LOGANSPORT, Ind. – A 14-year-old who had been missing for more than two weeks has been found.
His parents are in custody, and several other people were detained on Wednesday in Cass County.
This happened as Indiana State Police prepared to descend on a compound in Logansport in the search for the teen.
Three SWAT teams, detectives, K9 units and a bomb squad were prepared to search multiple buildings at the property owned by the Servant Leader’s Foundation, a nonprofit religious group.
Investigators have secured search warrants and were set to search the compound.
Bryson’s parents, Daniel and Kristen Muir, were due in court Tuesday but didn’t show up, leading ISP to prepare a large search effort Wednesday morning.
Case background
Before Wednesday’s developments, Bryson had been last seen on June 16. His grandmother, Cheryl Wright, said the teen may have been abused by his father, a former Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman.
Wright tipped off police about the possible abuse after finding her grandson with a black eye. He was last seen in Cleveland, Ohio, leaving with his mother, Kristen Muir, in a white 2015 Chevrolet Suburban.
Wright told FOX59/CBS4 this week that she contacted police and took a picture of her grandson’s injuries.
“His face was battered. When I got him he had a black eye and busted lip,” Wright said. “His whole face was swollen. I can only imagine how many times he had been hit in the face for it to be like that.”
Bryson told her that his father was responsible for the injuries. He didn’t reveal what led up to it.
Wright believes her grandson has been “brainwashed” by his parents and the religious group they belong to.
Police found quickly found Bryson’s mother and the Suburban, but the 14-year-old wasn’t inside the vehicle. Investigators believe he may have been switched into another vehicle.
Ongoing dispute, Silver Alert
For several days, investigators couldn’t get a hold of Bryson’s parents despite going to the family’s home in Logansport multiple time. On June 27, there seemed to be a shift in the case, with Indiana State Police saying the Muirs were “beginning to cooperate.”
But that optimism quickly dissipated; Daniel and Kristen Muir, through their lawyer, had agreed to meet with police at the Peru Post on Friday. An hour before the scheduled meeting, they backed out, ISP said. The development led police to issue a statewide Silver Alert.
The alert said Bryson was last seen on June 16, 2024, at 7:53 a.m. He’s 6’2” and 185 pounds with black hair and brown eyes and was last known to be wearing an orange Under Armor shirt and blue jeans.
Police are urging anyone with information on Bryson’s whereabouts or his parents to contact the Indiana State Police Peru post at (800) 382-0689 or call 911.
