Troubled 16 and Pregnant star Jordan Cashmyer, who struggled with addition and beforehand tried suicide, died Saturday at age 26.
Her dying got here simply months after the passing of her fiance Michael Frank Schaffer, 30, with whom she shared a six-month-old daughter.
Dennis M. Cashmyer Jr. confirmed his daughter’s dying Sunday in an emotional Fb put up.
He shared a black and white photograph of Jordan, writing, ‘Final night time I acquired a name no mother or father ever needs.
‘Our hearts are really damaged. No mother or father ought to ever should undergo shedding a baby, EVER.’
In 2014, Jordan was featured on the MTV actuality collection alongside along with her now ex-boyfriend Derek Taylor and daughter Genevieve ‘Evie’ Shae Taylor.
Unhappy: 16 and Pregnant star Jordan Cashmyer has handed away on the age of 26, TMZ reported on Sunday
‘Our hearts are really damaged’: On Sunday morning, Jordan’s father Dennis M. Cashmyer Jr confirmed her dying in an emotional Fb put up
She is pictured with fiance Michael Schaffer, who died final September, and their daughter Lyla
Cashmyer’s life was troubled; she admitted herself to a rehab facility in June 2016 at age 21 after she injured herself in a drunken stupor, TMZ reported on the time.
An insider for the gossip website claimed that the incident – which left her with a concussion and black eye -made the fact star understand it was time to ‘get her life collectively.’
Throughout her time on the hit present, crews documented the Baltimore, Maryland native’s struggles after she turned pregnant whereas relationship Taylor.
The couple turned homeless through the being pregnant after Cashmyer’s’ dad and mom kicked her out of the household house and Taylor refused to get a job.
The couple break up following their child’s March 7, 2014 start, and Cashmyer later revealed that she suffered from postpartum despair and tried suicide.
She shared in a put up to her official Fb web page in November of that yr that ‘there wasn’t a lot of a cause to reside anymore,’ Radar.com reported.
‘I’ve been combating a whole lot of various things emotionally since I had Genevieve,’ she wrote. ‘I used to be recognized with put up partum despair and was on treatment for a short time for it, however I by no means adopted up with my appointment… My temper would not keep secure for very lengthy, I used to be extraordinarily impulsive, could not focus, the smallest issues would set me off, and my nervousness bought worse, as did my despair and OCD.’
She added that she was given new treatment that helped flip her temper round.
‘I really feel like my regular self; completely satisfied, smiling, talkative and considering clearly… Issues actually are wanting up and I’m set on having the absolute best future for my daughter and I.’
Throughout her time on 16 and Pregnant, crews documented the Baltimore, Maryland native’s struggles after she turned pregnant whereas relationship Derek.
The couple break up following their child Genevieve’s March 7, 2014 start
Cashmyer in November 2014 revealed that she suffered from postpartum despair and tried suicide shortly after
Years later, she walked again the ordeal and claimed she was truly hospitalized for an unintended overdose.
‘I used to be depressed because of the points that had been happening in my life on the time and was utilizing medicine and ingesting,’ she tweeted.
‘A member of the family determined to inform the hospital that I tried an overdose as a result of they believed that will get the correct therapy I wanted.’
An individual who answered her father’s enterprise cellphone Sunday stated he was not able to overtly discuss his daughter.
She shared in a put up to her official Fb web page in November, 2014 that ‘there wasn’t a lot of a cause to reside anymore
Years later, she walked again her tried suicide confession and claimed she was truly hospitalized for an unintended overdose
In June 2016, she admitted herself to a rehab facility in June 2016 at age 21 after she injured herself in a drunken stupor, struggling a concussion and black eye
Cashmyer celebrated one-year of sobriety final January, and welcomed her second daughter Lyla with Schaffer final June.
However her makes an attempt at getting her life again on monitor hit a bump final September 9, when Shaffer died.
The reason for his dying was not launched, however his household requested contributions in his reminiscence to be made to the Nationwide Psychological Well being Alliance.