Former Indianapolis Colts defensive deal with Daniel Muir and his spouse have been arrested after their lacking 14-year-old son was discovered secure Wednesday — two weeks after cops began probing abuse allegations.
Bryson Muir was positioned “secure and properly” when Indiana State Police SWAT groups raided the Muir household residence in Logansport, north of Indianapolis, at about 6 a.m., cops mentioned.
His dad and mom, Daniel and Kristin Muir, had been each taken into custody on obstruction of justice prices.
The teenager’s father, a one-time defensive lineman, can be dealing with a home battery cost, police mentioned.
Bryson, who stands 6-foot-2 and weighs roughly 185 kilos, hadn’t been seen since June 16 after his grandmother, Cheryl Wright, alerted cops that the teenager had allegedly been abused by his dad.
The grandmother tipped police off after noticing the teenager had a swollen black eye.
The boy was final seen together with his mother as she drove him away from the grandmother’s residence in Cleveland, Ohio, that day.
“His face was battered. After I bought him he had a black eye and busted lip,” Wright informed FOX 59.
“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.”
Native cops tracked down Kristin Muir’s automobile quickly after receiving the report, however the teen was nowhere to be discovered.
Investigators had been engaged on the speculation that Bryson had been switched into one other car.
Regardless of visiting the Muir household residence a number of occasions over the next days, cops mentioned they had been unable to make contact with Bryson’s dad and mom.
Authorities issued a “Silver Alert” final Friday after the Muirs informed cops they’d deliver Bryson to Indianapolis State Police headquarters to satisfy with detectives and show he was OK — however backed out of the association simply an hour earlier than.
The raid was carried out after the Muirs failed to point out up at courtroom on Tuesday after warrants had been issued for them.
The household lives on land owned by the Straitway Reality Ministries, a non secular sect primarily based in Tennessee that some have described as a cult.
Bryson’s grandmother has since alleged the teenager might have been “brainwashed” by his dad and mom.
“Bryson is so conditioned or brainwashed to their way of life that he needed to return,” Wright mentioned.
The Straitway Reality Ministries web site claims the group is a “nation of Hebrew Israelites who’re commandment keepers; obedient to Yah and our savior, Jesus the Christ. We’re blessed with a vibrant deliverance ministry and life-changing reality from a real Jeremiah 3:15 Pastor.”
