Weston Gosa Jr. — the son of “16 and Pregnant” star Whitney Purvis — has died … in accordance with 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 picture, “Relaxation in Peace, my child Weston. I like you endlessly, treasured. I am going to by no means perceive why life must be so merciless. You will at all times be my child.”

Whitney didn’t share a reason behind demise 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 as we speak 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 useless.

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

Weston was born again on April 2, 2009. Whitney was truly pregnant with him when she and her child daddy — additionally named Weston — had been on the present’s inaugural season manner 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 youngster assist funds.