Mindy McCready Dead At The Age Of 37

Holy fuck, I think I am giving myself nightmares thinking about that man moaning on the porch at night with a bullet in his brain.

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"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."

Well, THAT house is haunted. If it wasn't before, it sure the fuck is now.

Here is a partial article from the Enquirer.

“David had been carrying on an affair for many weeks before the shooting,” an unidentified source claims. “When Mindy found out, it fueled a lot of very heated fights. The tension in their household became so unbearable that David packed up and left.” The tabloid alleges that Wilson threatened to leave McCready on the day he died.

The Enquirer further claims that it was McCready who made the 911 call to report Wilson’s death, telling the operator that she did not hear the gunshot because she was in another room and had the television turned up loud. The story alleges that the operator who took the call could hear a man moaning in the background.

McCready is said to have remained sober since her stint on ‘Celebrity Rehab’ several years ago, but her life since her commercial peak in the ’90s has been an ongoing bizarre saga of arrests for forging prescriptions, suspicion of DUI, and a battery charge after an altercation with her mother."

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OK, so this is the National Enquirer, but they have been correct many times before.

What I find disturbing is that she committed a battery against her own mother. That is a shame; especially when the mom was watching one of her sons when she was too fucked up to be a parent.

I know people hate Dr. Drew and think the show is exploitative, but on the flipside, this show as well as Intervention give a viewer that addiction is a terrible disease. My daughter watches A&E Intervention and she gets to see just why you don't start taking drugs and that you seek help.

And while people also are hating Dr. Drew because several have died that he treated on the show, they should remember that relapse and sometimes death are not that uncommon with addicts.

Mindy McCready tried to commit suicide before Dr. Drew and then after.

Seems like the death of her boyfriend pushed her over the edge. That and having her kids removed from her care. Didn't she just get the older one back in her care at Christmas time? And her boyfriend died on the front porch, which is where she was found. I have no theory as to why she killed her dog, too.

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Submitted by JimiJanisJim on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:51pm.
Bored as:

OMG, I just watched the video!

I think it is very telling. Why don't I believe her?

Something is wrong here and I hope a good investigator can find the truth.
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Yea, it was very odd, especially how her demeanor changed when the lady asked her what happened. And then when asked if she shot him. It was all very "wtf"ish.

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"you chickens need to go back to the coup, you need to lay some fucking eggs and do your fucking job, you scrambled ass bitch!"-Shane Dawson

She probably killed herself because they took her children, that would be hard on anyone! Glad they made it out of this mess alive!

I watched the video. And now I wonder if the dog finding the bullet and having it in its mouth has a correlation for why she shot him/her. In some twisted way, I think it does.

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And just so all you Jenaloonies and Brangeloonies know I would read JA's biography if I found it at the dollar store, too. (...) - Submitted by PrettyHateMachine on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 1:09am.

Why did she say in the video that she "doesn't know if he was murdered or not?" You either do or you don't know if someone else was there or if he was alone on that porch. I suppose it's possible someone could have driven up, shot him, and left, and then she found him on the porch, but it is all very strange. I am assuming she was at the house when he was shot if he was still gargling and making sounds while she held him in her arms and called 911. Also, she admits they were arguing. And was she drunk and high? Very suspect, indeed. I guess we have to wait until the investigation is over.

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"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."

Depression is a very serious illness. Some people never truly overcome it and always seek ways out of it.

Feel bad for the kids. Shame. :/

Submitted by undinespragg on Sun, 02/17/2013 -
"I'm sure she hated herself/judged herself more harshly than any of us ever will"
Fucking YES.
I don't know a damn thing about her (besides what I've read here), but she was clearly in an awful place, poor lady, and I don't even want to think about how much she must have been beating herself up emotionally the last few days and hours.
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"She looks like if you fuck with her she'd put a stiletto through your jugular and then charge you for the shoe repair. My kind of woman." Foxxy Brown

Wow--that interview with her is disturbing.

What a tragic life. RIP and the poor innocent puppeh too.

Submitted by Lope on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 12:02am.

I agree. I grew up pretty close to Heber and have been there many times.
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"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."

It IS kinda fucked up that viewers can gawk at people on TV who are receiving treatment for addiction and other mental issues. Have your rehab, Dr. Drew, but no need for it to be on television. And yes, I am guilty of watching.

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"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."

It's bizarre to see Heber in the national news. i have tons of family there and have to be there at least once a year. It's kind of a hell hole. It's a pretty hell hole, but a hell hole nonetheless.

