Coroner: Aaron Carter drowned in tub from drug, inhalant
LOS ANGELES — Singer and rapper Aaron Carter by chance drowned in his bathtub because of sedatives he’d taken and gasoline utilized in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report stated Tuesday.
Carter, the youthful brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, was discovered submerged and lifeless at age 34 within the bathtub of his residence in Lancaster, California, on Nov. 5, the post-mortem report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner stated.
Sheriff’s deputies had been the final individuals to see Carter alive after they visited his home at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4 for a welfare examine after he had been seen and heard “huffing” an inhalant on an Instagram reside video, in keeping with a police report included within the post-mortem findings. He requested the deputies to go away, and so they did.
The post-mortem discovered that the sedative alprazolam, usually bought below the model identify Xanax, was present in his system, as was the compressed gasoline difluoroethane, which the report says is “a gasoline generally used as a propellant in air spray cleaners,” which “can induce emotions of euphoria when inhaled.”
The 2 substances incapacitated him within the tub, and prompted the drowning, the report stated.
Later within the night, after deputies checked on Carter, he missed an appointment with a drug counselor, the police report stated.
The next day, an individual whom authorities referred to as a home sitter on the time however whom the report identifies in quotes as a “housekeeper” got here to Carter’s home to supply him espresso. She let herself in when she bought no response and heard his canines barking, in keeping with the report.
The lady discovered him submerged, sporting a T-shirt and necklace, in a Jacuzzi-style tub with the jets operating, and referred to as 911. The operator informed her to tug him out and carry out CPR, in keeping with the report. Paramedics instantly declared him lifeless after they arrived.
Investigators discovered a number of prescription bottles and a number of scattered cans of an digital duster that he used for inhaling.
The report referred to Carter as “a star with a recognized historical past of substance abuse” who had “a number of interactions with native police regarding the substance abuse.” It cited a specific historical past of inhalant abuse, and a current relapse.
Carter started performing as a toddler within the Nineties, opening for acts together with his brother’s boy band and Britney Spears. His profession peak got here in 2000 with the triple-platinum album “Aaron’s Social gathering (Come Get It),” which produced hit singles together with the title track and “I Need Sweet.”
He additionally acted on tv exhibits together with “Lizzie McGuire,” and appeared on the household actuality present “Home of Carters” and “Dancing With the Stars.”
Carter for years had been open about his substance abuse struggles, detailing his points with inhalants in a 2019 episode of the speak present “The Docs.” He additionally stated within the interview that he was taking drugs for acute anxiousness and bipolar dysfunction.
Nick Carter stated after his youthful brother’s dying that “I’ve at all times held onto the hope that he would someway, sometime wish to stroll a wholesome path and ultimately discover the assistance that he so desperately wanted.”
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