Overview

• Purvis announced Weston Gosa Jr.’s death in a Facebook post Monday, sharing a photo of them together and expressing deep disbelief and sorrow.
• Stepmother Amy Gosa said the family discovered Weston unresponsive at 7 a.m., performed CPR and called paramedics, who pronounced him dead at a local hospital.
• Weston’s health history included diabetes and several other medical conditions, the family reported as they await official cause of death.
• Born April 2, 2009, Weston was the son featured during Whitney Purvis’s first season on MTV’s inaugural series of ‘16 and Pregnant.’
• In the years following the show, Purvis lost custody of Weston and his brother River and faced a 2024 arrest for unpaid child support.