On April 18, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office deemed Carter he had accidentally drowned. The report obtained by page six he also indicated that there were drugs in his system, which played a role in the tragic accident.
The “Aaron’s Party” singer’s family, friends and fans were absolutely shocked by his unexpected death on November 5, 2022.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department statement to TMZ, Carter’s house keeper was the one who discovered him in the bathtub at home. house in Lancaster, California. When paramedics arrived, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Carter has an 11-month-old son named Prince Lyric Carter with his ex-fiancee Melanie Martinwho was awarded full custody of his son after his death, as reported Los Angeles Times. Of course, the star’s role as a father makes the additional details of the autopsy all the more tragic.
Aaron Carter’s Deadly Combination: Xanax and Inhalants
As sadly suspected, the medical examiner confirmed that there was a mixture of drugs in Aaron Carter’s body when he died. It was initially reported that there were empty airboats at the scene, but there was no confirmation that drug use was involved.
According to the autopsy report released on April 18, the singer suffocated from the effects of mixing alprazolam, which is a generic form of Xanax, and difluoroethane. He difluoroethane It is one of the main compounds used for create canisters of condensed air.
Unfortunately, the presence of difluoroethane is in keeping with Carter’s previous addiction issues regarding “huffing”, which is the process of using the vapors of products as air canisters to become intoxicated.
In 2019, the musician admitted on the daytime medical talk show, “The Doctors,” that he hid his struggles from the public but was ready to get clean.
In a 2022 interview with the Daily Mail just months before his death, Carter revealed that he was clean of marijuana and opiates, striving to live a better life.
Aaron Carter’s ex-fiancée isn’t so sure about the ruling
Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that Aaron Carter’s ex-fiancée and mother of his only child, Melanie Martin, is entirely convinced by the ruling from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Following the news of Carter’s official cause of death, Martin issued a fiery statement challenging the coroner’s final decision. “The autopsy results are not closure for me,” he told TMZ.
“She claims death is by drowning, but also adds that she was wearing a T-shirt and necklace in the bathtub, which doesn’t make sense, why would she be in a bathtub with her clothes on?” she asked. “I’m still in shock and miss Aaron every day. I don’t understand the chain of events and this report only makes us ask more questions.”
In January, Martin told TMZ that he had discovered text messages on Carter’s phone from someone demanding an $800 payment. But that is not all.
He also publicly accused a recording artist and producer known as Momoh of having “gangsters supplying Aaron with supplies” on his Instagram story.
Aaron Carter’s mother has also expressed her suspicions in the past.
It should also be noted that Aaron Carter’s mother, Jane Schneck (aka Jane Carter), has yet to comment or react to the news of Carter’s official cause of death.
As you may recall, Schneck has also expressed his belief that Carter was the victim of foul play, not an accidental overdose, as a coroner initially ruled “pending further investigation.”
On March 1, Schneck took to Facebook to publicly air his suspicions and share six photos from the crime scene. “Still trying to get a real investigation into the death of my son Aaron Carter,” he began in a Facebook post. “They never investigated it as a possible crime scene because of his past addiction.
Look at the photos. They were not taken by the police. But they allowed people to come and go. Although there was a lot of information about possible homicides for years, “Aaron received many death threats and many, many people making his life miserable,” he wrote.
But that is not all. In another Facebook post dated February 3, Schneck insisted that doctors who she says “prescribed and over-prescribed” her son’s medications “would be held accountable.” She added: “If not in a court of law, then in a court of God, who I believe and know has the final judgment of this world.”