An influencer has revealed their two-year-old daughter tragically died after she drowned in the swimming pool at the family's Georgia home.

According to the Daily Mail, Jamal Morton, known to millions online as J'Amore or Mr Jay, said his daughter Rose died on Sunday after wandering into the backyard of their home in Hoschton and entering the family's swimming pool by herself.

The content creator announced the heartbreaking news on Facebook, writing: "You were the best daughter a father could ever ask for. Losing a child is a pain I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

"I lost my daughter. I hope heaven is real because i can’t imagine you being all alone by yourself. So god if you’re real please watch over my baby. Rest in Peace my sweet angel. Daddy loves you forever Rose," he added.

The coroner's office confirmed Rose's death to the outlet but said her exact cause of death has not yet been determined.

The 33-year-old father of six told his followers that he will be stepping away from social media as he grieves.

Although new videos have continued appearing on his accounts, Morton's management team said he is not the one posting them.

"We want to let everyone know that J’Amore’s social media accounts are currently being managed by his team. At this time, he is not online, posting content, responding to messages, or actively managing his pages," the team said. "Management is keeping his platforms running while he and his family take time to grieve the heartbreaking loss of their baby girl.

"This is an incredibly difficult time, and we ask for your understanding, prayers, and respect for their privacy as they navigate this unimaginable loss," they added.

Jamal Morton lost his two-year-old daughter. Credit: Michael Tullberg / Getty

Heartbreaking video shows Rose near the pool

Morton launched his TikTok account in 2022 and built a following by sharing comedy sketches inspired by family life. His children, including Rose, regularly appeared in his videos.

Following the heartbreaking news of Rose's death, one particular clip has resurfaced online.

Per Daily Mail, the clip was originally shared in April 2025 and captured the toddler taking some of her first steps as she carefully made her way toward her father near the edge of the family's unfenced swimming pool.

Another influencer has shared the impact of losing a child to drowning

Morton is one of several social media personalities who have experienced the unimaginable loss of a child in a pool drowning.

Earlier this year, influencer Emilie Kiser opened up about the death of her three-year-old son, Trigg, who died six days after falling into the family's backyard pool in Arizona in May 2025.

Speaking on Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast, Kiser reflected on how quickly life can change.

"Losing a child really shows you in the scariest, most real way possible just how quickly life can change, and how quickly life can be literally taken away," she said.

She also described choosing every day to keep moving forward for her younger son.

"I always try to remind myself that I have a choice to make," she continued. "I can either let this completely derail me more than it already has, and not really feel like I'm fit or able to take care of my younger son, or I can do everything in my power to be the best mom I possibly can for him, and give him the same love that Trigg had and has."

Emilie Kiser's three-year-old son, Trigg, tragically passed away after drowning. Credit: Emiliekiser / Instagram

Kiser is now using her platform to encourage parents to take extra precautions around pools.

"This is a topic that I will continue to talk about when I feel comfortable, because it is so extremely hard to talk about, and I hope that people can understand that," she said.

"Our son's death was very preventable. It was an accident, but it was a preventable accident. I will always take full accountability for that, because as a parent, it is your job to protect your child.

"Drowning is the number one cause of death in children three and under," Emilie added. "And that is an extremely hard statistic to swallow because I truly just can't believe how much it happens."

She urged parents to install pool fences, maintain working door alarms, and closely supervise children around water.

"I really hope that if you see this video, you please, please, please install a pool fence. Make sure you have door alarms. Make sure if you have door alarms, all of your batteries are updated. Please make sure that you watch your children around water," she added.

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Paul J. Kim, a popular Catholic speaker and influencer, has revealed the tragic death of his five-year-old son Micah, who passed away on New Year's Eve following a harrowing health battle.

The heartbreaking news came in two emotional Instagram videos posted to Kim’s 346,000 followers on January 1, where the father of six opened up about the devastating journey his family has faced over the past two weeks.

Micah had been in the hospital for 11 days after being hit with a severe flu that led to seizures and sepsis. Despite being placed on life support, the little boy sadly didn’t make it.

Paul J. Kim says son Micah "went home to the house of our father"

“After fighting 11 long hard days, [Micah] went home to the house of our father,” Kim said through tears, describing the unimaginable grief his family is facing.

“We are so proud of him. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart as his dad, on behalf of my family, for all the ways you guys prayed and lifted us up during this time,” he added, visibly emotional in the video.

“This incredibly difficult, impossible time for our family. It's been the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life and it continues to be.”

Kim said he initially wanted privacy, but felt the need to share an update to honor his followers' prayers and support: “As much as this time I just want to have privacy and have time to mourn with my family I felt like I owed all of you an update, just out of gratitude.

