Ric Aptitude‘s stepson, Sebastian Kidder, despatched a message to his father simply earlier than he died by suicide on Saturday, TMZ Sports activities has discovered.
Ryan Winderweedle, a spokesperson for the Gwinnett County Police Dept., shared the heartbreaking element with us on Monday … explaining Kidder’s organic dad, Paul, advised police he acquired a textual content from Kidder at round 4 PM — simply earlier than he handed away.
Winderweedle mentioned Paul then positioned a 911 name, and Kidder was discovered lifeless from a gunshot on the household’s residence a short while later. Winderweedle mentioned investigators found an envelope with a word inside that was left on a desk in Kidder’s bed room.
Winderweedle added a Springfield Armory handgun was recovered on the scene.
Wendy Barlow — Kidder’s mother and Aptitude’s ex-wife — advised TMZ Sports activities on Sunday she was “devastated and shocked” to study of her son’s passing.
Aptitude wrote in an Instagram submit Sunday evening that he, too, was torn aside by the loss of life … particularly after having misplaced his personal son, Reid, to a drug overdose in 2013.
“After Hearing The News Of Sebastian’s Passing,” the WWE legend mentioned, “I Can Only Imagine What Wendy @thewonderouswendy & Paul Are Going Through Having Lost A Son Approximately The Same Age In 2013. I Know The Pain Of Your Loss Will Be With You The Rest Of Your Life. I Still Every Day Of My Life Think About Reid As You Will Continue To Think About Sebastian.”
Kidder, an up-and-coming musician, was simply 24 years outdated.
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