Ken Urker, the former fiancé of convicted murderer Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, has died at 33.
Urker was found unresponsive at a home in Louisiana on Thursday, TMZ reports. The discovery came on his birthday.
According to family sources cited by the publication, Urker was found at home by Blanchard’s brother, Dylan.
The Daily Mail has contacted Blanchard’s representatives for comment.
Sources said Blanchard sent Urker a “Happy Birthday” message but received no reply.
The news has reportedly left both Blanchard’s family and Urker’s relatives in shock.
The former couple shared a daughter, Aurora Urker, who was born on December 28, 2024, and was 21 months old.
Ken Urker, the former fiancé of convicted murderer Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, has died at 33. TMZ reports that Urker was found unresponsive in Louisiana.
Family sources said Urker was found at home. He and Blanchard shared a daughter, whom they welcomed in December 2024.
Aurora’s birth came one year after Blanchard’s release from prison, where she had served seven years for her role in the murder of her abusive mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
Blanchard and Urker had a turbulent, on-and-off relationship. They became engaged in October 2018 while she was incarcerated, but split several months later before reuniting in August 2019.
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After separating again for several years, Blanchard married Ryan Scott Anderson in July 2022 while she was still serving time for her mother’s killing.
Three months after her release, in March 2024, Blanchard announced that she and Anderson had separated. She and Urker reconciled the following month.
As a child, Blanchard was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Her mother, Dee Dee, forced her to appear seriously ill and required her to remain in a wheelchair in public.
Dee Dee also shaved Gypsy-Rose’s head and kept her drugged, leading others to believe that the girl had muscular dystrophy and leukemia.
Their abusive relationship ended in 2015, when Gypsy-Rose’s boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, entered their home in Springfield, Missouri, and fatally stabbed Dee Dee. She was 48.
Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent nearly 10 years in prison before receiving early parole and being released in December 2022.
Blanchard and Urker became engaged in October 2018 while she was incarcerated, then split months later before reuniting in August 2019. After they separated again, Blanchard married Ryan Scott Anderson (above) in July 2022.
In March 2024, three months after leaving prison, Blanchard announced her separation from Anderson. She and Urker reconciled in April.
Blanchard was abused as a child by her mother, Dee Dee (above), who forced her to pose as an invalid and remain in a wheelchair. Dee Dee also kept Gypsy-Rose drugged to make others believe she had muscular dystrophy and leukemia.
Their warped relationship came to an end in 2015, when Gypsy-Rose’s boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn (L), crept into their home in Springfield, Missouri, and stabbed Dee Dee, 48, to death. Blanchard (R) pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent nearly 10 years in prison
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