‘I lost my daughter’: Parenting influencer says his 2-year-old drowned in swimming pool

A parenting influencer in Georgia introduced this week that his daughter drowned in a swimming pool.

Jamal Morton, 33, shared photos on social media of his 2-year-old daughter, Sadé Rose, together with a heartfelt message remembering her as “the best daughter a father could ever ask for.”

Morton, also called J’Amore, wrote in a GoFundMe web page, “I lost my daughter. She thought she was a big girl and could swim all by herself. She walked out of the house and got into the pool, where she drowned.”

“Losing a child is a pain I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy,” he continued.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office advised NBC News in an announcement on Thursday its deputies responded to a house in Hoschton, Georgia, on Sunday and confirmed “there was a death at the residence, which appears to be accidental in nature.”

In a TikTok shared to his 1.1 million followers on Tuesday, he posted a video of Sade Rose with a textual content overlay that learn “RIP.”

She is seen smiling and leaning over her Peppa Pig-themed cake to blow out the candles on her second birthday.

He added he hated making the submit and that his followers wouldn’t be seeing him for some time, as he has to take a break.

“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.”

That TikTok video, and one other announcement on Instagram with images and movies of Sadé Rose, have since been deleted. The GoFundMe has additionally been taken down. A Facebook submit with the announcement remained up.

Representatives for Morton didn’t instantly reply to NBC News requests for remark.

In an announcement posted to his Facebook account on Wednesday, Morton’s administration workforce mentioned he would now not be posting or responding to messages. They will likely be taking up his platforms “while he and his family take time to grieve the heartbreaking loss of their baby girl.”

In the assertion on the now deleted GoFundMe fundraiser, Morton wrote, “Please send us home.”

“We have to move away because we can’t live in that house anymore, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to work anytime soon.”

Morton makes comedy skits and different family-themed items of content material for thousands and thousands of viewers. In addition to his TikTok viewers, he has over 2.5 million followers on Instagram and a couple of.3 million followers on Facebook.