16 and Pregnant, has died. She was 26.Cashmyer’s mother, Jessica, announced the death of her daughter on the Facebook account of her late husband, Dennis M.
Cashmyer Jr., on Sunday.“My oldest beloved daughter, Jordan has passed away, she was only 26 years old,” the post read. “Our hearts are truly broken.
No parent should ever have to go through losing a child, EVER.”A spokesperson for Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed Cashmyer’s death to CNN, but did not give a cause.Cashmyer appeared on the series in 2014 with her then-boyfriend, Derek Taylor.
The couple was grappling with homelessness at the time, after Cashmyer was asked to leave her childhood home by her parents because she refused to stop seeing Taylor.According to Variety, Cashmyer and Taylor split up shortly after her segment aired.