“Micah is already in Heaven at work, seriously, so many testimonies, so many ways in which God is using the light in my five-year-old to truly save souls and change the world,” he said, clinging to faith in the wake of loss.

“Our hearts are broken, but we trust in the Lord,” says grieving father

Kim, 44, continued: “Our hearts are broken, but we trust in the Lord. Please pray for my family and me as we learn how to live by faith and not by sight.”

In the lead-up to Micah’s passing, Kim had been keeping his followers updated with heartbreaking videos from the hospital. He first disclosed the medical crisis on December 21, sharing that Micah was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.

Kim had repeatedly asked for prayers and a miracle, even as doctors delivered devastating updates. By Christmas Day, there were some hopeful signs as Micah’s heart showed improvement - but brain swelling remained severe.

On December 27, Kim posted an update, saying: “They did an MRI scan of his brain and they are saying it is so severely damaged that there is no medical possibility, in their opinion, that he can recover.”

He continued: “So here is what we are up against right now. We are up against the reality that at this point God must intervene. Our hearts are absolutely broken but we are not done fighting until the Lord says otherwise.”

Kim says he left “no stone unturned” trying to save his son

Kim explained how deeply committed he and his family were to exploring every option for Micah’s survival, saying: “For those two weeks we were fighting long and hard, we were consulting legal, health, ethical teams even outside the hospital.

“Just to make sure we weren't leaving any stone unturned. In many ways we were fighting for Micah to buy him as much time as possible, until he passed,” he said.

“As a father, that is my duty I was called to do that. Even if in God's ultimate will it wasn't meant for him to recover.”

The response to Micah’s story has been overwhelming. Singer Gwen Stefani commented “praying for you” on one of Kim’s posts, while a GoFundMe campaign to support the family has already raised over $385,000.

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Thankfully, in my short time on this planet, I haven't had to deal with much grief and upset. However, some people have, and they channel their emotions through different means and avenues. For some, if they're sad after the death of a loved one, they will disappear for a while and take time out to reflect and enjoy some time alone. For others, however, they find comfort in the company of other people - even if it's online.

Take social media, for example. Often, when a loved one passes away, we see people take to their Facebook or Instagram to post a heartfelt and emotional tribute to that person. Whether it's a grandma, brother, or even a dog - the poster takes heart in the responses of well-wishers and tributes alike.

However, while pictures of holding hands or nostalgic childhood photos are commonplace in these tributes, actual photos of dead bodies are not... and for good reason.

Let's face it, when we log onto Instagram or Facebook, we're either there to stalk to lives of people from school, or to look at aesthetically pleasing things like sneakers, house plants and amazing holiday destinations. But, one Serbian model had other ideas.

Jelica Ljubicic, a singer and model from Serbia, posted a picture on her Instagram story where she can be seen posing for the camera while her father lays dead behind her.

Jelica's dad's head had fallen to one side, with local media reporting that he had died shortly before the picture was taken.

Understandably, Jelica received a huge backlash from followers who were baffled by the upload. However, before deleting the image - and her account - Jelica had issued a heartfelt tribute to her father.

Ljubicic wrote in the caption:

"We have fought as much as we can, but it is not our will. We don't decide how long we will live. He left us in the 67th year of life. Thank you for everything, I am grateful for being your daughter, and having you as my father.

"Thank you for bringing us to the right path. Rest in peace, you will always stay in our hearts."

Despite her heartfelt message, people were left creeped out by the photo and took to Jelica's profile to publicly criticise the image.

Rile commented: "This is how much she cares for her father she has the time and strength to take photos."

And Magdalena added: "Only a sick person can do this."

Nada wrote: "I can’t believe what am I reading and seeing. No, there is no hope for this world."

As mentioned, Jelica has now removed both the image and her profile from the internet as a result of the backlash.

While her intentions may have been to simply issue a heartfelt message to her late father, Jelica's choice of pose in front of his dead body was always going to garner a lot of attention and criticism.

A girl whose mom died when she was eight years old opened up to her dad about their daughter-father relationship, and his reaction hasn't gone down well online.

Losing a parent is one of the toughest things that anyone will ever go through, and it also means that somebody has lost their soul mate.

In these times of hardship, the remaining parent and their child should come together and support each other - or so you'd hope.

One woman has taken to Reddit where she has opened up about losing her mother at eight years old, and the impact this had on her relationship with her dad.

Taking to the Am I The A**hole forum, she wrote: "I was 8 when I lost my mom and we were as close as ever but I needed him more. Then when I was 11 he remarried and he became a stepdad to a girl who was 10 at the time. Now, this is where full honesty comes in. I was jealous as hell that my dad was trying to bond with her and that he called her his daughter and us 'his girls' right away."

