Autopsy confirms Mindy McCready's death as suicide

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LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 27: Musician Mindy McCready attends the 24th Annual American Music Awards on January 27, 1997 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd/WireImage) (Ron Galella, Ltd., AP photo)

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Published: 2/20 11:50 am

Updated: 2/20 11:51 am

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Authorities in Arkansas say preliminary autopsy results confirm country music singer Mindy McCready's death was a suicide.

The Cleburne County sheriff said in a statement Wednesday that preliminary autopsy results from Arkansas' state crime lab show McCready's death was a suicide from a single gunshot wound to the head.

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Investigators have said McCready apparently shot and killed her late boyfriend's dog before she turned the gun on herself Sunday at her home in Heber Springs, Ark. Authorities found McCready's body and the dog on the front porch where her longtime boyfriend, musician David Wilson, died last month of a gunshot wound to the head.

Authorities are investigating Wilson's death as a suicide but haven't determined an official cause of death yet.

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tlynn - 2/20/2013 1:46 PM

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It is true that you can never know how one feels until you are in the same shoes. With that said, I feel quite sad for her children. They will have to live with the 'selfish' loss of both parents. Suicide is not only an act of desperation, but an act of selfish desperation. To some that may sound harsh, but when you have to live the rest of your life with the questions that will never be answered…The 'How could you',and the 'Why' s…The feelings of guilt,feelings of 'What did I miss', What didn't I see, or understand'. It can be unbearable. We (humans) are in serious need of good Mental Health Care.

Gunny48 - 2/20/2013 1:09 PM

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@hellojax - well said.

hellojax - 2/20/2013 12:47 PM

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In a sense, she died of a broken heart. My condolences to her family and friends as they try to understand. You never know how unbearable someones grief is over the loss of a loved one that would push them to take their own life. RIP now Mindy.

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