Boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere was at apartment when actor died

Police report shows Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at Greenville, South Carolina, residence Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released on Tuesday. A Greenville police officer who responded to the residence on Sunday afternoon was met by the brothers and then observed paramedics performing CPR on an unresponsive woman, the report states. “The patient did not seem to have any obvious physical reasons to be unresponsive,” the officer notes. After attempting lifesaving measures, the emergency workers declared Panettiere dead at 2.31pm. No cause has been determined, and her death remains under investigation. An autopsy found no signs of trauma, and police said officers saw no signs of foul play. The one-time child star, who soared to fame in the TV shows Heroes and Nashville while enduring struggles with alcohol addiction and depression, would have turned 37 on Friday. Panettiere and Hickerson had been in a tumultuous relationship for years, with allegations the 37-year-old aspiring actor physically abused

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