Overview
- A private search team located a deceased person in the Okanogan River on Saturday, May 30, 2026, and the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the body was positively identified as Matt Brown.
- Noah Brown said he was with the searchers, helped move the body to shore and personally identified his oldest brother before the county coroner took custody.
- Officials have not released a cause or manner of death and the coroner’s autopsy is pending while the sheriff’s office continues its inquiry.
- Family members, including brother Bear Brown, said Matt had long struggled with addiction and mental health and noted troubling recent livestreams and a gun recovered near where the man was seen.
- Matt Brown was a former cast member of Discovery’s Alaskan Bush People and the family has asked for compassion and privacy while urging anyone in crisis to contact support services such as 988.