Perhaps there was one heartbreak too many for Mindy McCready. 
 
 FILE - In this June 5, 2008 file photo, country music artist Mindy McCready performs at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this undated file photo, country singer Mindy McCready performs in Nashville, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday,... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2006 file photo, Country singer Mindy McCready answers questions outside the courtroom in Franklin, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2008 file photo, Country singer Mindy McCready performs, in Nashville, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Jan. 26, 1997 file photo, country music singers Mindy McCready, left, LeAnn Rimes and Terri Clark joke around after a rehearsal for the American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in... (Associated Press) 
 
 Yellow crime-scene tape blocks off the front of a home in Heber Springs, Ark., where country singer Mindy McCready was found dead in an apparent suicide on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37. (AP Photo/Jeannie... (Associated Press) 
 
 The former country star appears to have taken her own life Sunday afternoon in Heber Springs, Ark. Authorities say McCready died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head and an autopsy is planned. She was 37, the mother of two young sons. 
 
 If confirmed, it was at least her fourth suicide attempt since 2005, ending a series of tumultuous public events that marked much of the singer's adult life. 
 
 Speaking to The Associated Press in 2010, McCready smiled wryly while talking about the string of issues she'd dealt with over the last half-decade. 
 
 "It is a giant whirlwind of chaos all the time," she said of her life. "I call my life a beautiful mess and organized chaos. It's just always been like that. My entire life things have been attracted to me and vice versa that turn into chaotic nightmares or I create the chaos myself. I think that's really the life of a celebrity, of a big, huge, giant personality." 
 
 This time it seems the whirlwind overwhelmed McCready. 
 
 Her death comes a month after that of David Wilson, her longtime boyfriend and the father of her youngest son. He is believed to have shot himself on the same porch of the home they shared in the small wooded community of large lakefront houses about 65 miles north of Little Rock, Ark., and his death also was investigated as a suicide. 
 
 It was the most difficult moment in a life full of them. McCready issued a statement last month lamenting his death. And she called him her soul mate and a caregiver to her sons in an interview with NBC's "Today" show. 
 
 "I just keep telling myself that the more suffering that I go through, the greater character I'll have," she said, according to a transcript of the interview. 
 
 Like so many times before, McCready showed a little toughness in the midst of a personal storm, again endearing herself to her fans. But as usual, the brave face for the camera hid a much more complicated internal struggle that surfaced publicly time and again over the last 10 years. 
 
 This time, along with her remembrances of finding Wilson as he lay dying, she also answered questions about whether they'd argued earlier that evening about an affair and if she'd shot him. 
 
 "Oh, my God," the "Today" transcript reads. "No. Oh, my God. No. He was my life. We were each other`s life." 
 
 It's unclear what circumstances led to McCready taking her own life, but it appears she was struggling again with twin issues that have persisted for years _ substance abuse and the custody of her children. She checked into court-ordered rehab and gave her children up to foster care earlier this month after her father asked a judge to intervene, saying she'd stopped taking care of herself and her sons and was abusing alcohol and prescription drugs. 
 
 It's not clear where her sons, 6-year-old Zander and infant Zayne, were Sunday. 
 
 A deputy stationed outside McCready's home Sunday night referred questions to the Cleburne County sheriff, who was unavailable. Yellow crime-scene tape cordoned off the front yard and a dark-colored pickup truck sat in the driveway. 
 
 News of McCready's death spread quickly Sunday night on Twitter, with major country stars paying their respects to the onetime Nashville darling. 
 
 "Too much tragedy to overcome. R.I.P Mindy McCready," wrote Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks. 
 
 And Carrie Underwood added: "I grew up listening to Mindy McCready...so sad for her family tonight. Many prayers are going out to them..." 
 
 Melinda Gayle McCready arrived in Nashville in 1994 still in her teens with tapes of her karaoke vocals and earned a recording contract with BNA Records. She had a few memorable moments professionally, scoring her first No. 1 hit almost immediately. 
 
 "Guys Do It All the Time," a self-assured dig at male chauvinism, endeared her to female fans in 1996. She also scored a hit with "Ten Thousand Angels," and her album of that title sold 2 million copies. 
 
 Beyond that, though, she's mostly remembered for a string of dramatic moments as she spent the next 15 years chasing another huge hit. Her problems included a custody battle with her mother over one of her sons, arrests, overdoses and discord in her love life. 
 
