TikTok star Katelyn Ballman has tragically died at the age of 27.
At this time, a cause of death for the mother-of-four has not been determined. News of her passing was first shared on Facebook by Saundra Mae-Lynn, who said she was Katelyn's niece.
Saundra wrote on Thursday, September 30: "It is with the utmost sadness that I need to report my niece Katelyn Ballman only 27 years old has passed away.
"She was fun and funny and a loving mother. I didn’t hear from her often but she did call once in a while. Nothing, as far as I know, is known about the cause of death. Bless her and her family…"
The Ohio TikToker, who was known on the platform as @itskatieeebee, had managed to rack up over 75,000 followers and 1.5 million likes, according to The Independent.
Katelyn would use her account to give her followers an insight into her family life with her husband, Josh Wurtz, and their four children.
Fellow social media star Allison Burton, also known by her handle @itsallietaylor, took to Instagram to share a collage of pictures of her and Katelyn, who was a good friend of hers.
She captioned the post: "My beautiful soul sister, my best friend, my everything is now in heaven. I can’t seem to understand why her?
"My heart is broken, Katelyn.. please watch over your babies, family, friends, and me as I need it more than anything right now. I love you so fucking much Katelyn. [sic]"
As reported by The Independent, Katelyn's mother-in-law Kim Williams-Wurtz also took to social media to pay tribute to the popular content creator, writing: "I write a post tonight that I never thought in a million years I would [ever] have to write."
"My precious, beautiful, loving, compassionate, kind, happy, joyful and so much more daughter-in-love passed away suddenly yesterday," she added.
She also referred to her daughter-in-law affectionately as a "lil spit fire" and commended her "love and compassion".
Katelyn's last TikTok video was posted on September 29 with the caption: "Literally in school pick up line".
An online obituary revealed that she died on the same day as her last post.
It reads: "Katelyn Wurtz (nee Ballman), age 27, of Cheviot, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 30, 1994 to Peggy Ballman."