Mindy McCready is found dead at her home in Arkansas . The gunshot wound appears to be self - inflicted , sheriff 's department says . She is a lovely woman , we have lost her , and it did n't have to go down like this . '' She had long struggled with addiction and mental illness . She burst onto the scene in 1996 with her band ` ` Black Angels ''
Mindy McCready is found dead at her home in Arkansas . The gunshot wound appears to be self - inflicted , sheriff 's department says . She had long struggled with addiction and mental illness . She burst onto the scene in 1996 with her band ` ` Black Angels ''