VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:(nats singing)AUTHORITIES IN ARKANSAS SAY COUNTRY CHART TOPPING SINGER MINDY MCCREADY HAS DIED IN AN APPARENT SUICIDE. SHERRIFFS ANNOUNCED THE TROUBLED COUNTRY STAR WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER ARKANSAS HOME FROM A SINGLE SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOT TO THE HEAD. SHE WAS 37. HER SUICIDE COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER HER LONGTIME BOYFRIEND AND FATHER OF ONE OF HER TWO BOYS, DAVID WILSON TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. HE WAS FOUND ON THE SAME PORCH WHERE MCCREADY WAS FOUND SUNDAY NIGHT.SHE ARRIVED IN NASHVILLE AS A TEENAGER WITH AN ARMFUL OF KAROKE TAPES AND WAS LATER SIGNED TO B-N-A RECORDS. SHE BECAME A COUNTRY SENSATION BACK IN 1996 WITH HER HIT, "GUYS DO IT ALL THE TIME", SELLING OVER 2MILLION COPIES OF HER ALBUM, "TEN THOUSAND ANGELS". IN 2008, SHE MADE HEADLINES CLAIMING A RELATIONSHIP WITH BASEBALL GREAT ROGER CLEMENS. REPORTS SAY THEY MET AT A KARAOKE BAR WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER. BUT, SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER CAREER BATTLING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, NEARLY OVERDOSING ON DRUGS MORE THAN ONCE AND EVEN ATTEMPTING TO SLIT HER WRISTS IN 2008.2013 WAS ALREADY OFF TO A ROCKY START WHEN MCCREADY WAS FORCED INTO COURT-ORDERED REHAB EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER HER FATHER SAID SHE WAS ABUSING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AGAIN. THIS PROMPTED HER FORMER BOYFRIEND BILL MCKNIGHT TO REIGNITE A CUSTODY BATTLE OVER MCCREADY'S OLDEST SON ZANDER, SAYING HE BELONGS WITH HIM. (COURTESY: WFTS)SOUND BITE, Bill McKnight (former Boyfriend): "For the life of me, I can't figure out why he's not home right here with me, in a stable environment."SHE WAS ON THE CABLE REALITY SHOW, "CELEBRITY RE-HAB" AND IS NOW THE FIFTH CELEBRITY TO HAVE DIED AFTER APPEARING ON THE SHOW.AN AUTOPSY IS PENDING.SIGOUT - Name/Associated Press