Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s ex-fiancée, Ken Urker, was found dead on Thursday, Oct. 1.
Although Urker’s cause of death is unknown, Blanchard made a statement to TMZ, explaining that Urker was a victim of cyberbullying before he died.
“Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved,” Blanchard said, adding that Urker “will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase.”
Blanchard stated that before Urker was found unresponsive at his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday, he was the victim of an “unimaginable level of public scrutiny” and “relentless cyberbullying.”
Blanchard noted that the cyberbulling had a “profound impact” on her ex, whom she met in 2017 while incarcerated for the second-degree murder of her mom, Claudine “DeeDee” Blanchard.
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Blanchard told TMZ that she’ll raise their daughter, Aurora Raina Urker, with her knowing “how deeply her father loved her and who he was beyond what strangers on the internet chose to say about him.”
Sources told TMZ that Blanchard and Urker’s family are shocked about his death. Sources also shared that Blanchard texted Urker to wish him a “Happy Birthday” on the day he died but didn’t receive a response. Urker was found unresponsive by Blanchard’s brother, Dylan, before authorities were contacted.
After his sudden death, Blanchard told People that before he died, Urker was noticeably different. “I don’t know if it was intentional or not,” Blanchard stated. “He was not in a good state of mind lately.”
Urker was found dead on arrival, the Lafourche Sheriff’s Office shared in a statement to TMZ. “We responded to a residence in Raceland today after receiving a call at 6:15 p.m., the Lafourche Sheriff’s Office stated. ” Kenan Urker, 34, was found dead upon arrival. At this time, we are continuing the death investigation.”
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