Cindy Crawford Shares Tribute After Son Presley Gerber Dies at 27

What changed

Presley Gerber, the 27-year-old son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, died on 20 September at a rehabilitation facility in California. Crawford and his sister, model Kaia Gerber, have now shared tributes describing a family “beyond heartbroken.”

Police are investigating the death as a suspected overdose. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner lists the case as pending additional investigation, while Santa Monica police say there is no indication of foul play.

Why it matters

This is a family tragedy that has become public through the language of grief, not through a settled explanation of how Gerber died. Crawford remembered her son as a kind and vulnerable person, while Kaia wrote about learning how to love her brother in a world where she could no longer reach for her phone and call him.

Gerber had worked as a model, making his catwalk debut for Moschino at 16, and had spoken publicly about mental-health challenges and drug use. He also posted videos for what he called “Mental Health Mondays.” Those details give his death a wider human context, but they do not resolve its cause.

The medical examiner’s pending investigation is therefore the key fact still to watch. Until that process is complete, suspected overdose remains an investigation, not a final finding.