‘Her death has touched so many people and her death has affected the world as we know it.
‘How and why she passed has raised so many questions for us all, but in time we hope and pray that her story will bring awareness and save even just one hurting soul.’
Jake Pavelka, the star of Lex’s season, wrote on Twitter: ‘I’m so sad to hear about Alexa. Such a beautiful girl. My heart breaks for her family. Covering them in prayer during this rough time.’

Her friend Jesse Csincsak, who competed in and won the fourth season of The Bachelorette, said; ‘She suffered from bipolar disorder and did a good job of hiding it.
‘Most of the people who were close to her didn’t know because she hid it well.’
He also posted a photo of the two on Instagram, writing; ‘It saddens me deeply to hear the news of my #friend @lexmcallister Taking her own life !! You were a beautiful soul inside and out !!! You will be missed !! Until we meet again dear R.I.P gone but never forgotten !!!’
He sister-in-law Julie, who is a nurse at the hospital where Lex was admitted, spoke to People and said she had taken ‘combination of two different prescription medications, and Tylenol and Aspirin.’
Julie also added; ‘She was brought to my facility while I was at work, so I was there with her, and so was her brother, my husband, who’s a police officer for the city.
‘So we were both with her at all times. We were there when she came in, and she was alert at first, and then her health just declined rapidly, I think from the pills settling in her body.’
She also said that despite claims that Lex was bipolar, it had never been a big problem for her in the past.
‘You could see different phases in her, the manic and the depressive states, and sometimes when alcohol would become involved, it just spiraled.
‘I think that she had a really rough week last week and I think maybe she was drinking a little bit more, I think it spiraled into something that she just couldn’t get a hold of.’