Hayden Panettiere was with her on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson at a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment when she was found unresponsive on 16 August, according to police. Zach reportedly discovered the 36-year-old actress unresponsive while Brian was asleep in another room. The brothers then called 911.
Emergency responders arrived at 1:58 pm and attempted to revive Panettiere. She was pronounced dead at 2:31 pm. The cause and manner of death remain undetermined while toxicology and other testing are pending.