DEA Joins Investigation Into Hayden Panettiere's Death

Hayden Panettiere, the actress who once brought a cheerleader's quiet resilience into millions of homes, has died under circumstances that now draw the attention of federal narcotics investigators. The Drug Enforcement Administration's entry into the case signals that her death may sit at the intersection of two of the most corrosive forces in a person's private life — substance dependency and intimate violence. Her mother's public acknowledgment that a narcotics specialist was called into the inquiry suggests those closest to her understand that what happened cannot be explained by any single