 She made headlines in April 2008 when she claimed a longtime relationship with baseball great Roger Clemens. Published reports at the time said she met the pitcher at a Florida karaoke bar when she was 15 and he was 28 and married. Clemens denied the relationship. A decade earlier she was engaged to actor Dean Cain, but the two never married. 
 
 She also had a turbulent relationship with Billy McKnight, a country singer who is the father of her oldest son. McKnight was arrested in 2005 on charges of attempted murder after authorities say he beat and choked her. 
 
 During this period she also pleaded guilty to obtaining the painkiller OxyContin fraudulently at a pharmacy and got probation. She violated the probation with a drunken driving arrest in May 2005, a few days before McKnight was arrested. And in July 2007, she was arrested in her hometown of Fort Myers, Fla., on misdemeanor charges of scratching her mother, Gayle Inge, on the face during a scuffle and resisting sheriff's deputies. 
 
 Less than a year later, McCready was arrested and charged with violating her probation by falsifying her community service records relating to the 2004 drug charge. A month later, she entered an extended care facility for undisclosed treatment, and followed that with a 60-day jail sentence. Inge took custody of Zander. 
 
 There were at least three suicide attempts between July 2005 and December 2008. 
 
 She tried to get help in an unusual way, joining the cast of "Celebrity Rehab 3" with Dr. Drew Pinsky. McCready came off as a sympathetic figure during the show's run. Pinsky called her an "angel" and in an interview in 2010 said it appeared McCready was doing "rather well." 
 
 Pinsky helped treat McCready for love addiction on the show and said he'd referred her to professionals who could continue to help her afterward. 
 
 "A love addict basically is somebody that really didn't have a good model for intimacy in their childhood, often times traumatized in one way or another, thereby intimacy becomes a risk place, becomes an intolerable place," Pinsky said. "And so what they tend to do is attach themselves to idealized, bigger than life, unavailable others, specifically go after some public figure that's married or go after some rock star who is himself a sex addict and not interested in a relationship, and then idealize that person and actively pursue them to the point of obsession." 
 
 McCready suffered a seizure in one of the show's scarier moments. Test showed she has suffered brain damage, something she attributed to her abusive relationship with McKnight. 
 
 McCready is the fifth celebrity to pass away since appearing on Pinsky's show and the third from Season 3. Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr and "Real World" participant Joey Kovar both died due to overdose. In the months after her stint, she said she found some peace and told The Associated Press in early 2010 she hoped to get her career restarted, write a book about her experiences and begin production on a reality show with her brothers. She'd just met Wilson and talked openly about their relationship, though the producer and musician declined to speak on the record. 
 
 With a publicist, reporters, cameras, makeup artists and musicians swirling around her during a press day for her last album "I'm Still Here," McCready fended off questions about a sex tape and said she and Wilson started out as friends. 
 
 "And I've never had a relationship like that before where we started completely as friends," she said. "It turned into friends really caring about each other and then it turned into love and I've never had that happen before." 
 
 At the time, Pinsky thought the relationship was on the right track: "She's an easy person to like and to care about and we hope she does well," Pinsky said. "So far so good as far as I can tell." 
 
 McCready said her main goal in 2010 was to pull her family back together: "I would like my son back with me and for my brothers and I and he to be able to go and do this (TV reality show), and I think after that I will be a pretty happy girl." 
 
 The new album debuted at No. 71 and failed to gain radio airplay. McCready's plans never materialized and she soon was in legal trouble again, this time fighting for custody. 
 
 McCready took her older son from her mother, the boy's legal guardian, in late 2011. She fled to Arkansas without permission over what she called child abuse fears. Authorities eventually found McCready hiding in a home without permission and took the boy into custody. 
 
 She and Wilson had their son in April 2012. 
 
