{"id":444154,"date":"2026-09-22T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444154\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:46:10","slug":"coroner-releases-hayden-panettieres-cause-and-manner-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444154\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner releases Hayden Panettiere’s cause and manner of death"},"content":{"rendered":"

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Hollywood actress Hayden Panettiere\u2019s death has been ruled accidental due to the toxic effects of fentanyl and other drugs, according to a report by the Greenville County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

The coroner\u2019s office said an autopsy found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death.<\/p>\n

Fentanyl, 4-ANPP, alprazolam, methocarbamol and quetiapine were found in her system and contributed to her death, according to the coroner’s report.<\/p>\n

FANS REMEMBER ACTRESS HAYDEN PANETTIERE, FOUND DEAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT 36<\/a><\/p>\n

On Aug. 16, police responded to a Greenville apartment after receiving a call about an unresponsive person, identified as Panettiere. An incident report said EMS continued lifesaving efforts \u201cfor an extended amount of time\u201d before declaring her dead at 2:31 p.m.<\/p>\n

INCIDENT REPORT OFFERS NEW DETAILS IN HAYDEN PANETTIERE’S DEATH INVESTIGATION<\/a><\/p>\n

The incident report identified two men, Zack and Brian Hickerson, as witnesses. Investigators spoke with them while EMS crews were treating Panettiere, and both remained at the apartment before being escorted into the hallway after she was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

Before her death, Panettiere released her memoir, \u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d in which she detailed her experiences with child stardom, addiction and recovery, postpartum depression, trauma, domestic abuse, loss and the pressures of Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Panettiere, known for her roles in the television series \u201cHeroes\u201d and \u201cNashville\u201d and the film \u201cIce Princess,” leaves behind an 11-year-old daughter she shares with Wladimir Klitschko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Hollywood actress Hayden Panettiere\u2019s death has been ruled accidental due to the toxic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-444154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}