Hayden Panettiere’s family and friends reportedly believe someone took her engagement ring from Wladimir Klitschko during the final days of her life.
The valuable piece, which Panettiere had kept for years after her relationship with Klitschko ended, is now missing, according to a source who spoke with Us Weekly.
“Friends and family think that someone who was with her in her final days took it when they were pawning her things,” the insider alleged. The source added, “Hayden’s engagement ring from Wlad that she’s held onto for all this time is missing.”
Panettiere and Klitschko began dating in 2009 and became engaged in 2013. They later split in 2018 and shared a daughter, Kaya.
Panettiere helped design the ring with Montblanc, and it featured an emerald-cut center diamond with a split-shank setting and was reportedly valued at as much as $500,000.
“They made me this amazing book where they did a bunch of sketches,” Panettiere told E! News in 2013. “I told them my idea over time and tweaking things here and there, it came to fruition.”
Panettiere died Aug. 16 in Greenville, South Carolina.
The Greenville County Coroner’s Office later ruled her death accidental, citing the toxic effects of multiple substances. Investigators reported finding “no signs of trauma” at the scene.