Submitted by Reality No Show on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:56pm.
"I can't believe Dr Drew still has his license. How is this man even allowed to still treat patients? Cashing in on peoples' weaknesses.
When you think about it every reader of this site participates in it in our own way by reading and observing and commenting...I feel dirty for ever having watched Celebrity Rehab."
Hi Reality No Show, no you are completely correct in your analysis of "Dr." Drew, but just to clarify, I've never seen his shit-show (I did listen to his radio show back in the day)but yeah, how in the FUCK does this user douchebag loser still have a license?
"When you think about it every reader of this site participates in it in our own way by reading and observing and commenting" well, I can't speak for anyone else but I try to keep the negative commentary to minimum, however there ARE exceptions (which I believe are well-justified!)
but most definitely, monsieur pinsky needs to be disbarred (or whatever the hell the equivalent is for doctors)he is just fucking LOATHSOME...

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"She looks like if you fuck with her she'd put a stiletto through your jugular and then charge you for the shoe repair. My kind of woman." Foxxy Brown

Mindy McCready looks like Wendi McLendon-Covey A.K.A Clementine from Reno 911.
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"you chickens need to go back to the coup, you need to lay some fucking eggs and do your fucking job, you scrambled ass bitch!"-Shane Dawson

I remember this beautiful song she sang at a Celeb Rehab graduation, she wrote it while there and I had such hopes,for her but all the news about Mindy were so sad and tragic after that, I have to,say I am not really that surprised by this news, just confirms that the real enemy is what is in our head, she seemed to suffer all the time I hope her heart is at peace now but don't take the puppeh, that was very selfish

Bored as:

OMG, I just watched the video!

I think it is very telling. Why don't I believe her?

Something is wrong here and I hope a good investigator can find the truth.

Okay, so not her husband, but her boyfriend, and the father of her baby. His death is indeed very suspect. When were those test results from the crime lab coming back? Tomorrow, perhaps...
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"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."

Submitted by undinespragg on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:27pm.
Yes, it seems like a selfish act to people who are looking at it from the outside, but speaking from the POV of a mom who has been there, I can say that when you are depressed, the way you are thinking is that people will be better off without you...even your kids. That you are so toxic, and that everything you do is so wrong and horrible, that if you were just gone, then they would be better off. That is coupled by the fact that you just can't handle the pain of living anymore. It's not the right way of thinking, but that is why depressed people need help from doctors and medication to pull themselves out of it.

But I'm sure she hated herself/judged herself more harshly than any of us ever will for what she did. I hope her kids can forgive her one day and they realize that she didn't mean to abandon them.

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That's a very good perspective.

Submitted by JimiJanisJim on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:23pm.

...I may be completely off base on this, but it seems like she threw caution to the wind and offed herself (guilt)?. Did she have anything to do with the boyfriend's suicide?

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I'm sure the boyfriend's family threw shade. It's very easy, when a family refuses to believe its relative had their own issues, to look at a partner that maybe the family didn't like to begin with, and lay blame.

And of course there was guilt involved; whether Mindy McCready caused her bf's death or not, I'm sure there was survivor's guilt, and that's something very difficult for many people to overcome.

Submitted by misslainey on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:16pm.
Submitted by decorative item on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:03pm

And, I'm sorry to hear of your challenges. I also have challenges with my child and wouldn't wish to add any additional stress to your already difficult situation. Especially, when Mum needs every last ounce of strength to get through the day. All the best!

Poor woman - what a craptastic roll of the dice. I had never heard of her outside of the D and not until a few months ago. Sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDHmJvGyiTU

This is the interview in regards to her boyfriend shooting himself...
What I found odd...the 2:30 to 2:43...

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"you chickens need to go back to the coup, you need to lay some fucking eggs and do your fucking job, you scrambled ass bitch!"-Shane Dawson

Submitted by Hotmami on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:04pm.
Submitted by CodeRed on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:56pm.

then there's this doctor who murdered his two young kids but didn't off himself. Instead of jail, he was admitted into a mental unit in psychiatry. Hope he gets well

Pretty sure that no one here would condone that. It IS ok to have compassion. Maybe not for you, though.
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oh, but you'd be wrong Hotmami and maybe surprised at how much compassion I do have and what I do about it. I also have boundaries though.

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And just so all you Jenaloonies and Brangeloonies know I would read JA's biography if I found it at the dollar store, too. (...) - Submitted by PrettyHateMachine on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 1:09am.

I'm in a celebrity death pool (yes, I'm awful) and have most of the cast from "Celebrity Rehab" on there. Somehow I missed her.

I have a friend with severe mental health issues who has told me he is only alive because of his dog. He doesn't have a wife or kids and his parents are assholes, so the dog is the only thing dependent on him. Once the dog is gone, I have no doubt he'll depart from this earth.

