing of fentanyl, Alprazolam is a prescription anxiety medication better known as Xanax, Methocarbamol is a prescription muscle relaxant, and Quetiapine is an anti-psychotic medication often used to treat bipolar and schizophrenia.<\/p>\n

\"HaydenHayden Panettiere, the former star of the TV series Heroes, died on August 16 at age 36. (EPA PHOTO) Credit: AAP<\/p>\n

The coroner said there were \u201cno signs of trauma\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe manner of death has been ruled (an) accident,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n

Panettiere had been acting for almost her entire life, beginning her career as a child performer before appearing in Remember the Titans and later finding international fame in Heroes.<\/p>\n

She went on to play country singer Juliette Barnes across six seasons of Nashville, earning two Golden Globe nominations, and also appeared in the Scream franchise.<\/p>\n

Her death came just months after the release of her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, in which she spoke candidly about the darker periods behind her Hollywood career.<\/p>\n

\"HaydenHayden Panettiere discusses “Nashville” with the Build Series at AOL HQ on January 5, 2017 in New York City. Credit: Roy Rochlin\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n

The memoir detailed her experiences with addiction and recovery, post-partum depression, trauma, domestic abuse and loss, alongside the pressures she faced growing up in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

Panettiere also wrote about the struggles she faced following the 2014 birth of her daughter Kaya, whom she shares with former fianc\u00e9 and Ukrainian boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The investigation into the death of Hayden Panettiere has been called off more than two months after she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,2331,134],"class_list":["post-944698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-culture","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}