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.