Mindy McCready's Sons Forced Into Foster Care: Country Star's Suicide Leaves The Future The Two Young Boys Uncertain [VIDEO]

Mindy McCready's sons Zander, 6, and Zayne, 10, have been forced into foster care in the wake of the country star's suicide in her Arkansas home Sunday and her husband music producer David Wilson apparent suicide last month.

The two tragic deaths have left the future of Mindy McCready's sons in jeopardy, particularly Zander.

Zander's father Billy McKnight told the Associated Press on Monday that he was working with authorities to get his son out of the foster home where he currently is living.

It is not clear if McKnight will pursue joint custody to keep McCready's sons together.

Reuters reports Mindy McCready was found dead on the porch of a house in Heber Springs, Arkansas, on Sunday afternoon, beside her boyfriend's dead dog. Police say she shot the dog.

"It is with the deepest sadness we say goodbye to an extraordinary and gifted talent, a daughter, a mother and friend, Miss Mindy McCready," McCready's family said in a statement released Wednesday.

In January, Wilson was found dead on the same Arkansas porch also allegedly from self-inflicted gun shot wounds. However Arkansas police have not ruled out the possibility that Wilson's death was a homicide.

"We're currently still gathering information in regards to Mr. Wilson's case and Ms. McCready's case," Cleburne County Sheriff Marty Moss told CNN on Monday. "When we're able to lay all that out there, we will do so at that time."

McCready, whose 1996 debut album, "Ten Thousand Angels," sold two million copies, appeared on the Today show in January to deny rumors that she shot her husband.

"He was my life," an emotional Mindy said. "We were each other's life...I've never gone through anything this painful nor will I ever again go through anything this painful."

McCready, said in the January interview that she did know if her late husband's death was accidental or not, but their love was profound.

"He didn't just touch my heart," Mindy said. "He touched my soul."

See Mindy McCready's interview RIGHT HERE where she discusses David Wilson' death. Wilson is the father of one of McCready's two sons.

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