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Ken Urker allegedly felt he needed extra protection before his death.
Urker’s sister Autumn claimed in a new interview with the Daily Mail published Friday, October 9, that her sibling “had to sleep with a gun every night,” adding that Urker previously told her that he carried a firearm because he allegedly received “death threats.”
“I’m trying to respect my brother and give him dignity,” she said of her reason for speaking out. “That’s why I’m being open, because that’s not fair to him.”
According to Autumn, her brother confided his stress to her and planned to return her call just one day before his death.
“I told him that the kids were going to call him on FaceTime to wish him a happy birthday later and he’s like, ‘Alright, have them call me,’” Autumn recalled of her final conversation with Urker. “I don’t think he would ever do this to [his daughter] Aurora or my mother, and the family doesn’t think he did this on purpose either.”
Urker was found dead inside his Louisiana home on October 1, his 34th birthday. A cause of death has not been publicly revealed amid a pending investigation.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Ken Urker. Courtesy of Gypsy Rose Blanchard/Instagram
In addition to his siblings and his parents, Urker is survived by his 21-month-old daughter, Aurora, he shared with Blanchard.
“Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved,” Blanchard, 35, wrote in a social media statement after his death. “He will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase.”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is responding after Ken Urker’s sister Autumn Urker publicly criticized her bereavement in the wake of his untimely death. “At this time, I do not want the focus surrounding Ken’s passing to become centered on negativity or disagreements between Autumn and me,” Blanchard, 35, exclusively told Us in a Saturday, October 3, […]
Blanchard continued, “Above all, Ken loved our daughter, Aurora. She is a beautiful reflection of his enduring spirit, and through her, a part of him will always remain with us. I will make sure she grows up knowing how deeply her father loved her and who he was beyond what strangers on the internet chose to say about him. He will be deeply missed, forever loved and never forgotten.”
Blanchard further alleged that Urker was cyberbullied before his death and has since proposed a new law in his honor to combat online harassment.
“Ken’s passing has made me determined to turn pain into purpose,” she wrote via Instagram on Sunday, October 4. “I cannot change what happened, but I can advocate for a better system for the next person who feels like no one is listening. … Fame does not erase humanity. A pattern cannot always be understood one post at a time.”
