Singer Aaron Carter arrives at a premiere of Saints & Strangers on the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 9, 2015. Carter by accident drowned in his bathtub on account of sedatives he’d taken and fuel utilized in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report stated Tuesday.

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Singer Aaron Carter arrives at a premiere of Saints & Strangers on the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 9, 2015. Carter by accident drowned in his bathtub on account of sedatives he’d taken and fuel utilized in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report stated Tuesday.

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LOS ANGELES — Singer and rapper Aaron Carter by accident drowned in his bathtub because of sedatives he’d taken and fuel utilized in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report stated Tuesday.

Carter, the youthful brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, was found submerged and dead at age 34 within the bathtub of his house 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 folks to see Carter alive once they visited his home at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4 for a welfare verify after he had been seen and heard “huffing” an inhalant on an Instagram reside video, in response to a police report included within the post-mortem findings. He requested the deputies to go away, they usually 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 fuel 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 within the tub, and brought on 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 following 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 canine barking, in response to 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 advised her to tug him out and carry out CPR, in response to the report. Paramedics instantly declared him lifeless once 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 celebrity with a known history of substance abuse” who had “multiple interactions with local police relating to the substance abuse.” It cited a specific historical past of inhalant abuse, and a latest relapse.

Carter started performing as a baby within the Nineteen 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 Party (Come Get It),” which produced hit singles together with the title track and “I Want Candy.”

He additionally acted on tv reveals together with “Lizzie McGuire,” and appeared on the household actuality present “House 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 Doctors.” He additionally stated within the interview that he was taking medicines for acute anxiousness and bipolar dysfunction.

Nick Carter stated after his youthful brother’s demise 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.”