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Again in April, Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets handed away on the age of 67.
Investigators later revealed that Sheets had taken his personal life, seemingly after being cyberbullied.
Now, new proof within the case appears to verify that tragic element.
In accordance with a police report obtained by Us Weekly, Sheets appeared guilty years of alleged on-line harassment in a handwritten be aware found after his dying.
“I couldn’t take anymore, the Fb bullying,” Sheets wrote within the obvious suicide be aware, based on the report.
He additionally included the message, “F–ok you, [redacted],” seemingly referring to the one that had allegedly been bullying him.
Police mentioned the be aware was present in a black basket inside a rest room, resting on prime of a stack of paperwork. It had reportedly been written on the again of paperwork dated February 20, 2026.
In accordance with the report, investigators later contacted the person whom Sheets appeared to accuse of bullying him.
The person was described as “extraordinarily uncooperative” with investigators. He reportedly advised police he was “nowhere close to” Lake Havasu Metropolis or wherever else in Arizona within the days main as much as Sheets’ dying.
The person additionally claimed he had been receiving dying threats and allegedly declined to supply investigators with any extra info.
Sheets died on April 22 in Lake Havasu Metropolis, Arizona.
A spokesperson for the Lake Havasu Metropolis Police Division confirmed his dying to Us Weekly on the time. An post-mortem later dominated his dying a suicide, whereas toxicology outcomes got here again unfavourable for medicine.
Within the weeks main as much as his dying, Sheets repeatedly took to Fb to assert he was the goal of an ongoing cyberbullying marketing campaign.
“He mentioned he would, please perceive it isn’t me,” Sheets wrote in a single March submit. “Persons are exhibiting as much as my work and desirous to hurt me. The police are conscious of this however [their] palms are tied as a result of Fb permits this and it is rather unhealthy.”
In one other message, he alleged that somebody had gained entry to his account.
“I’ve been hacked by a really evil individual,” he wrote. “The clown. [The posts] should not achieved by me, they’re being achieved by … very evil folks. I’m not homosexual, I’ve made no posts about any youngsters’s arcade proprietor, and many others. I’m extraordinarily sorry and sick over this.”
Sheets later claimed the alleged harassment had “ruined” him and mentioned the identical particular person was concentrating on different members of the group.
“He has been going after different small companies on the town and harassing them, utilizing my identify,” Sheets wrote in one other Fb submit. “It’s not me! He has extorted cash from many individuals on this city performing like a handyman. This has been occurring for 3 years with him, and the issues he says are very damaging. This can be a felony referred to as cyberbullying.”
Following Sheets’ dying, the Lake Havasu Metropolis Police Division mentioned it was conscious of the cyberbullying allegations and confirmed they had been a part of the energetic investigation.
Identified to followers as “The Gambler,” Sheets appeared on A&E’s Storage Wars from 2010 by 2023.
After information of his dying, the community launched an announcement honoring the longtime solid member.
“We’re saddened by the passing of a beloved member of our Storage Wars household, Darrell ‘The Gambler’ Sheets,” an A&E spokesperson mentioned on the time. “Our ideas are along with his household and family members throughout this troublesome time.”
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