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 Music Writer Chris Talbott reported from Nashville, Tenn. Associated Press writer Tamara Lush contributed to this report from Tampa, Fla. ||||| Mindy McCready Dead Commits Suicide 
 
 Mindy McCready Dead -- Country Music Star Dies of Suicide 
 
 Breaking News 
 
 The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office released a statement this evening that reads:"At 3:31 PM, Sunday, February 17th Deputies from the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a report of gun shots fired in the area of 1132 Fox Chase Drive in Heber Springs. Officers arrived on the scene at 3:58 PM and discovered the body of 37 year old Melinda Gayle McCready on the front porch of the residence at 1132 Fox Chase. Ms. McCready was pronounced dead at the scene from what appears to be a single self-inflicted gunshot wound. At this time family members have been notified of the incident. Ms. Mcready will be transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy and the matter will be fully investigated."Troubled country music starwas found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide ... this according to various reports. She was 37.A source close to McCready tells TMZ ... McCready shot herself and her dog. Neighbors reported hearing the two gunshots.We're told McCready had been a mess since the father of her youngest child, record producer David Wilson, was found dead in his home on January 13 of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.McCready's two children were removed from her home by a judge on February 6 and she was committed to a treatment facility for a mental-health and alcohol-abuse evaluation. She was released two days later.McCready had attempted suicide twice before -- once in 2005 and again in 2008. She also made several trips to rehab and appeared in 2010 on the VH1 reality show "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew." ||||| In early 2010, when she had been with Wilson for several months, she made a visit to New York City and met a Daily News reporter for dinner in SoHo. She was joined by Wilson, Phillips and several other friends. McCready seemed to be in a good place, even posing with Wilson outside Rocco Restaurant on Thompson Street, her blonde hair spilling over her blazer while Wilson clutched her waist. ||||| Tragic country singer Mindy McCready was working on a suicide awareness video the day before she died 
 
 Family says McCready shot herself at her home in Heber Springs, Arkansas, on Sunday 
 
 
 
 McCready was released from rehab last week after spending just two days at in-patient facility 
 
 Doctor found her clean of drugs and alcohol and 'mentally stable' 
 
 Shadow cast over country star after January 13 death of live-in boyfriend David Wilson 
 
 Police have ruled the case suspicious 
 
 
 
 McCready is best known for 1996 hit Ten Thousand Angels 
 
 By Michael Zennie and Daily Mail Reporters 
 
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 Tragic country music star Mindy McCready had been working on a suicide awareness video right before her death, it was revealed today. 
 
 Private investigator Danno Hanks told E! News the 37-year-old had asked him to work on a cover of I'll See You Yesterday which was written by Courtney Dashe, a fan of McCready's who wanted her to sing the song. 
 
 Then on Saturday, the day before she was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her Arkansas home, she sent him a frame for a video with a suicide hotline number. 
 
 
 
 He said: 'She said she wanted to put together this video to help people deal when someone had suffered a suicide in their life and God, she was literally having me write her suicide note. 
 
 
 
 Scroll down for video from Mindy's heyday 
 
 Tragic: Mindy McCready, 37, killed herself on the same front porch where her 'soulmate' David Wilson died on January 13 Billy McKnight said: 'As sad as it is, it didn¿t come as a major shock, because she¿s just been battling demons for so long. I was around her when she attempted suicide twice, so I knew it was in her' 
 
 Leading lady: Mindy McCready became an instant star in 1996 at age 20 with the release of her debut album 'Ten Thousand Angels.' She dated 'Lois and Clark' actor Dean Cain and was frequently seen on the red carpet 
 
 
 
 Yellow crime-scene tape blocks off the home of Mindy McCready in Heber Springs, Arkansas on Monday, February 18, 2013, the day after the country singer was found dead there Sunday in an apparent suicide Scene: Her death came only days after she was released from rehab. A judge had ordered her committed to a mental health facility after she admitted she had been drinking too much 
 
 'If I had known, I would have made sure someone was there with her all the time. I thought she was talking about sending a message about suicide for David's death but this is unbelievable. 
 
 
 
 'She was sending me a message. I wish I had been more alert to what it was. I just didn't think she would do this. She had two kids to live for. I still can't fathom the whole thing.' 
 
 Her death comes one month after her live-in boyfriend David Wilson died in the same spot on January 13, also from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, though this was being investigated at the time. 
 
 This morning, the singer's ex-boyfriend spoke about her tragic suicide, admitting it didn't come as a shock to him after witnessing two previous attempts and because 'she still hadn't beaten her demons'. 
 
 
 
 Billy McKnight, who is the father of Mindy's eldest son Zander, spoke candidly about his troubled ex girlfriend and said he is now going to focus on getting his son back. He lost custody after he was accused of trying to kill McCready. 
 
 
 
 He told the Today show: 'As sad as it is, it didn’t come as a major shock, because she’s just been battling demons for so long. I was around her when she attempted suicide twice, so I knew it was in her. 
 
