16 & PregnantStar Autumn Crittendon's Cause of Death Revealed 3 Months After She Died at 27

Mar. 15, 2025

Autumn Crittendon.Photo:Autumn Oxley/Facebook

Autumn Oxley/Facebook

Autumn Crittendon’s cause of death has been confirmed.

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, a spokesperson from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the Virigina Department of Health confirmed to PEOPLE that the16 & Pregnantstar died from toxicity from fentanyl and para/meta-fluorofentanyl, which is a synthetic opioid similar to fentanyl. Her manner of death was ruled as accidental.

Crittendon was found dead on Saturday, July 20 when the Henrico County Police Department responded to a medical emergency regarding an unresponsive adult woman. In a statement shared with PEOPLE at the time, police confirmed that paramedics attempted “life-saving measures however they were not effective.”

Autumn Crittendon.Autumn Oxley/Facebook

She was later pronounced “deceased at the scene” and Henrico Police classified the incident as a death investigation. She was 27.

A few days later, Crittendon’s mother-in-law, Tiffany Oxley, also paid tribute to the reality star with a short but sweet message to herFacebookaccount.

“I miss you. God has gained another angel way too soon. I love you,” she wrote on July 22.

Oxley was a consistent viewer of Crittendon’s Facebook posts, often commenting on photos of her and her children.

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“Look at that amazing lady with her most handsome young men and a beautiful little girl,” she wrote on one image of Crittendon from January 2023.

source: people.com