Remembering Mindy McCready - Remembering Mindy McCready: Autopsy Completed

Remembering Mindy McCready: Autopsy Completed

Arkansas Fox TV station KARK is reporting the autopsy of Country Music singer Mindy McCready is complete. While the lab work is done, the Cleburne County Sheriff's office has not received the preliminary report yet. McCready was found dead outside her home in Heber Springs Arkansas Sunday. Police believe she died from a self-inflicted single gunshot wound to the head. McCready came to Nashville in the late 1990's and had some success. She had one number one Billboard single and several albums on the Billboard charts during her career. But McCready's brushes with the law also made big news over the years. She recently left rehab following the January suicide of her boyfriend David Wilson at the home their shared in Heber Springs. McCready was 37 years old. Stay with Fox 17 News for continuing coverage.Remembering Mindy McCready: Autopsy Completed

Tuesday, February 19 2013, 10:39 PM CST

Mindy McCready was born in Fort Myers Florida on November 30, 1970. Her given name was Malinda Gayle McCready. She began singing in church at the age of 3. When Mindy was 18, she moved to Nashville and signed with BNA Records. Her first album, "Ten Thousand Angels" , was released in 1996 and sold two million copies. She had a number one hit, Guys Do It All the Time", off that album. In her career, Mindy had 14 songs and 6 of her albums on the Billboard Country Music Charts. But in recent years, she had a number of arrests, served time in jail and lost custody of her son Zander. Her boyfriend, David Wilson, killed himself in January of 2013 in their home in Heber Springs Arkansas. Mindy's father had her committed to rehabilitation in early February 2013. He claimed Mindy had been drinking and taking prescription drugs in the wake of Wilson's death. She was reportedly released after 18 hours. Police were called to Mindy's home on February 17 2013 following reports of gunshots. Officers found her body on the front porch, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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