{"id":759277,"date":"2026-07-12T22:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/759277\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:38:05","slug":"storage-wars-star-darrell-sheets-texts-reveal-he-was-struggling-before-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/759277\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Storage Wars’ star Darrell Sheets’ texts reveal he was ‘struggling’ before suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cStorage Wars\u201d\u00a0star\u00a0Darrell Sheets\u2019 final text messages provided authorities with context into his death by suicide<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile reviewing Darrell\u2019s cell phone, it was clear that he was struggling with numerous things,\u201d stated a report\u00a0from the Lake Havasu City Police Department, obtained by Page Six.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case will be closed out as it was ruled a suicide by the medical examiner, and there is no evidence or information to suggest the death was due to anything other than what was listed in the medical examiner report.\u201d <\/p>\n

The report concluded on the reality star\u2019s tragic death, \u201cNothing further.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, news emerged via the same incident report that Sheets had penned a suicide note<\/a> before his tragic death.<\/p>\n

Text messages revealed that Darrell Sheets (seen above in 2012) was \u201cstruggling with numerous things\u201d prior to his death. Getty Images<\/p>\n

A police report stated that there was \u201cno evidence or information to suggest the death was due to anything other than what was listed in the medical examiner report.\u201d (Pictured: Sheets in 2011.) Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n

The report noted that upon entering his Arizona home, detectives found a handwritten note inside a \u201cblack bin\u201d located inside a closet. <\/p>\n

The note was summarized as reading, \u201cI could not take anymore the Facebook bulling [sic], f*** you [redacted].\u201d<\/p>\n

According to cops, \u201cThe writing appeared to be shaky.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also contained details of the final moments of the A&E star\u2019s life according to his unnamed girlfriend.<\/p>\n

The woman told detectives that Sheets was unable to sleep and got out of bed.<\/p>\n

She told cops that when she found him standing in the doorway to his office, he told her to \u201cgo back to bed.\u201d<\/a> Moments later, the woman said she \u201cheard a single gunshot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The police report revealed that Sheets (shown above in 2013) left a suicide note. FilmMagic<\/p>\n

Sheets (pictured here in 2011) cited \u201cFacebook bullying\u201d in the note. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The report claimed that Sheets battled severe \u201csleep deprivation\u201d before his death, with the girlfriend claiming he\u2019d recently \u201cbeen stressed out\u201d \u2014 though he\u2019d \u201cnever mentioned self-harm to her.\u201d <\/p>\n

Additionally, the report claimed that Sheets had recently verbally argued with his son, Brandon Sheets, over what was described as \u201cfamily drama.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to an interview, the girlfriend claimed that following the tense visit with his son, Darrell was \u201cdevastated\u201d and \u201csad as hell.\u201d <\/p>\n

The report included an alleged claim that Darrell\u2019s daughter-in-law texted him saying that the girlfriend \u201cwas stealing money\u201d from him.<\/p>\n

It was \u201capparent to [the girlfriend] that Darrell was sad and upset because of the text messages,\u201d per the report. <\/p>\n

A rep for Darrell was not immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n

The \u201cStorage Wars\u201d star (seen above) was found dead on April 22. callkimber\/Instagram<\/p>\n

The Mohave County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office later concluded that Sheets (pictured here with Jay Leno in 2011) died by suicide. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The longtime reality TV star \u2014 who began starring on the series in 2010 \u2014 was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on April 22. He was 67.<\/p>\n

The following month, the Mohave County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office\u00a0confirmed Darrell died by suicide.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cStorage Wars\u201d personality Rene Nezhoda declared via social media that social media bullying may have contributed to her co-star\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDarrell has been posting a lot about the guy that\u2019s been cyberbullying him and tormenting him, and I really hope [law enforcement] look into that guy and it\u2019s just not a pass,\u201d Nezhoda said in an Instagram video. <\/p>\n

Sergeant Kyle Ridgway told Page Six at the time<\/a> that the cyberbullying claims were \u201cpart of the active investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cStorage Wars\u201d\u00a0star\u00a0Darrell Sheets\u2019 final text messages provided authorities with context into his death by suicide in April. \u201cWhile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[61759,7569,91,61248,88,5642,92,24812],"class_list":["post-759277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ae","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-cyber-bullying","tag-entertainment","tag-suicide","tag-tv","tag-virtual-reali-tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}