Report records welfare-check request before Panettiere’s death

A redacted Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department report records a request for a welfare check at Hayden Panettiere’s West Hollywood residence on August 9, 2026, one week before her death. The report describes a caller seeking help for an unidentified woman who was not answering phone calls and says officers were told she had been sick that day. It does not name Panettiere or identify the person who spoke with officers. An unnamed source cited in reporting identified the woman as Panettiere and said people in her circle had become concerned because she was not responding to them. The same source alleged that Brian Hickerson, Panettiere’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, answered the door. Those identities are not confirmed by the redacted report. The source also said Panettiere had been hospitalized about a week before her death and later told a friend that Hickerson had taken her phone. That allegation has not been independently confirmed in the available information. The sheriff’s call record, as described in the reporting, documents the welfare-check request at 10 p.m. and says officers were told the woman had felt unwell throughout the day.