The former couple had an on-and-off relationship for years before Panettiere’s death on Aug. 16

Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report release...

"This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death and that was Brian Hickerson," she said.