Gypsy-Rose Blanchard believes her partner Ken Urker died after an apparent overdose.

Urker was "found dead upon arrival" on Thursday (01.10.26) - his 34th birthday - and a cause of death is yet to be determined, but Gypsy-Rose has opened up on what she thinks happened.

Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, Gypsy-Rose has suggested her former fiancé overdosed, adding: "I don't know if it was intentional or not.

"He was not in a good state of mind lately."

She told the outlet that she's is in "disbelief".

She said: "I can't think. I've screamed until my heart burns."

Meanwhile, Gypsy-Rose also spoke to TMZ and said Urker did not have a drug problem, and she "had never seen him partake in drugs or other substances".

She claimed that an unidentified substance was discovered where he died, which has prompted her belief that's what caused his death.

However, she noted the doesn't know what the substance was, while remembering him as "a responsible person who was intentional about being a father and partner".

The couple welcomed baby girl Aurora into the world in December 2024.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed his tragic death, as they told The Hollywood Reporter: "We responded to a residence at 107 Double H Drive, Lot 4, in Raceland today after receiving a call at 6:15 p.m.

"Kenan Urker, 34, was found dead upon arrival. At this time, we are continuing the death investigation."

Blanchard has described her late partner as "an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved".

She said in a statement to PEOPLE magazine: "He will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase."

Blanchard and Urker met when he started writing her letters in 2017, while she was in prison.

She was released in 2023, having served to eight years behind bars for her role in the second-degree murder of her mother Clauddine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard.

He proposed in October 2018, and after a brief split the couple reunited in August 2019.

They later split for several years, during which time Blanchard married Ryan Anderson, a the year before her release.

They separated in 2024, and she reunited with Urker, while they welcomed Aurora into the world in December that same year.

They appeared together on Lifetime show Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup.

She noted that he faced intense scrutiny and online harassment during their time together.

She said: "The cruelty directed toward him was something no human being should have to endure.

"I believe the tremendous weight of that scrutiny and harassment had a profound impact on him, and I hope his passing serves as a reminder that there is a real person behind every screen, every headline, and every comment."