Hayden Panettiere’s Neighbor Reveals What She Saw Before Star’s Death

Actress Hayden Panettiere was wheeled out of her Los Angeles apartment on a gurney at least twice prior to her tragic death, a neighbor says.

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Mia Terrazas, who lived in the same West Hollywood apartment complex where the “Heroes” star lived with on-again off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson, said that she’d seen Panettiere taken from the building by first responders on two occasions — and that the actress had appeared to be “battered” both times.

Terrazas told entertainment outlet Page Six that firefighters had been called to their location on July 29, 2023, and again on January 16, 2024 — and that when they took Panettiere off the premises, Hickerson had been “glued” to her side. The actress, she said, had visible “bruises” and “bright red spots” when she was wheeled away.

The neighbor said that she worried about the actress — with whom she’d spoken on a number of occasions — and was afraid of Hickerson.

“She was just so lovely … and just seeing her and passing frequently and, you know, the little chats that I had with her — she made such an impression, and she was such a bright light,” Terrazas said of Panettiere, who died last Sunday at the age of 36.

“Just as a human being. Never mind the talent; she was a human being, you know? And she deserved so much better. I felt everybody just used her up, and she just deserved better. … I just wish I could have done more. I just can’t believe I’ll never see her again,” she added.

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While she never saw any drugs firsthand, Terrazas said that she had seen evidence of its effects — particularly in Hickerson — over the years.

“Brian always seemed to be high or disconnected. He just kind of had this odd, flat effect, I guess I could describe it as. Hayden sometimes would seem out of it,” she explained.

In April 2021, Hickerson pleaded no contest to felony domestic abuse charges of corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant in which Panettiere was the victim — and at the time, Panettiere was granted a five-year protection order against him.

In 2025, after Hickerson had been seen trespassing on the West Hollywood property, the Home Owners’ Association responded by putting up posters warning residents not to allow him to enter the premises. After about a week, the posters were taken down.

Panettiere was found unresponsive at an Airbnb rental in South Carolina on Sunday, August 16 — just five days before what would have been her 37th birthday — and was pronounced dead a short time later. Both Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach were in the apartment at the time, and had attempted to revive her using CPR and Narcan to reverse the effects of a possible opioid overdose.

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