Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died Sunday, January 30, 2022, at the age of 30. The New York Police Department is investigating her death.
Kryst died after jumping from a building in Manhattan, police said. She was an attorney who sought to help reform America’s justice system, as well as a fashion blogger and entertainment news correspondent, and was crowned Miss USA in 2019.
The NYPD will look into the circumstances surrounding Kryst’s death, Detective Martin Brown confirmed Monday. He declined to give more details. It is standard for police to investigate deaths by suicide.
CNN has reached out to the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner about whether an autopsy will be conducted.
“In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie,” Kryst’s family said in a statement. “Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength. She cared, she loved, she laughed and she shined.”
The former Miss USA winner posted an Instagram photo before her death. “May this day bring you rest and peace,” she wrote alongside a photo of herself.
