Make Page Six a Preferred Source Gypsy Rose Blanchard shared never-before-seen pictures of fiancé Ken Urker and their daughter following his tragic death.
“You will always be my greatest love story. You will be remembered and loved forever. ❤️” she captioned the Instagram carousel Friday. The first snap featured Urker smiling at a restaurant.
The second slide featured a video of the couple telling each other, “I love you,” as they played around with Snapchat filters.
Blanchard also included a sweet video of Urker playing with their baby daughter, Aurora Raina, who they welcomed in December 2024.
In the video, the family of three was sitting on the couch using the cat Snapchat filter.
Other clips showed the pair joking around with one another and recreating the iconic noodle scene from Disney’s “Lady and the Tramp.”
Blanchard, 35 also shared a lengthy statement on her Instagram Stories Friday about her fiancé’s passing.
“Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved. He will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase,” she began.
The “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up” star claimed that Urker “endured an unimaginable level of public scrutiny and relentless cyberbullying” prior to his death.
“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.”
“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,” she concluded in part.
As Page Six previously reported, Urker was found dead at a home in Louisiana on his 34th birthday. He was discovered by a family member after he didn’t respond when Blanchard texted him “happy birthday,” per TMZ.
Blanchard has since said that she believes Urker died of an overdose.
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“I don’t know if it was intentional or not,” she told People. “He was not in a good state of mind lately.”
Officials have not yet revealed Urker’s cause of death.
Blanchard also told TMZ a substance was found — though she had never seen Urker previously use drugs.
She and Urker started their relationship as pen pals while she was imprisoned for her role in the 2015 murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
He popped the question in 2018, just one year after meeting Blanchard.
However, the two split and Blanchard married Ryan Anderson in July 2022 before she was released on Dec. 28, 2023, after serving 85% of her 10-year sentence.
She and Anderson divorced in 2024 and she soon rekindled her romance with Urker.
A month before Aurora’s birth, the convicted murderer confirmed that Urker was the father of her baby — not her ex-husband.
“Ken is going to be an incredible dad and we are so excited to welcome our baby girl into the world,” she wrote in a since-deleted post.
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