DEA probes text messages as investigation continues into Hayden Panettiere’s fatal overdose

Hayden Panettiere died on Aug. 16 in a Greenville Airbnb after taking drugs during a flight from Los Angeles to South Carolina. Federal agents are examining text messages that discuss purchasing black‑market pills between Panettiere and a man identified as her dealer. Authorities are hunting the suspected supplier. Brian Hickerson, who was on the flight and at the apartment, has been questioned by DEA officials. The probe is awaiting the toxicology report to determine the substances involved.