Crime & Safetyscore 286·4 metrosupdated 2h ago

Welfare Check on Hayden Panettiere Preceded Her Death by a Week

Hayden Panettiere was the subject of a welfare check by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department a week before her death. The actor, who struggled with addiction, was found dead in South Carolina on August 16, with a coroner's report indicating an accidental overdose involving fentanyl.

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