Months before Ken Urker died at his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was openly talking about the wedding she wanted with him. In earlier interviews, she described a big, traditional celebration, saying she wanted more than a quick ceremony. Given that her first marriage to Ryan Scott Anderson happened in a prison visitation room, her words carried a lot of weight.
The couple’s history is a long one. They started as pen pals in 2017, got engaged in 2018, split, then found their way back to each other after Blanchard’s divorce from Anderson. Together they had a daughter, Aurora, born in December 2024. Sources say Blanchard and Urker ended their relationship about a month before his death, and their split was on good terms while they focused on co-parenting.
Now the story has taken a painful turn. A police report notes Urker was found with drug paraphernalia and a gun, his sister Autumn has publicly criticized Blanchard over claims about his death, and someone close to Urker said he“was not in a good state of mind lately.”Blanchard told PEOPLE she’s in disbelief. What do you think about how this story is playing out in public? Sound off in the comments.
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