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Police Probe Cyberbullying Claims After ‘Storage Wars’ Star Darrell Sheets’ Apparent Suicide

Detectives say the case remains open as they examine years of alleged online harassment linked to the reality star.

Overview

  • Officers in Lake Havasu City found Sheets, 67, dead at his home on Wednesday with what police described as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and his body was transferred to the Mohave County Medical Examiner.
  • Lake Havasu City police say the death remains under active investigation, and spokesperson Sgt. Kyle Ridgway confirmed that cyberbullying accusations are part of the probe.
  • Sheets wrote in March that a “cyber bully stalker” had impersonated him, used spoofed phone numbers, harassed local businesses in his name, and allegedly extorted money.
  • Former colleagues Laura and Dan Dotson say Sheets had been terrified for his safety in recent years, while Rene Nezhoda urged investigators to pursue the alleged tormentor.
  • Sheets appeared in more than 160 episodes of Storage Wars, retired to Arizona after a 2019 heart attack, ran an antique shop in Lake Havasu City, and had previously posted about depression.