Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were present at the South Carolina apartment complex where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released on Tuesday according to The Guardian. A Greenville police officer responding to the Nbcnews apartment complex on Sunday afternoon was met by the brothers and observed paramedics performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on an unresponsive woman.
Police Report Places On-Off Boyfriend at South Carolina Apartment
The responding officer noted that the patient did not appear to have any obvious physical reasons for unresponsiveness. Emergency medical services workers declared Panettiere dead at 2:31 p.m., according to 1news. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office stated that authorities received a 911 call around 1:50 p.m. on Sunday regarding a reported cardiac arrest at the residence where Panettiere had been temporarily staying, noting that an acquaintance made the call.
According to the police report, the responding officer first spoke with Zach Hickerson, who appeared very emotional while emergency professionals worked on Panettiere. The report states that Brian Hickerson did not become visibly emotional until EMS officially declared Panettiere dead. Brian Hickerson also showed police a bag of medication that Panettiere had been taking. The officer later escorted the brothers out of the apartment and spoke with Brian more in depth, though details of that conversation and a list of Panettiere’s medications were redacted in the released report.
Investigation Details and Autopsy Findings
No official cause of death has been determined, and the investigation remains open. An autopsy completed on Monday by the Greenville County Coroner’s Office found no signs of trauma that would have contributed to the death, and police confirmed that officers observed no signs of foul play.
The actor, known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, would have turned 37 later in the week. Her mother, Lesley Vogel, spoke about her death, telling ABC that her daughter had sadly lost her way. Panettiere had documented her life in the spotlight, struggles with alcohol addiction, postpartum depression, and family challenges in her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, which was published three months before her death.
History of Domestic Violence Allegations and Court Proceedings
Brian Hickerson and Panettiere shared a tumultuous relationship marked by allegations of physical abuse. Hickerson was charged in 2020 with multiple counts of felony abuse and pleaded no contest to two counts of injuring a spouse or partner. He served a short jail sentence and received four years of probation, along with requirements to attend anger management and Alcoholics Anonymous sessions.
After completing the terms of his sentence, Hickerson recently asked a Los Angeles judge to reduce his conviction to misdemeanors, but that request was denied. Panettiere had written about her relationship with Hickerson and her hopes for his rehabilitation in her memoir, detailing the domestic violence she experienced and her decision to eventually pursue a path of forgiveness and letting go of resentment.
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