Former Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman Daniel Muir was arrested Wednesday alongside together with his spouse, Kristen Muir, after their 14-year-old son, who had been reported lacking two weeks earlier, was discovered at their residence in Logansport, Indiana.
The arrests had been made after Indiana State Police executed a search warrant on the residence. Daniel Muir faces costs of home battery, a Class A misdemeanor, and obstruction of justice, a felony. Kristen Muir faces a cost of obstruction of justice.
Bryson Muir is “secure and nicely” and is now within the custody of Cass County Division of Baby Companies, Indiana State Police Sgt. Steven Glass stated.
Based on the Garfield Heights, Ohio, police name abstract, Bryson’s grandmother, Cheryl Wright, referred to as police on June 16 to report that “her grandson was being abused.” Wright informed Indianapolis station FOX59/CBS4 this week that she took an image of her grandson’s accidents.
“His face was battered,” she stated. “Once I obtained him, he had a black eye and busted lip. His entire 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.”
Wright stated that Bryson informed her that his father was chargeable for the accidents. Based on the decision abstract, Wright stated she had picked up Bryson earlier and introduced him to her residence as a result of he was being abused. She referred to as police when Bryson’s mom, Kristen, arrived at her home and left with Bryson. Instantly after Wright referred to as within the report at 7:53 a.m., police discovered Kristen and stopped her in her automobile. However based on the decision abstract, Bryson was not contained in the automobile.
Indiana investigators struggled to contact Daniel, 40, and Kristen, 38. FOX59 reported that on Friday, Daniel and Kristen agreed to satisfy with Indiana State Police and to deliver Bryson, who had not been seen since leaving his grandmother’s residence in Ohio. However an hour earlier than the scheduled assembly, they backed out, which led police to problem a statewide Silver Alert, stating that Bryson could possibly be in “excessive hazard and should require medical help.”
Glass informed reporters that officers discovered Bryson and his dad and mom instantly after executing the 6 a.m. search warrant on Wednesday. Glass stated the operation was “peaceable.”
FOX59 reported that the operation included three SWAT groups, detectives, Ok-9 models and a bomb squad and that they had been ready to go looking a number of buildings on the property.
“With something of this nature, we now have to be nicely ready, to enter the unknown,” Glass informed reporters. “Finally, all the pieces went nicely and everyone is secure, together with Bryson.”
The property at 1740 W. U.S. Freeway 24 is called “Straitway Goshen” as a result of it’s one in every of round a dozen satellites of the intense spiritual motion Straitway Reality Ministry, a Hebrew Israelite group led by Charles Dowell out of Lafayette, Tennessee. Straitway Reality Ministry encourages members to reside collectively in remoted communities.
In March 2020, Daniel Muir purchased the 59 acres of Logansport land and a home on the property for $450,000. The property is now below the possession of “Servant Leaders Basis,” and he goes by the title “Pastor.” He’s listed on Straitway’s web site because the contact and chief of Straitway’s Indiana location. There are a number of buildings on the Logansport land, and Muir often posts YouTube updates about building of latest buildings on the property.
In a 2020 interview with Sports activities Illustrated, Muir stated his spouse and youngsters lived with him on the property however wouldn’t say whether or not different households who attend companies at Straitway Goshen additionally reside there, together with their most notable member, five-time Professional Bowler and Colts Ring of Honor inductee Robert Mathis. Mathis confirmed his involvement in Straitway in an interview with Sports activities Illustrated in 2020, and his private Fb account reveals a number of images of him with Muir and the Indiana group households.
Indiana State Police stated that different folks on the property had been detained and questioned on Wednesday however didn’t specify them by title. Daniel and Kristen Muir had been the one two arrested.
Daniel Muir performed defensive sort out for Indianapolis from 2008 to 2011.