 'The demons that she hasn't beaten were still there, and until she was going to face them, something was going to happen. Everyone who knows her personally knew that. 
 
 
 
 'She would have had to probably stay in somewhere [rehab] for quite a long time until she really healed and started looking into herself or getting better.' 
 
 Speaking about his son Zander, he said: 'He shouldn't have been taken from me to begin with. He has a happy home here [in Florida]. 
 
 
 
 'I can provide for him. It's just been a really big mess and enough is enough. He's up there, all alone. He has no family in Arkansas. He has plenty of family who love him here, cousins, aunts, uncles. He needs to come home. 
 
 
 
 'I would like to keep those boys being brothers together and try to turn my son's life around. He has had a rough first six years. He deserves better than this and my heart is broken for him right now. I'm very worried.' 
 
 She shot the family dog before killing herself. 
 
 
 
 The 37-year-old had been forced to deny she had played any role in Wilson's death and called him her 'soul mate.' 
 
 
 
 Asked by Dateline if she had killed her boyfriend, McCready responded: 'Oh my God, no. He was my life, we were each other's life.' 
 
 
 
 THE COUNTRY MUSIC WORLD MOURNS 
 
 'My heart goes out to Mindy McCready's family. I knew her well. It's a horrible tragedy. May peace be with her sons.' LeAnn Rimes 'I hope our society shows compassion and realizes the severity and reality of mental illness, and addiction.' Terri Clarke 
 
 'It breaks my heart what addiction continues to take from this life. Addiction is a disEASE [sic] & not a character flaw. When the pain becomes too much, it causes people to want that pain to stop. This is just so unbelievable & so sad.' Wynonna Judd 'I grew up listening to Mindy McCready...so sad for her family tonight. Many prayers are going out to them.' Carrie Underwood 'Really really sad to learn the news about Mindy McCready. will pray for her children and I hope that people are gentle with her memory.' Chely Wright 'My heart is breaking hearing of the loss of Mindy McCready. Pray for her two precious little boys. May God's peace and protection be on them!' Hillary Scott 
 
 
 
 'Very sad to hear about Mindy McCready. When I was in Lonestar she was our label mate and we were friends. A tragic end to a talented life.' John Rich 
 
 
 
 Her death came only days after she was released from rehab. A judge had ordered her committed to a mental health facility after she admitted she had been drinking too much. Her father said she was also abusing prescription drugs again. 
 
 McCready spent just one day in a treatment facility before she was allowed to go home earlier this month. 
 
 'She was released because they think she is mentally stable enough, and she was tested for drugs and alcohol and everything came up fine,' a source told E! News . 'Nothing illegal came up.' 
 
 'One of the reasons they released her is she didn't have any symptoms of what an alcoholic would have. There were no signs she had a problem to the doctor.' 
 
 Last night, tributes came pouring in for the country music star as other stars offered their condolences. 
 
 
 
 'My heart goes out to Mindy McCready's family. I knew her well,' LeAnn Rimes said on Twitter. 'It's a horrible tragedy. May peace be with her sons.' 
 
 
 
 Carrie Underwood said she grew up listening to McCready and said: 'So sad for her family tonight. Many prayers are going out to them.' 
 
 Country artist Terri Clark said she had some fun times with her 'back in the day' and tweeted: 'I hope our society shows compassion and realizes the severity and reality of mental illness, and addiction.' 
 
 
 
 Singer Wynonna Judd posted a series of tweets also calling attention to addiction and mental illness. 
 
 
 
 'It breaks my heart what addiction continues to take from this life,' she said. 'Addiction is a disEASE & not a character flaw. When the pain becomes too much, it causes people to want that pain to stop. This is just so unbelievable & so sad.' 
 
 
 
 Cloud of suspicion: McCready appeared on television to deny that she had anything to do with her boyfriend's death. Wilson stood to inherit $143,000 from a trust this month 
 
 
 
 MINDY McCREADY'S STAR PEAKED WITH DEBUT ALBUM 
 
 Mindy McCready spent her life fighting to recapture the fame that she gained with her debut album at age 20. 
 
 1994: McCready, age 18, moves to Nashville with only karaoke tapes and dreams of becoming a star. She signs with BNA Records. 
 
 1996: McCready's debut single Ten Thousand Angels shoots to number six on the country music charts. Her next single Guys Do It All the Time became a number one hit. 
 
