Jansen Panettiere was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday, aged just 28. Why the brother of actress Hayden Panettiere (33) died is still under investigation.
The night before he was still on the phone with his dad Skip, now reveals a police report. Three friends then rushed to Jansen on Sunday – because they were very worried about him.
The reason: Hayden Panettiere’s younger brother was supposed to be present at a meeting on the day of his death, reports the “ Daily Mail‘, which the police report has.
In January, Jansen Panettiere posted this photo with his sister Hayden on Instagram
Because he didn’t come, his friends Benjamin, Joe and Lars feared something was wrong – and set off to the house in Nyack (township in New York) where Jansen Panettiere lived.
When they got there, a terrible sight presented itself to them. According to the police report, they found Jansen “sitting upright in a chair and unresponsive”. His friends began desperate attempts to revive him.
While Jansen’s buddy Joe called 911, another immediately called Alan “Skip” Panettiere, Jansen and Hayden’s father.
When he arrived at the scene, Papa Skip told paramedics that he had called his son “the night before” and that he sounded “okay”.
Jansen Panettiere in 2008 with his parents Alan “Skip” Panettiere (left) and Lesley Vogel at a film premiere in Los Angeles
Then the shock: All rescue measures came too late. Jansen Panettiere, the plagued by terrible anxiety and depression in the past, according to his homepage was pronounced dead by the emergency doctor at 5:11 p.m. on Sunday.
According to Orangetown Police Sergeant Peter Maher, it’s still unclear what led to the death of the 28-year-old actor whose great passion was painting. A crime is excluded, it is said.
“As the investigation is ongoing, we are awaiting the official determination of the cause of death by the Rockland County Coroner,” he told the Daily Mail.
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