Moss says he expects McCready's official cause of death to be released soon, but that "all indicators" point to suicide. She was The Cleburne County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that McCready was found dead at a residence in Heber Springs from what appears to be a single, self-inflicted gunshot to the head. An autopsy is pending. It wasn't the first suicide attempt for the troubled singer, whose list of problems only continued to grow in McCready entered court-ordered rehab earlier this month after her father told a judge she was no longer taking care of herself or her children and was abusing drugs and alcohol.
Her sons were put in foster care at the time, but it's not clear where Zander and Zayne were at the time of McCready's death. McCready's longtime boyfriend David Wilson, the father of her younger son, died last month in Arkansas. Authorities found his body on the same porch where they discovered McCready's on Sunday, and his death also was investigated as a suicide. The front porch light remained on Sunday night at McCready's home in the wooded lakefront community filled with large homes.
Yellow crime-scene tape blocked off the front of the house, and a deputy sat watch over the property, referring questions to the sheriff. A pickup truck remained in the driveway. In August , McCready was arrested for using fake prescriptions to obtain the narcotic painkiller OxyContin.
In May , she was arrested again, charged this time for driving under the influence for driving with a suspended license. That same month, McCready's on-again-off-again boyfriend Billy McKnight was arrested and accused of attempted murder after severely beating and choking her. McCready later said that this was not the first time he had attacked her. The state of Tennessee issued restraining orders against both McKnight and McCready: McKnight was not allowed to enter the state, and McCready was not allowed to leave it.
In July , McCready was charged in Arizona with identity theft, unlawful use of transportation, unlawful imprisonment and hindering prosecution, all of which she attributed to being taken in by a con artist. Two months later, the troubled singer was found unconscious in a hotel lobby in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, following an attempted suicide. In September , she was hospitalized again for a second attempted suicide by antidepressant overdose.
After surviving two self-inflicted brushes with death, McCready credited McKnight with saving her life. I missed him terribly even though he did terrible things to me. The relationship was very tumultuous. It's amazing how you can forget such terrible things so easily, you know, even when they're still fresh in your mind and try to only remember the good things.
And, even though he did the things he did, I still missed him and wanted to see him. So, I went down to visit him and, of course, we ended up, you know, having sex and I got pregnant and I tried to commit suicide. McCready's legal troubles continued to mount. She was sentenced to a year of jail in September for violating the terms of her earlier probation but was released just three months later. In , she was jailed once again for violating probation, though she was released after 30 days for good behavior.
McCready confirmed the affair, saying that she and Clemens first met when she was 16 and their relationship lasted for over a decade. It sold more than 2 million copies. In all, she put 14 songs and six of her albums on the Billboard country charts. But through it all, she was spiraling downward; the final fall was painful and precipitous. In , McCready was placed on three years' probation after she pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy.
The next year, she was arrested in Nashville for drunken driving, and was allegedly beaten and choked by ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight, who was charged with attempted murder. I have important stuff for you to do in life,' and I've definitely been preoccupied or sidetracked doing the wrong things. Before ended, McCready had suffered two drug overdoses, was arrested on drug charges, was pregnant with McKnight's child and, authorities say, attempted suicide. She attempted suicide again in , authorities say, and overdosed again on drugs in before joining the cast of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr.
Stars reflect on McCready's death. Drew Pinsky said he contacted McCready last month after her boyfriend's death. And this to me is the most distressing part of this story. She is a lovely woman, we have lost her, and it didn't have to go down like this. In recent years, McCready had waged a public battle for custody of her elder son, Zander, whose father is McKnight. In , she took the boy from her mother, who had legal custody, and fled with him to her home in Arkansas, saying she had concerns over his safety.
McCready fights for custody of her son. A judge ordered authorities to pick up the boy and, days later, authorities found the boy and McCready in a closet at her home. In addition to her relationship with McKnight, McCready had romances with musician David Malloy and actor Dean Cain; she also said she had had an affair with baseball player Roger Clemens, which he didn't confirm or deny.
What lesson can we learn? Maybe one exists. The reality is McCready's is a sad, sad story told through the eyes of news and tabloid cameras. Meyers, Fla. Early - Releases debut single 'Ten Thousand Angels.
Suddenly, the young singer is being compared to George Strait in terms of potential star power. They had been. By this time, McCready was becoming known for being tardy and difficult to work with. March - Releases her self-titled Capitol Records debut.
She wouldn't release another album for eight years, and more rumors of her lack of professionalism begin to circulate. November - Pleads guilty to using a fake prescription to obtain OxyContin. May - Mindy McCready is hospitalized and Billy McKnight is arrested and charged with attempted murder after he breaks into her home and strangles her.
During an interview on Oprah later that year, the singer says she still loves McKnight, but recalls "gurgling on blood" and the feeling of not being able to breathe. She would become pregnant with McKnight's son two months later. July - Charged with hindering prosecution and unlawful use of transportation after she and a conman allegedly tried to obtain two luxury boats.
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