 
 
 Her debut album Ten Thousand Angels sells 2million copies and rises to number five on the Billboard country music charts 
 
 1997: McCready's second album If I Don't Stay the Night reaches number four on the country charts and is certified gold. She begins dating Lois and Clark star Dean Cain. 
 
 1999: Her third album I'm Not So Tough is a commercial flop, selling less than 150,000 copies. BNA drops her from the label. 
 
 2002: McCready signs with Capitol records, but the label drops her when her self-titled album is a flop as well. 
 
 
 
 2010: McCready appears on Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew. She releases her final album I'm Still Here, which rises to just number 71 on the Billboard charts and receives tepid reviews from critics. 
 
 
 
 Former baseball great Roger Clemens called the death of his ex 'sad news'. 
 
 
 
 Clemens, now a special instructor with the Houston Astros, handed reporters a written statement Monday at the team's spring training camp in Kissimmee, Florida. 
 
 It says he'd heard 'she was trying to get peace and direction in her life'. 
 
 
 
 He said McCready and her manager/agent were 'extremely nice' the 'few times' he saw her. 
 
 
 
 McCready's career hit its peak in 1996 with her debut single Ten Thousand Angels and the subsequent hit Guys Do It All the Time, which climbed to number one on the country music charts. 
 
 
 
 Since then, she faced multiple arrests suffered drug and alcohol problems and attempted suicide twice. 
 
 Earlier this month, McCready was ordered to complete up to 21 days of outpatient treatment and undergo drug and alcohol tests. 
 
 'Being involuntarily committed and having her children taken away from her was eye-opening. It helped her realize she needs to focus on putting her family back together and moving forward from this tragedy,' the unnamed source told E! Online. 'She is in a better state of mind.' 
 
 McCready's spokeswoman released a statement saying: 'As you can imagine, the tragedy of David Wilson's death has been devastating and crippling to Mindy and her entire family. 
 
 
 
 'We can confirm Mindy was admitted to an in-patient facility yesterday. While taking appropriate and much needed time to grieve, her sons have been placed in foster homes where they are comfortable and cared for. 
 
 
 
 'We have no further statement at this time. Thank you for your patience, understanding and sensitivity.' 
 
 McCready struggled with arrests and drug addition after her career began to fade in the late 1990s. 
 
 She was dropped by BNA Records in after her 1999 album had disappointing sales and then dropped by Capitol Records in after her 2002 record suffered the same fate. 
 
 She was arrested in Tennessee in 2004 and pleaded guilty to using a fake prescription to buy the painkiller OxyContin. 
 
 She was arrested in Nashville in May 2005 for drunk driving and driving with a suspended license after she was stopped for speeding. Two months later, she was charged with identity theft, unlawful use of transportation, unlawful imprisonment, and hindering prosecution in Arizona. 
 
 In July 2007, she was arrested in Fort Myers, Florida and charged with with fighting with her mother. 
 
 In 2005 and 2008, she was hospitalized for attempting suicide. She was taken to the hospital in 2010 for a drug overdose, as well. 
 
 Criminal record: Mindy McCready has been arrested multiple times - for a probation violation in 2005 (left), for allegedly assaulting her mother in 2007 (center) and for a probation violation shortly after that (right) 
 
 Troubled: Mindy McCready, 37, has waged a public battle with drug addiction since her career peaked in 1996 
 
 McCREADY HAD MORE ARRESTS THAN HITS IN RECENT YEARS 
 
 Mindy McCready was arrested several times and attempted suicide at least twice after her success faded. Her first arrest came in 2004 when she was busted in Tennessee for using a fake prescription to buy OxyContin. 
 
 In 2005, her ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight was arrested for attempted murder for choking and severely beating her. That same year she was also arrested in Tennessee for drunk driving and charged in Arizona for identity theft, unlawful use of transportation, unlawful imprisonment, and hindering prosecution. She was also charged twice in 2005 for violating her probation. In 2007, she was arrested for beating her mother at her Fort Myers, Florida, home and resisting arrest. The following week she was arrested for violating her probation. She served a year in jail for the probation violation charges. She was arrested for violating probation again in 2008. 
 
 McCready has been mounting a comeback in recent years, though. Her 2010 album 'I'm Still Here' was praised by critics for McCready's vocal prowess. 
 
 She also appeared on Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew as she attempted to work out her drug issues. 
 
 On the show's website, VH1 made references to her personal problems and even pegged the root of her troubles on her relationships. 
 
