Gone too soon. MTV ’s 16 and Pregnant documents the lives of young parents-to-be. Some of the teen moms and dads who’ve appeared on the reality series have gone on to have gone on to live happy lives .
Others have struggled. And several have tragically died, including Autumn Crittendon, Jordan Cashmyer, and Sean Garinger. Autumn Crittendon Autumn Crittendon from MTV’s 16 and Pregnant died in July 2024 at age 27.
Police and paramedics responded to an emergency call at a home in Henrico, Virginia, on July 20, Deadline reported. Crittendon was found unresponsive. Attempts to revive her were unsuccessful, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are investigating the death. Crittendon (who was also known as Autumn Oxley) appeared on 16 and Pregnant Season 5 in 2014 with her then-boyfriend Dustin Franklin. She gave birth to a boy named Drake.
Crittendon later went on to have two more children. Sean Garinger Sean Garinger appeared on 16 and Pregnant in 2021 with his then-girlfriend, Selena Gutierrez. He died in February 2024 .
The 20-year-old was fatally injured in an ATV accident at his home in Boone, North Carolina. Garinger was moving the vehicle when “the ground gave way from all the rain and mud,” causing the ATV to flip, his mother, Mary Hobbs, told the U.S.
Sun . The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, TMZ recently reported. Garinger was survived by his mother, two daughters with Gutierrez, and several siblings.
He and Gutierrez were not toge.