Cops Probe Criminal Conduct in Panettiere Death

Zach Hickerson, Brian's brother, found Panettiere unresponsive in the Greenville residence while Brian slept in another room, TMZ reported. The brothers called 911, according to a partially redacted Greenville Police Department incident report obtained by CBS News. First responders' resuscitation attempts failed and she was pronounced dead that afternoon.

The responding officer, identified in the report as Matthew Bryan, wrote that Panettiere "did not seem to have any obvious physical reasons to be unresponsive." Brian Hickerson showed officers a bag of medication Panettiere had been taking; the specific drugs were redacted. Dispatch audio referenced a possible overdose, and TMZ reported Narcan was administered, though it was unclear to whom.

The autopsy was completed and showed no signs of trauma. Toxicology results are still pending.

Panettiere's body was released to her family and moved to a mortuary, TMZ reported.

Two marked Greenville Police cars arrived at a South Carolina home owned by Brian Hickerson's grandmother, Betty Ellison, knocking on several doors with no answer, Page Six reported. Zach Hickerson, 38, was on the property. Officers returned later for a welfare check. Hours later, TMZ reported police were examining whether illegality was behind the death, and Vogel disclosed the narcotics investigator.