Thania Garcia Aaron Carter’s death was caused by drowning and the effects of alprazolam, a generic form of Xanax, and inhaling difluoroethane, according to a copy of his autopsy report viewed by Variety on Tuesday.
The manner of his death was ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, with the first cause of death cited as drowning and the second being difluoroethane — an ingredient used in cans of compressed air — along with Xanax.
On Nov. 5 of 2022, officers responded to a call regarding a suspicious death at Carter’s residence, according to Alejandra Parra, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy.
According to TMZ, it was his live-in housekeeper who discovered Carter unresponsive in his home and called authorities. Following his death, brother and Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter uploaded a tribute post on Instagram, alongside a series of photos of the two as children. “Sometimes we want to blame someone or something for a loss,” he wrote in the caption, “But the truth is that addiction and mental illness is the real villain here.” Carter had become a controversial figure in recent years.
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