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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 26

Federal Agents Search Hayden Panettiere's L.A. Home After 36-Year-Old Actress's Death

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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 26

Federal Agents Search Hayden Panettiere's L.A. Home After 36-Year-Old Actress's Death

Q: Why did the DEA raid Hayden Panettiere’s Hollywood home days after her mysterious death in South Carolina?

There is no confirmed public explanation that the DEA “raided” Hayden Panettiere’s West Hollywood home because of any proven crime there. What is known is that federal agents reportedly served a search warrant as part of the broader investigation into her death in South Carolina. Multiple reports say the DEA is assisting Greenville authorities while the official cause and manner of Panettiere’s death remain pending. Investigators have said there were no immediate signs of foul play, but toxicology results were still outstanding, Narcan was reportedly found at the apartment where she died, and dispatch audio allegedly referenced a possible overdose. In that context, DEA involvement strongly suggests authorities were examining possible drug-related evidence, including where any substances or medications may have come from and whether any federal narcotics laws were implicated. That does not mean investigators have publicly determined that Panettiere died of an overdose or that anyone at the California home committed wrongdoing. It means law enforcement was pursuing evidence across state lines while trying to establish the facts. So the most accurate answer is that agents appear to have searched her Hollywood residence because the death investigation expanded beyond South Carolina and included possible drug-related questions, but officials have not publicly released the specific basis for the warrant.

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 26

More than six federal agents searched Hayden Panettiere's West Hollywood residence with a warrant Tuesday night, over a week after she was found dead in Greenville, South Carolina.
The search comes as authorities investigate the 36-year-old actress's death; the Greenville County Coroner's Office is still awaiting toxicology results that could take several weeks.
Brian Hickerson, who was in the apartment when she died, has said through family and counsel that he administered Narcan before her death and that police found no signs of foul play.
Panettiere's representative urged the public to stop online speculation, saying those close to her are cooperating with investigators and that anyone with useful information should contact law enforcement.