Emily Gold, a cheerleader who attended Los Osos High School in California and who appeared just last month on America’s Got Talent, was found dead by suicide on Friday, September 20.
She was 17 years old.
According to the San Bernardino Coroner’s Office, Gold’s body was found under a bridge on the eastbound 210 Highway in Rancho Cucamonga.
Hence why officials are confident that the teenager took her own life.
Along with other members of the Los Osos High School dance team, Gold impressed judges a few weeks ago on America’s Got Talent.
After making it through auditions, the group earned a spot in to the program’s quarterfinals before they were eliminated in August.
“It was absolutely brilliant,” panelist Simon Cowell said of the performance at the time. “What I loved about this was first of all the energy. I think what I just saw is everything a great school should be doing, which is encouraging talent and friendship.”
