Hayden Panettiere’s Death: DEA Joins Investigation

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The Drug Enforcement Administration has joined the investigation into Hayden Panettiere’s death, according to ABC News.

The DEA is entering a joint effort with South Carolina’s Greenville Police Department and the local coroner’s office, according to TMZ.

Panettiere died Sunday night at age 36. The official cause of death has not yet been determined. In her 2026 memoir “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” Panettiere went into detail about her years-long struggles with drug and alcohol addiction.

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