{"id":372633,"date":"2026-07-27T12:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=372633"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:26:35","slug":"late-influencer-sara-gilsons-bff-recalls-her-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/late-influencer-sara-gilsons-bff-recalls-her-last-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Influencer Sara Gilson\u2019s BFF Recalls Her Last Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sara Gilson<\/strong>\u2019s family members are remembering the influencer in the times since she was allegedly killed by her estranged husband, Shawn Duffey<\/strong>, in a shocking murder-suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer last day, she was glad,\u201d Gilson\u2019s best friend Kelsi Lard<\/strong> told People<\/em><\/a> in an interview published on Sunday, July 26, sharing that she was along with her \u201cthe identical day her life was taken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lard continued, \u201cAs at all times, she was cracking jokes and making me laugh. I’ll miss her a lot. I don\u2019t want her life to be diminished into what happened in the long run. She brought a lot joy to all of us, and I\u2019ll miss her daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lard shared that she thinks Gilson, whom she had been friends with for greater than twenty years, would need to be remembered at the start as a mother to her two children. Lard added that Gilson once told her being a parent was her \u201cbiggest accomplishment.\u201d (Gilson shares her kids with ex-husband Lyle Landers<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSocial media is paying tribute to many influencers who died in 2026. While recording a personal Latest 12 months\u2019s Eve livestream, Sergio Jim\u00e9nez died at age 37. Days later, content creator Athira Auni died on January 3 at age 21 after a bike accident. In February, Chinnu Papu died by suicide at age 24. In March, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cShe was a fun, loving and devoted mom. She loved [her kids] greater than anything on this world. She\u2019d do anything for them,\u201d Lard said.<\/p>\n

Gilson and Duffey were found dead inside their Tulsa, Oklahoma, home on Thursday, July 23. Gilson was 43.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement officials interviewed an unidentified member of the family on the scene who claimed Gilson and Duffey died by murder-suicide, per local reports. A police investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

Weeks before her death, Gilson publicly accused Duffey of pedophilia. Duffey didn’t address the allegations prior to his death. The pair separated earlier in the summertime.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tCourtesy of Chris O\u2019Donnell\/Instagram; Courtesy of Kyle Marisa Roth\/Instagram The deaths of several online stars have shaken the TikTok and influencer community \u2014 and broken the hearts of countless fans \u2014 through the years. Taylor Rousseau Grigg died in October 2024 on the age of 25 after battling undisclosed medical issues. Her husband, Cameron Grigg, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThanks for the military. Your thoughts, prayers and gift cards have meant greater than you recognize,\u201d Gilson wrote via TikTok last month, addressing her divorce. \u201cWhile I\u2019m grieving and attempting to process the worst thing conceivable, I\u2019m solely focused on my children and their well-being. Their safety and mental health is my only concern right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cWe aren’t OK and I\u2019m undecided I\u2019ll ever be the identical, but God has been so faithful on this process and I feel his presence in every part I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landers, for his part, alleged that he \u201cbegged\u201d Gilson to go away her estranged husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had been stuck in a relationship where domestic abuse seemed \u2018OK,\u2019\u201d Landers claimed in an interview with People<\/em> published on Sunday. \u201cI had begged her for five years to get away from him. I had offered to assist her, in any way I could, to get away from him. But, he appeared to have some type of control over her, and he or she couldn\u2019t appear to get away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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