LOGANSPORT, Ind. – The 14-year-old son of a former Indianapolis Colts participant has been discovered greater than two weeks after his reported disappearance.
Bryson Muir’s mother and father are in custody, and a number of other different folks had been detained on Wednesday in Cass County as Indiana State Police served arrest and search warrants.
The teenager appeared “secure and effectively,” in keeping with Indiana State Police. He was launched into the custody of the Cass County Division of Youngster Companies.
His father, Daniel Muir, faces preliminary fees of home battery (Class A misdemeanor) and obstruction of justice (Degree 6 felony) whereas his mom, Kristen Muir, faces a preliminary cost of obstruction of justice (Degree 6 felony), ISP mentioned.
Arrest warrants had been issued for each mother and father. Police took them to the Cass County Jail.
This occurred as Indiana State Police descended on a compound in Logansport positioned at 1740 W. US Freeway 24.
Three SWAT groups, detectives, K9 models and a bomb squad had been ready to look a number of buildings on the property owned by the Servant Chief’s Basis, a nonprofit spiritual group. The operation started round 6 a.m., ISP mentioned.
Investigators have secured search warrants for the compound. Officers from the Logansport Police Division and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division had been additionally on the scene. The Cass County Sheriff’s Workplace offered further sources.
Video confirmed a number of police automobiles on the location, together with an armored automobile from IMPD.
Daniel and Kristen Muir had been due in court docket Tuesday however didn’t present up, main ISP to arrange Wednesday’s operation.
Case background
Earlier than Wednesday’s developments, Bryson had final been seen on June 16. His grandmother, Cheryl Wright, mentioned the teenager might have been abused by his father, a former Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman.
Wright tipped off police in regards to the potential abuse after discovering her grandson with a black eye. He was final seen in Cleveland, Ohio, leaving along with his mom, Kristen Muir, in a white 2015 Chevrolet Suburban.
Wright advised FOX59/CBS4 this week that she contacted police and took an image of her grandson’s accidents.
“His face was battered. After I bought him he had a black eye and busted lip,” Wright mentioned. “His complete face was swollen. I can solely think about what number of occasions he had been hit within the face for it to be like that.”
Bryson advised her that his father was chargeable for the accidents. He didn’t reveal what led as much as it.
Wright believes her grandson has been “brainwashed” by his mother and father and the spiritual group they belong to.
Police discovered shortly discovered Bryson’s mom and the Suburban, however the 14-year-old wasn’t contained in the automobile. Investigators imagine he might have been switched into one other automobile.
Ongoing dispute, Silver Alert
For a number of days, investigators couldn’t get involved with Bryson’s mother and father regardless of going to the household’s residence in Logansport a number of time. On June 27, there appeared to be a shift within the case, with Indiana State Police saying the Muirs had been “starting to cooperate.”
However that optimism shortly dissipated; Daniel and Kristen Muir, by their lawyer, had agreed to fulfill with police on the Peru Put up on Friday. An hour earlier than the scheduled assembly, they backed out, ISP mentioned. The event led police to problem a statewide Silver Alert.
The alert mentioned Bryson was final seen on June 16, 2024, at 7:53 a.m. and indicated he could possibly be in “excessive hazard and will require medical help.”
Extra on Logansport property
Indicators on the secluded Logansport property make no point out of the Servant Chief’s Basis, which information present is the registered proprietor of the property. A number of indicators say, “Welcome to Straitway Indiana Goshen” together with a crest.
Different indicators warn towards trespassing and state that the situation is non-public property.
An web search results in Straitway Ministries, a Tennessee-based spiritual group that describes itself as “nation of Hebrew Israelites who’re commandment keepers; obedient to Yah (God) and our savior, Jesus the Christ.”
The group’s official YouTube page features a video from four years ago that reveals a person showing to be Daniel Muir preaching to a crowd.
Some have described the group as a cult; Bryson’s grandmother feared her grandson was being “brainwashed” and couldn’t deliver himself to go away his mother and father.
“Bryson is so conditioned or brainwashed to their way of life that he needed to return,” Wright mentioned earlier this week. “As I attempted to get my daughter to go away he ran out of the home and left with them.”
