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Police Probe Hayden Panettiere Death After No Trauma Found

8/20/2026

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Hayden Panettiere was found dead in Greenville, South Carolina, prompting a criminal-investigation probe.
Greenville Police violent-crimes unit assigned a detective and a narcotics investigator on August 16.
An autopsy on August 17 reported no trauma that could have contributed to her death.
Police seized phones and computers on August 19 to reconstruct her communications timeline.
Brian Hickerson was present and gave police a bag of her medication.

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Story summary

Hayden Panettiere was found dead in Greenville, South Carolina, prompting a criminal-investigation probe.
Greenville Police violent-crimes unit assigned a detective and a narcotics investigator on August 16.
An autopsy on August 17 reported no trauma that could have contributed to her death.
Police seized phones and computers on August 19 to reconstruct her communications timeline.
Brian Hickerson was present and gave police a bag of her medication.