Submitted by misslainey on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:02pm.
Submitted by boredasfuckyo on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:48pm

No free pass as we are ultimately responsible for the choices we make. I'm just saying that given the circumstances, none of us know how we would react if we were in the same position. And no, she ddn't physically kill her kids, but they are as good as dead. They will have to grow up with the burden of their mom's actions hanging over their heads. Can you imagine that? This just hits really close to home and is a difficult subject for me. It's very raw.
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I'm sorry for what your personal experience has been on you. I think the children are still very young, her youngest won't even have a fleeting memory of her. I believe it depends in who's care they end up in and how they'll be raised. They shouldn't feel any guilt and understand that it had nothing to do with them, and there was nothing anyone could have done. It's hard to understand, cuz it's no one's fault, yet it happened. And then one's left behind suffer and have to deal the most with it. I think the kids stand a good to fair chance of being brought up in a healthier, saner more stable environment than if they had been raised by them.

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And just so all you Jenaloonies and Brangeloonies know I would read JA's biography if I found it at the dollar store, too. (...) - Submitted by PrettyHateMachine on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 1:09am.

Submitted by undinespragg on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:27pm.

This.

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Submitted by misslainey on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:31pm.
I know people say suicide is a selfish act and it is, but imagine the inner turmoil that these poor people go through. I can't judge. It's just very sad. I wish she could've gotten some help. Our mental healthcare in this country sucks.

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I'm with you on that. The selfish part is what it does the family you leave behind. Someone in my industry killed themselves and his daughters (who are in their 20s) struggle with it as well as his wife. It's the "what could I have done to prevent this?" There is anger, sadness, grief, guilt all mixed in.

It's tragic she couldn't get it together. She was also engaged to Dean Cain in her heyday and it seems like she went downhill not too long after that break-up.

On shooting her dog, that made me so sad for the dog. I can't imagine doing that. I wondered if she shot her dog thinking (1) if she was dead, the dog would go to the pound and she didn't want that? or (2) she thought maybe her doggie leaving the earth with would be with her forever?

I don't know. Sad all the way around.

Yes, it seems like a selfish act to people who are looking at it from the outside, but speaking from the POV of a mom who has been there, I can say that when you are depressed, the way you are thinking is that people will be better off without you...even your kids. That you are so toxic, and that everything you do is so wrong and horrible, that if you were just gone, then they would be better off. That is coupled by the fact that you just can't handle the pain of living anymore. It's not the right way of thinking, but that is why depressed people need help from doctors and medication to pull themselves out of it.

But I'm sure she hated herself/judged herself more harshly than any of us ever will for what she did. I hope her kids can forgive her one day and they realize that she didn't mean to abandon them.

Submitted by misslainey on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:16pm.
Submitted by decorative item on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:03pm

Well, since I've lived in the US for 41 out of my 44years, I can only compare it to my experiences caring for a mentally ill child for the last 10 years. Not looking for utopia, but it would be nice if the mentally ill could receive the care they need without a lot of bullshit and red tape.

Yes, it would be nice. I'm not saying it's perfect, but be assured that it doesn't get much better. So, why insinuate that America is worse than most other countries? What has that comparison got to do with anything?

I am signing out. Parents, hug your kids. For those of you in your right minds--be thankful for good mental health. For those of you struggling, reach out--you're not alone. Be good to yourself and others.

A couple of things feel weird about this:

First of all Mindy tries to commit suicide twice before; once by overdosing on pills, the next slitting her wrists. Statistically, women don't shoot themselves because of vanity and leaving a corpse that is pretty. Mindy was very pretty.

David Wilson, her boyfriend, shoots himself in the same home one month earlier. He is a new father and seemingly has everything to live for.

Mindy was not ruled out as a suspect.

One month later, Mindy not only shoots herself but the family dog.

I may be completely off base on this, but it seems like she threw caution to the wind and offed herself (guilt)?. Did she have anything to do with the boyfriend's suicide?

Submitted by misslainey on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:02pm.
Submitted by boredasfuckyo on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:48pm