The Redditor was very candid about her jealousy, noting that she "felt sick" whenever her dad spent time with his stepdaughter, but she noticed that he would eventually start spending more time with his new family than with her.

She recounted an incident where she overheard him speaking: "I was 13 my dad said how much he preferred hanging out with her over me because they had similar interests. He said he couldn't spend enough time with his stepdaughter and he was hoping I would hit the teen phase of not wanting my parents around me that much."

She continued: "Then he admitted he also resented me for not wanting his wife the way her daughter wanted him. He wanted us to be the perfect little family and we looked like a stepfamily where the step is always used because I didn't really want his wife for stuff."

She gave her dad his space and he didn't seem to mind, but when his stepdaughter turned 16 and wanted her own space, he appeared to be crushed by it.

Years later her dad approached her about why she didn't call him to help her move into her new place, and she revealed everything from her jealousy to what he had overheard him saying.

She notes that he seemed "offended" by what she had said and that he said she was "disgusting" for wanting him to not spend time with his stepdaughter.

She concluded: "He also told me he should be allowed to have interests in common with someone other than me. I told him he was. But I was also a kid who lost my mom and clung to my sole living parent.

"He then accused me of manipulating him by saying all that and I told him that he shouldn't have asked a question if he wasn't prepared for an honest answer. He told me I could f*** right off with that attitude and told me to grow up."

People in the comments were not happy with the dad, as one person wrote: "Unfortunately your dad will never understand your side of things. It’s best to walk away to avoid your heart being broken over and over."

A second said: "He clearly didn’t provide you with enough love and reassurance and just expected you to accept them. I could see his position partially up until the point where you share your recent call with him and he just denied it and accuse you of manipulation. He clearly failed to provide enough stability, reassurance and emotional empathy to you."

A third concluded: "Now that you are no longer close, he wants to whine to you about how hurt his feelings are, but he still wants to take zero accountability for his failures as a father. He needs to grow up himself."

What are your thoughts?

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In a devastating revelation that shook her legion of followers, popular lifestyle influencer Laura Merritt Walker announced the heart-wrenching loss of her three-year-old son in what she described as a "tragic accident" last week.

Sharing the news on Instagram, Laura and her husband David Walker penned a poignant tribute to their youngest son, Callahan.

"We are completely broken-hearted to share that we lost our precious Callahan in a tragic accident last week," the grieving parents expressed in their joint statement.

Accompanying the announcement were tender snapshots capturing moments of joy and love shared with Callahan. From cherished family photos to poignant hospital bedside scenes, the posts painted a poignant picture of the love and bond they shared with their beloved "Cal-Bear."

"He was such a blessing and brought so much joy to our whole family. Cal-Bear was absolutely adored by his big brothers and loved them beyond measure." the couple conveyed, their words laden with grief. "As parents, we are completely shattered at the loss of our baby boy."

Seeking solace in faith during this ordeal, Laura and David found comfort in their belief that Callahan is now cradled in the arms of Jesus. In a plea for support during their darkest hour, they humbly asked for prayers to navigate the immeasurable grief that now envelops them.

While details surrounding the tragic incident remain undisclosed, authorities in Frisco confirmed responding to a drowning call involving a child last week, as reported by People Magazine.

Callahan's recent third birthday celebration, held in October, serves as a poignant reminder of the precious moments cherished and the memories forever etched in their hearts.

Laura, known for her vibrant presence on social media platforms with over 233,000 followers on Instagram, co-manages a lifestyle blog alongside her sister, Cristie Merritt Taylor.

In addition to Callahan, Laura and David are devoted parents to sons Chamberlain, 7, and Beckham, 10, according to People Magazine.

In the wake of this unimaginable loss, an outpouring of support flooded in from fellow moms and celebrities alike. "All the moms on the internet are surrounding you with a massive hug," offered Catherine Belknap and Natalie Telfer, hosts of the Cat & Nat podcast, while Bachelor Nation's Raven Gates expressed profound sympathy, offering prayers for peace and comfort.

One follower wrote: "I’ll be praying for you and your family, this absolutely breaks my heart because I know this heartache and I’m just so sorry."

Another penned: "What happened to this little boy. My god how horrific. Prayers to the family. I don’t know how people go on after a loss as tremendous as this. I just don’t understand how things like this happen."

A third added: "I keep writing and erasing what I write because I truly have no idea what to even say. I write all of this tears streaming down my face. My heart is absolutely shattered for all of you and I’m Praying for a comfort that can only come from Jesus. we all love y’all so much!"

In tribute to their beloved son, Laura has launched the Callahan Walker Foundation, dedicated to supporting and uplifting families navigating similar hardships with their children, ensuring Callahan's legacy of love and compassion lives on.

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