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Hayden Lesley Panettiere

Actor Hayden Panettiere died at a Greenville, South Carolina residence while authorities investigate.

Investigation
last updated 20 August 2026 · 4 sources
Confirmed facts
8
Open questions
3
Stage
Investigation
Age
36
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Case file Hayden Lesley Panettiere, reference D C zero one four six. The Associated Press reported that actor Hayden Panettiere died on August sixteenth, twenty twenty-six, at age thirty-six. The Associated Press reported that police said Panettiere was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, shortly before two p.m. The Associated Press reported that a Greenville police officer who responded to the residence Sunday afternoon was met by Brian Hickerson and Zach Hickerson, according to a police report. The Associated Press reported that the responding officer observed paramedics performing CPR on an unresponsive woman, according to the police report. CBS News reported that the police report says Brian Hickerson and Zach Hickerson made the nine-one-one call that brought first responders to the Greenville apartment. CBS News and the Associated Press reported that Panettiere was declared dead at two thirty-one p.m., according to the police report. CBS News reported that the Greenville County Coroner’s Office said an autopsy was completed on August seventeenth. The Associated Press reported that authorities said no cause of death had been determined and that Panettiere’s death remained under investigation. The file’s open questions include what cause of death authorities will determine, what manner of death authorities will determine, and when final autopsy-related results will be released. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one four six at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed8 entries
16 August 2026
Hayden Panettiere died at age 36.
AP
16 August 2026
Police said Panettiere was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, shortly before 2 p.m.
AP
16 August 2026
A Greenville police officer who responded to the residence Sunday afternoon was met by Brian Hickerson and Zach Hickerson, according to a police report.
AP
16 August 2026
The responding officer observed paramedics performing CPR on an unresponsive woman, according to the police report.
AP
16 August 2026
CBS News reported that the police report says Brian Hickerson and Zach Hickerson made the 911 call that brought first responders to the Greenville apartment.
CBS News
16 August 2026
Panettiere was declared dead at 2:31 p.m., according to the police report cited by CBS News and AP.
CBS News; AP
17 August 2026
An autopsy was completed, the Greenville County Coroner's Office said, according to CBS News.
CBS News
18 August 2026
Authorities said no cause of death had been determined and Panettiere's death remained under investigation.
AP
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What cause of death will authorities determine?unconfirmed; AP and CBS News reported that no cause had been determined · unconfirmed
What manner of death will authorities determine?unconfirmed; CBS News reported that the cause and manner remained pending · unconfirmed
When will final autopsy-related results be released?unconfirmed; CBS News reported the coroner said results could take up to eight weeks · unconfirmed
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