Overview
- Makenzi Kern, 26, died while on the St. Barthelemy bachelorette trip and her obituary says she passed on June 8 surrounded by friends.
- Kern’s family described her death as the result of unexpected health complications and said they do not suspect foul play, drugs, or alcohol.
- Reporting to date is based mainly on Kern’s obituary and social media posts from the trip, with TMZ first publishing the family statements that other outlets then cited.
- Neither Jade Jones nor Tyrese Haliburton, nor any law-enforcement or medical officials, have made public statements or released autopsy results about the death.
- Kern was a longtime friend of Jones from Iowa State University, worked at the YMCA of Greater Omaha, and is remembered in the obituary as a devoted and adventurous young woman whose loss has deeply affected family and friends.