Ken Urker‘s sister is looking back on his final days.

One week after Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s partner died on his 34th birthday, Autumn Snyder detailed how he was doing in the weeks leading up to the tragedy, including Urker always keeping a weapon close by in the bedroom.

“He had to sleep with a gun every night,” his sister told The Daily Mail in an interview published Oct. 8, asserting that the decision was due to an onslaught of online “death threats” and getting “doxxed.”

Snyder didn’t believe that her brother was afraid Blanchard—with whom Urker shares 21-month-old daughter Aurora—would harm him, though she asserted that being with the Life After Lockup star had made him a target.

E! News has reached out to Blanchard’s reps for comment and has not yet heard back.

Synder also admitted that she and their mom Raina Williams are not on the same page when it comes to Blanchard.