Singer and rapper Aaron Carter by accident drowned in his bathtub after taking prescription tablets and inhaling gasoline utilized in spray cleaners, a coroner’s report revealed on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner mentioned Carter, 34, had just lately taken alprazolam, the generic type of Xanax, and inhaled difluoroethane, a gasoline generally utilized in cans of compressed air, earlier than his dying. Difluoroethane was recognized by the coroner as a substance that “can induce feelings of euphoria when inhaled.”
As per TMZ, the primary outlet to report the information, Carter reportedly turned “incapacitated while in the bathtub due to the effects” of medication and inhaled gasoline. While wearing a T-shirt and necklace, Carter reportedly slipped below the water and drowned.
Carter, a Nineties heartthrob, died in his Lancaster, Calif., house on Nov. 5, 2022. The coroner’s report recognized him as “a celebrity with a known history of substance abuse” who had “multiple interactions with local police relating to the substance abuse.”
He was discovered useless by a lady recognized within the report as each a “house sitter” and “housekeeper.” She had reportedly introduced him a espresso on Nov. 5 and acquired no reply when she knocked on the door. When she let herself into the residence, she found Carter submerged within the bathtub.
The housekeeper referred to as 911 and was advised to carry out CPR. Paramedics declared Carter useless upon arrival at his house.
A police report included alongside the post-mortem findings claimed the final individuals to see Carter alive have been sheriff’s deputies the night time previous to his dying. They carried out a welfare examine after Carter was seen “huffing” a canned gasoline throughout an Instagram Live video. Carter reportedly requested the officers to depart his house.
In a press release to TMZ, Carter’s ex-fiancée and mom of his one-year-old son, Melanie Martin, mentioned the post-mortem is “not closure for me.”
“I am still in shock and still miss Aaron every day. I don’t understand the chain of events and this report only has us asking more questions,” she mentioned.
Aaron Carter and his ex-fiancée Melanie Martin.
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Carter is the brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter. His 2000 album, Aaron’s Party (Come Get It), offered three million copies and produced hit singles, together with the title track and I Want Candy. His movies acquired common airplay on Disney and Nickelodeon.
In 2009, Carter appeared on the ABC competitors present Dancing with the Stars, ending in fifth place with associate Karina Smirnoff.
Carter’s fifth and closing studio album, LOVE, was launched in 2018.
— With information from The Associated Press
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