No free pass as we are ultimately responsible for the choices we make. I'm just saying that given the circumstances, none of us know how we would react if we were in the same position. And no, she ddn't physically kill her kids, but they are as good as dead. They will have to grow up with the burden of their mom's actions hanging over their heads. Can you imagine that? This just hits really close to home and is a difficult subject for me. It's very raw.
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Oh definitely agree with you about her kids. People saying "they would be better off without her" the fact is, regardless of how fucked up she was, no kid is truly better off, because they still have to deal with knowing what the fuck happened to their parent(s) some day. How is that fair? How does NOT affect someone psychologically? A least a little bit?
And to a degree I agree with you. Severe mental illness absolutely devastates peoples lives.It makes you feel worthless and hopeless and eats you from the inside out. It always angers me how people brush it off as people either faking, crazy or weak. And it always fucking pisses me off when I hear some ignorant motherfucker go "Think positive" to someone with clinical depression, or any other mental disorder. Like seriously? Really? that's all I have to do? Why the fuck didn't I think of that? It's not that easy. It still has such a big stigma attached to it. As far as suicide, I'm not commenting on that because it's a sensitive subject for me as well. Not all circumstances are the same, but for the most part unless people have had to deal with that feeling TRULY, they are gonna spout whatever they are gonna spout and feel however they are gonna feel, it's ignorance, but what can you do? However, regardless of what state she was in, I just can't give her a pass for taking another living creature's life away. She still get's the "cunt" side eye from me.

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"you chickens need to go back to the coup, you need to lay some fucking eggs and do your fucking job, you scrambled ass bitch!"-Shane Dawson

Submitted by CodeRed on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:16pm.

Because you're in your right mind and thinking rationally. Sane people don't kill children and dogs and themselves.

Submitted by Madam Pince on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:47pm.

Mindy, I hope that God welcomed your beaten soul with open arms. Be at peace now, sweet girl.

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Teared up a little reading this. Well put, Madam Pince. Saying a prayer for all the desperate souls out there.

How can you not have some sympathy for this woman. The industry is a very terrible place for someone like her. RIP Mindy. I hope the kids get a chance at stability now.

Submitted by decorative item on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:03pm

Well, since I've lived in the US for 41 out of my 44years, I can only compare it to my experiences caring for a mentally ill child for the last 10 years. Not looking for utopia, but it would be nice if the mentally ill could receive the care they need without a lot of bullshit and red tape.

Submitted by misslainey on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:55pm.
Submitted by CodeRed on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:50pm.

I never justified her actions, but be very careful how you judge people. You have no idea what you will do under duress. Does it piss me off when people kill innocent people or do horrible things to animlas? Hell yes, but humans are sick creatures. Some just do a better job of hiding their sickness than others.
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I know there's no reason, there's no rationale. There's no reason to die and even less taking others down with you. It's kind of where I draw the line.

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And just so all you Jenaloonies and Brangeloonies know I would read JA's biography if I found it at the dollar store, too. (...) - Submitted by PrettyHateMachine on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 1:09am.

Part of me can't get over the superbly bad mother side of her, and the other part keeps picturing a drunken, grief-stricken women holding a gun to her head, and I just can't help but feel some sympathy. But she shot the dog? Really? That is fucked up. It's also pretty shady that her husband's family thinks she had something to do with his suicide. It will be a miracle if those kids turn out well-adjusted.

*waits for flatts to rip me a new asshole*

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Some unluck kids are born with huge disadvantages to overcome--that's how I see Mindy's kids. The little one in particular is a true orphan. Heartbreaking, especially since their mom had such a bright future at one time.

Wish I didn't sign on here tonight, but it's everywhere anyway.

I feel bad for her kids.

Submitted by Pygar2000 on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:53pm.
Perhaps by shooting her dog for her it meant she truly had to go through with killing herself.
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following that logic, perhaps the mass shooting at that elementary school, the gunman had no choice than to turn the gun on himself.

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And just so all you Jenaloonies and Brangeloonies know I would read JA's biography if I found it at the dollar store, too. (...) - Submitted by PrettyHateMachine on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 1:09am.

Submitted by Ecce Homo on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:00pm.
Agreed. Sad all the way around.

the dog, too?

jesus

Mmmhumm... I RECKON I'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF THE BIGGUNS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqTWQiTlhKQ&t=1m19s

Submitted by Hotmami on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 11:04pm

Applause--could not have said it better myself.

Submitted by TexnDoc on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:56pm

Pretty much. You have to have a plan for hurting yourself or others. It's pretty specific and ridiculous. You can hear voices and not be admitted, or only admitted for a week until your meds take effect.

Submitted by Hekki on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:04pm.

The kids are in FOSTER care? Is that because there are no suitable family members? Or is that what they do in any case where the kids are orphans? They have to go there until a guardian can be appointed?That's terrible. Just terrible.
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It might vary from state to state, but I think if the kids are removed from their parents, they go to foster care until a suitable family member can be checked out, set up as a guardian, etc. One of my siblings' had their kids taken from them for almost 6 months(long, infuriating, stupid story)and my parents had to wait about 3 weeks before they got temporary custody of them. Actually, they were foster parents to their own grandkids.

And I somewhat agree w/ Boredasfuckyo--if she shot her own dog, what would she have done if her babies were there with her? It's a sad, fucked up situation all around...