Hannah Montana Star Cody Linley’s Brother Died From “Toxic Effects of Heroin”

Disney star Cody Linley’s older brother Chad died in August and RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned it was from the toxic effects of heroin. According to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Texas, Chad’s manner of death was ruled an accident, but the cause was “Toxic effects of heroin.”

Chad, 29, was found in his Houston, Texas, apartment in August by his apartment manager. “A friend of Chad’s called and said he was concerned because he hadn’t heard from him in a while,” a spokesperson for the Houston Police Department told RadarOnline.com. “His apartment manager performed a welfare check on Chad and found him unresponsive. He then flagged down a nearby cop.”

Cody starred as Jake Ryan opposite Miley Cyrus on Disney’s Hannah Montana for five years.

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