Jordan Cashmyer, as soon as a star of MTV’s actuality sequence 16 and Pregnant, has died. She was 26.
Cashmyer’s mom, Jessica, introduced the dying of her daughter on the Fb account of her late husband, Dennis M. Cashmyer Jr., on Sunday.
“My oldest beloved daughter, Jordan has handed away, she was solely 26 years outdated,” the publish learn. “Our hearts are really damaged. No mum or dad ought to ever must undergo dropping a toddler, EVER.”
A spokesperson for Maryland’s Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed Cashmyer’s dying to CNN, however didn’t give a trigger.
Cashmyer appeared on the sequence in 2014 along with her then-boyfriend, Derek Taylor. The couple was grappling with homelessness on the time, after Cashmyer was requested to depart her childhood residence by her dad and mom as a result of she refused to cease seeing Taylor.
In accordance with Selection, Cashmyer and Taylor cut up up shortly after her phase aired. She gave beginning to her daughter, Evie, and within the years since has struggled with drug habit, culminating in an arrest for drug possession in 2017.
This month, Cashmyer shared a Fb publish inviting mates to affix her as she celebrated one 12 months of sobriety.
MTV spinoff present Teen Mother shared condolences through Twitter.
A consultant for Cashmyer instructed E! Information: “That is an extremely unhappy day. Jordan was a candy and caring particular person,” he shared. “Final we spoke she was doing nicely and gave the impression to be in a superb place mentally and bodily. I want folks had the chance to know her past her struggles. I used to be all the time rooting for her and am grateful I had the prospect to know and work along with her all these years.”
He added, “Life wasn’t all the time type to her so now she is ready to be at peace.”
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