'The Ring' star Daveigh Chase, who died at 35 while homeless, leaves behind six-figure estate

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Set us as preferred Former “The Ring” and “Lilo & Stitch” child star Daveigh Chase, who died while homeless in June after years of battling drug addiction, leaves an estate worth nearly half a million dollars.Probate documents filed July 8 in Los Angeles County Superior Court say Chase — legal name Daveigh Elizabeth Schwallier — left behind about $400,000 in personal property.

The late actor’s mother, Cathy Chase, submitted the documents and filed a petition to become the administrator of her daughter’s estate.The court filings also note that Daveigh Chase died without a will, is only survived by her parents, and confirm that she was homeless at the time of her death.

The last known address for Chase appears to be a home in Chatsworth.Entertainment & Arts Former child star Daveigh Chase, who terrified viewers climbing out of a television screen in “The Ring” and voiced the lovable outcast Lilo in “Lilo & Stitch,” died of AIDS, the Los Angeles County medical examiner said.Chase died June 16 in a hospital at age 35.

In initial reports, her father, John David Schwallier, and her boyfriend said the actor died of complications from bacterial meningitis and a blood infection.But the medical examiner’s report disclosed that Chase died of AIDS, which is caused by HIV, as the primary cause of death.

The report also listed chronic polysubstance use — using more than one drug or substance at the same time or within a short period — as a “significant condition.”Chase started her acting career in the late 1990s with minor roles in popular TV series, including “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed” and “ER,” and starred in multiple beloved movies at the turn of the century.In 2001 cult classic “Donnie Darko,” she was Samantha, the younger sister of Jake Gyllenhaal’s troub...