The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has confirmed that Mark Salling committed suicide.
The disgraced Glee star died on Tuesday in the early morning hours and his body was found in a riverbed according to the coroner’s report, which was obtained by DailyMail.com.
His death was caused by asphyxia from hanging.
Salling had previously attempted to take his own life in August by slitting his wrists as he awaited trial on federal child pornography charges.
He told the judge he was on medication for depression at his next court hearing, two months after that incident.
Update: Mark Salling (above in October) died on Tuesday and his body was found in a riverbed his corner’s report confirms
Scene: An autopsy revealed that the actor committed suicide and his cause of death was asphyxia from hanging(riverbed where Salling’s body was discovered above)
The actor, who was 35 at the time of his death, had been reported missing by a concerned family member in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
His body was discovered just before 9am near the Starwood Riding club, an equestrian facility located just six miles away from his Sunland home.
The actor’s car was also parked in the area, with police spotting the vehicle on the side of the road approximately 500 feet away from his body.
It is not clear if he was wearing an ankle bracelet or other monitoring device at the time of his death, and the US Attorney’s office has not returned requests for comment.
Salling was just six weeks away from a sentencing hearing in his case at the time of hid death.
He faced four to seven years in prison after entering a guilty plea to a federal charge of possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
He was also set to pay a $250,000 fine and $50,000 to any victim who came forward seeking restitution.
In total, he owned more than 50,000 images and 600 videos which showed girls, some of whom were as young as three, being raped, both vaginally and orally, by adult men.
Salling had tried to conceal them by masking his IP address and storing them on an encrypted harddrive.
They were revealed to police by an ex-girlfriend who he showed them to. She was rightfully sickened and notified authorities.
In his plea deal, the extent of his collection was described in harrowing detail.
‘In total, defendant’s collection consisted of approximately 25,000 still images of child pornography, 600 videos of child pornography and approximately 29,000 images of child erotica.
‘They were highly organized by file name and folder structure. For example one series was named as follows. ‘Girl’s name’, 2y, girl’s name, 3y.
‘He also possessed on his laptop a document called ‘jazzguide’ which is a manual that instructs adult men how to have vaginal and anal intercourse with little girls who are aged between three and six years old,’ it reads.
One photo and two of the videos were described in further details in the plea agreement.
The image file ‘depicts a prepubescent girl orally copulating an adult male’s penis.’
A ‘prepubescent girl laying on her back with her hands above her head while an adult male rubs his penis and penetrates her vagina’ in the first video.
The second video file features a girl who is between the age of three and five. ‘She is naked and straddling an adult male while the man’s penis penetrates her vagina.’
All three of the children in the videos are known victims of child exploitation and Salling acknowledged that the third video depicted the exploitation of a toddler.
Nearby: Salling’s black Nissan Infiniti was parked at the side of the road (above), approximately 500 feet from the riverbed where he was found
Transport: The disgraced actor’s body is removed from the scene by coroners and members of the LAPD
Prepaing to move: Half a dozen officers assisted as the body was put inside the coroner’s van. The official cause of death has not yet been revealed but it is believed the disgraced star hanged himself
This was not the first time Salling had found himself in court.
Salling was previously sued by his ex-girlfriend Roxanne Gorzela for sexual battery.
Gorzela claimed that he forced her to have unprotected sex with him and later, when she confronted him over his actions, Salling allegedly pushed her to the ground and caused injury to her knees.
It was reported that the case was settled midway through trial after Gorzela dropped the sexual battery claim.
Salling admitted to negligently causing her to fall and injure herself. She is not believed to have been the woman who tipped off the authorities.
The pair settled the case for a reported $2.7million when Salling admitted to causing her to fall and injure herself through negligence.
Salling shot to fame playing Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman in the hit FOX series Glee. He first appeared in 2008 and was a regular until season five.
Salling was born in Dallas, Texas, and was reportedly home-schooled in a ‘strict Christian home’.
He attended Providence Christian School and Our Redeemer Lutheran elementary schools, and after graduating from a high school, he travelled to California and attended Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music in Pasadena, California and began studying guitar. He gave guitar lessons to make a living.
His first acting role was in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) with Naomi Watts. He also starred in The Graveyard in 2006.
The Texas native has been romantically linked to many celebrities, including some of his co-stars on the musical show.
In 2008, he dated former The Hills star Audrina Partridge, but the relationship appeared to die out.
He was then in a relationship with co-star Naya Rivera, who plays Santana Lopez. In 2010 the relationship soured, and she was accused of egging his house and keying his Lexus in a jealous rage.
In 2011, he ended his fling with Gorzela before their legal issues began. In 2014 he was spotted at Cochella music festival with another co-star Lea Michele.
However the relationship never flourished. More recently he dated 19-year-old Big Time Rush actress Denyse Tontz, but the two broke up some time last year.
If you are concerned about any issues involving suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255.