It is with great sadness that we report the death of Aaron Carter, who passed away at the age of 34. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has ruled his death an accident, attributing it to drowning due to the effects of difluoroethane and Alprazolam, a generic form of the prescription Xanax that is commonly used to treat anxiety. According to Yahoo Entertainment, difluoroethane is a compressed gas, and Carter had been open about his addiction to huffing or “dusting.”
Carter was found dead in the bathtub of his Lancaster, Calif. home on Nov. 5. The full autopsy report obtained by TMZ states that Carter was “incapacitated while in the bathtub due to the effects” of the drugs, and he slipped under the water and accidentally drowned. However, some of the musician’s loved ones have expressed doubts about this finding.
Melanie Martin, Carter’s ex-fiancée and mother of his son Prince, 1, has said that the autopsy findings “are not closure” and added that the report only raises more questions. She pointed out that Carter was found wearing a T-shirt and necklace in the bathtub, which doesn’t make sense, as one wouldn’t normally bathe with clothes on. Martin is still grieving and misses Aaron every day.
