The reason for actress Michelle Trachtenberg’s dying remained “undetermined” Thursday after her household objected to having an post-mortem carried out, metropolis officers stated.
Trachtenberg, 39, was discovered useless in her luxurious Midtown condominium Wednesday morning.
Whereas there isn’t a criminality suspected, town Medical Examiner couldn’t inform what induced the “Gossip Girl” star’s dying from a preliminary examination.
The Medical Examiner is honoring the household’s objection to a full post-mortem, an company spokeswoman stated. Meaning the official explanation for dying won’t ever be identified.
A coroner van is pictured outdoors One Columbus Place in Manhattan, the place actress Michelle Trachtenberg was discovered useless in her condominium, on Wednesday. (Shawn Inglima / New York Day by day Information)
Trachtenberg was discovered unresponsive by her mom in her condominium close to Columbus Circle at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Her mom known as 911 and EMS responded however declared Trachtenberg useless on the scene, police stated.
Footage of Trachtenberg on social media showing frail and gaunt in current months drew issues from followers that she was in unwell well being or battling habit.
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Michelle Trachtenberg attends the Third Annual “InStyle Awards” introduced by InStyle at The Getty Middle on Oct. 23, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photograph by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photographs for InStyle)
In January, she responded to followers’ issues by saying she was glad and wholesome.
“I’ve received several comments recently about my appearance,” she wrote on Instagram. “I have never had plastic surgery I am happy and healthy. Check yourself haters.”
The native New Yorker was a toddler actor who performed bit roles in commercials and tv episodes till she received the coveted function of pint-sized non-public investigator Harriet and “Harriet the Spy.” She went on to carry out as Buffy’s sister Daybreak within the cult-hit “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and because the infamous “Gossip Girl” frenemy Georgina Sparks.
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