Singer Aaron Carter drowned in tub from drug, inhalant, says coroner

By Associated Press

LOS ANGELES: Singer and rapper Aaron Carter unintentionally drowned in his bathtub due to sedatives he’d taken and gas utilized in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report acknowledged Tuesday.

Carter, the youthful brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, was found submerged and lifeless at age 34 inside the bathtub of his residence in Lancaster, California, on Nov. 5, the autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner acknowledged.

Sheriff’s deputies had been the ultimate people to see Carter alive after they visited his residence at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4 for a welfare look at after he had been seen and heard “huffing” an inhalant on an Instagram dwell video, primarily based on a police report included inside the autopsy findings. He requested the deputies to go away, they often did.

The autopsy found that the sedative alprazolam, usually provided beneath the mannequin establish Xanax, was current in his system, as was the compressed gas difluoroethane, which the report says is “a gas commonly used as a propellant in air spray cleaners,” which “can induce feelings of euphoria when inhaled.”

The two substances incapacitated him inside the tub, and triggered the drowning, the report acknowledged.

Later inside the evening, after deputies checked on Carter, he missed an appointment with a drug counselor, the police report acknowledged.

The following day, a person whom authorities generally known as a house sitter on the time nonetheless whom the report identifies in quotes as a “housekeeper” acquired right here to Carter’s residence to produce him espresso. She let herself in when she purchased no response and heard his canine barking, primarily based on the report.

The lady found him submerged, sporting a T-shirt and necklace, in a Jacuzzi-style tub with the jets working, and generally known as 911. The operator knowledgeable her to tug him out and perform CPR, primarily based on the report. Paramedics immediately declared him lifeless after they arrived.

Investigators found a lot of prescription bottles and a lot of scattered cans of an digital duster that he used for inhaling.

The report referred to Carter as “a celebrity with a known history of substance abuse” who had “multiple interactions with local police relating to the substance abuse.” It cited a selected historic previous of inhalant abuse, and a modern relapse.

Carter began performing as a toddler inside the Nineteen Nineties, opening for acts collectively together with his brother’s boy band and Britney Spears. His occupation peak acquired right here in 2000 with the triple-platinum album “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” which produced hit singles along with the title music and “I Want Candy.”

He moreover acted on television reveals along with “Lizzie McGuire,” and appeared on the family actuality current “House of Carters” and “Dancing With the Stars.”

Carter for years had been open about his substance abuse struggles, detailing his factors with inhalants in a 2019 episode of the communicate current “The Doctors.” He moreover acknowledged inside the interview that he was taking medicine for acute anxiousness and bipolar dysfunction.

Nick Carter acknowledged after his youthful brother’s lack of life that “I have always held onto the hope that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed.”

LOS ANGELES: Singer and rapper Aaron Carter unintentionally drowned in his bathtub due to sedatives he’d taken and gas utilized in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report acknowledged Tuesday.

Carter, the youthful brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, was found submerged and lifeless at age 34 inside the bathtub of his residence in Lancaster, California, on Nov. 5, the autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner acknowledged.

Sheriff’s deputies had been the ultimate people to see Carter alive after they visited his residence at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4 for a welfare look at after he had been seen and heard “huffing” an inhalant on an Instagram dwell video, primarily based on a police report included inside the autopsy findings. He requested the deputies to go away, they often did.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The autopsy found that the sedative alprazolam, usually provided beneath the mannequin establish Xanax, was current in his system, as was the compressed gas difluoroethane, which the report says is “a gas commonly used as a propellant in air spray cleaners,” which “can induce feelings of euphoria when inhaled.”

The two substances incapacitated him inside the tub, and triggered the drowning, the report acknowledged.

Later inside the evening, after deputies checked on Carter, he missed an appointment with a drug counselor, the police report acknowledged.

The following day, a person whom authorities generally known as a house sitter on the time nonetheless whom the report identifies in quotes as a “housekeeper” acquired right here to Carter’s residence to produce him espresso. She let herself in when she purchased no response and heard his canine barking, primarily based on the report.

The lady found him submerged, sporting a T-shirt and necklace, in a Jacuzzi-style tub with the jets working, and generally known as 911. The operator knowledgeable her to tug him out and perform CPR, primarily based on the report. Paramedics immediately declared him lifeless after they arrived.

Investigators found a lot of prescription bottles and a lot of scattered cans of an digital duster that he used for inhaling.

The report referred to Carter as “a celebrity with a known history of substance abuse” who had “multiple interactions with local police relating to the substance abuse.” It cited a selected historic previous of inhalant abuse, and a modern relapse.

Carter began performing as a toddler inside the Nineteen Nineties, opening for acts collectively together with his brother’s boy band and Britney Spears. His occupation peak acquired right here in 2000 with the triple-platinum album “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” which produced hit singles along with the title music and “I Want Candy.”

He moreover acted on television reveals along with “Lizzie McGuire,” and appeared on the family actuality current “House of Carters” and “Dancing With the Stars.”

Carter for years had been open about his substance abuse struggles, detailing his factors with inhalants in a 2019 episode of the communicate current “The Doctors.” He moreover acknowledged inside the interview that he was taking medicine for acute anxiousness and bipolar dysfunction.

Nick Carter acknowledged after his youthful brother’s lack of life that “I have always held onto the hope that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed.”