 Her biography on the show's page says: 'Although she was arrested and jailed for trying to buy OxyContin with a false prescription and attempted suicide with an overdose of drugs and alcohol, Mindy believes her only true addiction is to violent relationships.' 
 
 Wilson's death continued to cast a cloud on McCready because the sheriff's office did not immediately rule the death a suicide. 
 
 Detectives say they are awaiting autopsy, ballistic and toxicology reports to determine how, exactly, Wilson died. 
 
 The MailOnline revealed that he was due to inherit $143,000 just weeks after he killed himself. 
 
 Wilson was set to get the first of three installments from a $430,000 trust fund that was left to him when his mother Charlotte died in 2008. 
 
 The money would have arrived on February 11, which would have been his 35th birthday. 
 
 The developments raise further questions as to why Wilson would harm himself at a time when life seemed to be going so well. 
 
 He bought a new truck three weeks before his death and was living with his son Zayne, nine months. 
 
 McCready had denied point blank any involvement in his death and she is not being treated as a suspect in the case. But police in Cleburne County are still investigating and have ruled nothing out. Their initial conclusions hours after the incident were that he shot himself dead. 
 
 Custody battle: Zander, 6, was at the center of a tug-of-war between McCready and her mother, who had legal custody 
 
 Mental health: McCready admitted to the judge that she had turned to alcohol because she could not cope with the death of songwriter David Wilson 
 
 The inheritance appears to date back to his late father Robert who died in 1986 at the age of just 48 whilst working for Shell. 
 
 Wilson himself would have been just eight at the time. 
 
 When his mother Charlotte died in 2008 at the age of 68, her $906,000 estate was split between Wilson and his brother Mark, apart from $45,000 she gave to charity. 
 
 On Wilson’s 35th birthday he would get just over $143,000, or one third of the pot. 
 
 On his 45th birthday he would have gotten half of the remaining amount, and on his 55th birthday he would have received the rest. 
 
 Wilson did not have a will, meaning that all his possessions - including his $430,000 trust fund - was slated to go to his baby son Zayne. 
 
 McCready would have ‘no claim’ at all over it, according to George Wise of Little Rock, Arkansas-based probate lawyers Brad Hendricks Law Firm. 
 
 Struggle: The country star's two sons, Zander (pictured as an infant) and Zayne, have been placed into foster care 
 
 He said: ‘Arkansas state law does not recognise common law marriages. 
 
 ‘If there was no will in this case then she won’t have any rights. Cohabiting couples have no rights to each other’s property unless there is shared ownership of an asset like property. 
 
 ‘Given that the child is so young someone will have to petition the court to set up an estate and they will be called to administer that estate. 
 
 ‘It could be the person who petitions the court or it could be somebody else who administers the estate’. 
 
 Mr Wise said that in cases where there were few assets, the process could be wrapped up in as little as three months.
– Mindy McCready died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot on the same porch where her boyfriend died, and sources tell TMZ she shot the family dog before taking her own life. The troubled country singer, who was found dead at her Arkansas home yesterday, recently told an interviewer that the dog had found the bullet that killed boyfriend David Wilson in another apparent suicide last month, the Daily Mail reports. "I didn't find the bullet, the dog did," she said. "It was in the dog's mouth." She firmly denied any involvement in the death of Wilson, the father of the younger of her two sons, but the probe into his death is ongoing, the local sheriff tells the New York Daily News. Fellow country stars took to Twitter to pay tribute to the 37-year-old. "Oh my! Mindy. Dear sweet girl. This is so sad. It just breaks my heart what addiction continues to take from this life," tweeted Wynonna Judd. McCready made at least three previous suicide attempts between 2005 and 2008, the AP reports. "I call my life a beautiful mess and organized chaos. It's just always been like that," she said when discussing her turbulent life in a 2010 interview . "My entire life things have been attracted to me and vice versa that turn into chaotic nightmares or I create the chaos myself. I think that's really the life of a celebrity, of a big, huge, giant personality." McCready—who entered court-ordered rehab and put her children into foster care earlier this month—is the fifth cast member of Dr. Drew Pinsky's Celebrity Rehab to die in recent years, Billboard reports. Pinsky says she reached out to him after Wilson's death. "Although she was fearful of stigma and ridicule, she agreed with me that she needed to make her health and safety a priority," he says. "Unfortunately it seems that Mindy did not sustain her treatment."