The Ring star Daveigh Chase's autopsy reveals actress died from AIDS after painful health battle

The Ring star Daveigh Chase's cause of death has been revealed, two weeks after she died aged just 35. 

The actress died in hospital from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - the most advanced stage of infection on June 16, per the LA County Medical Examiner.

Chronic polysubstance use - the repeated use of more than one drug over a short period of time - was also listed as a significant condition contributing to her death.

Her manner of death is listed as natural. 

The actress's boyfriend confirmed her death earlier this month, revealing a painful health battle that involved meningitis, a blood infection and .

Chase was first admitted to a hospital in in early June.

Her partner, Roy Hernandez, had been pleading for help to fund her care via multiple GoFundMe campaigns in the weeks before her death.  

Chase found fame as a child star in 2002 with her haunting portrayal of Samara Morgan in The Ring.

She later appeared in a number of film and television projects including Lilo & Stitch, Donnie Darko, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, ER, and Big Love.

She gradually stepped back from the public eye after 2013, with her final social media activity in 2017 and her last red carpet appearance at a Vogue dinner in April 2013.