Overview
- An obituary and family statements say Makenzi Kern, 26, died on June 8 while on Jade Jones’s bachelorette trip to St. Barthélemy.
- TMZ and other outlets report the family was told Kern passed unexpectedly from health complications and does not suspect drugs, alcohol, or foul play.
- Kern and Jones were teammates on the Iowa State cheerleading squad and remained close friends after college.
- Jade Jones, Tyrese Haliburton, and members of the bridal party have not issued public comments, and Jones’s social posts about the trip stopped on June 6.
- Current coverage is based on the obituary and family or unnamed sources and no coroner’s report, police statement, or medical examiner findings have been published, leaving official cause details unresolved.