18 April 2023 , 21:36
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The cause of Aaron Carter's death over five months ago has been revealed in his autopsy report.
The singer was found dead in his bath tub at the age of 34 at home in Lancaster, California, on November 5 last year.
The report is said to have shown he drowned in his bathtub after taking alprazolam, a generic version of Xanax, and inhaling compressed difluoroethane, which is a propellant used in cans of compressed air.
The report, which was obtained by TMZ, said that the singer had become "incapacitated while in the bathtub due to the effects" of the drugs.
It's said that this resulted in him slipping underneath the bath water and drowning.
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Aaron Carter died aged 34 at his LA home (Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / SplashNews.com)The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's report means that his death is officially ruled as an accident.
However, Aaron's ex-fiancee and the mother of his young child told the publication the findings "are not closure for me".
Melanie Martin said: "It claims death is by drowning but also adds he was wearing a t-shirt and necklace in the bathtub which don’t make sense, why would he be in a bathtub with clothes on?
"I am still in shock and still miss Aaron every day. I don’t understand the chain of events and this report only has us asking more questions."
The death of the brother of the Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter rocked the world of music late last year.
He had risen to fame in the late 1990s as a pop singer of his own merit, opening up for the Backstreet Boys in Berlin at the age of nine.
Shortly after his death, Aaron's family released a statement saying they believed he had died from an overdose after a drug deal had gone wrong.
Aaron Carter with Melanie Martin who is the mother of his childLast month his mum Jane Schneck decided to release a series of images taken at the scene of his death in a bid to get the police to open an investigation.
One of the pictures shared by Jane showed the bathtub where Aaron died.
Other images showed towels and jumpers spread out across the bathroom floor.
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Jane insisted she had her family's support and permission to share the images as they hoped to bring attention to the case.
Alongside the images, she wrote: "Still trying to get a real investigation for the death of my son Aaron Carter.
"I want to share these death scene photos with you all because the coroner wrote it off as an accidental drug overdose. They never investigated it as a possible crime scene because of his addiction past."