Weston Gosa Jr. — the son of “16 and Pregnant” star Whitney Purvis — has died … in response to a message posted by Whitney to Fb.

The previous teen mother shared the unhappy information Monday … sharing a photograph of the 2 smiling. Whitney has her arms wrapped round her son within the candy snapshot.

She captioned the photograph, “Relaxation in Peace, my child Weston. I really like you endlessly, valuable. I am going to by no means perceive why life must be so merciless. You may all the time be my child.”

Whitney didn’t share a explanation for dying within the publish … however, Weston’s stepmom, Amy Gosa, additionally posted about Weston’s passing — telling followers they tried to wake him up at 7 AM in the present day and could not.

Amy says they tried CPR and referred to as an ambulance. Paramedics rushed Weston to a neighborhood hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.

The household is ready on post-mortem outcomes, Gosa says … however, she provides Weston had plenty of medical points, together with diabetes.

Weston was born again on April 2, 2009. Whitney was really pregnant with him when she and her child daddy — additionally named Weston — have been on the present’s inaugural season method again within the day.

Purvis misplaced custody of Weston and her different son, River, within the years since leaving the present … and, she was arrested final 12 months for allegedly failing to make baby help funds.