Overview
- Private citizens searching the Okanogan River located a deceased individual who was positively identified as Matthew Brown and taken into the custody of the Okanogan County Coroner after being recovered on Saturday, May 30.
- Noah Brown said he was with one of the volunteer search teams, helped pull the body ashore, and personally identified his eldest brother at the scene.
- Family members have publicly recounted Matt’s long history of substance abuse and mental-health struggles, and his brother Bear suggested the injury appears self-inflicted while stressing the coroner’s findings are still needed.
- The sheriff’s office launched searches after a 911 call reported a man sitting in shallow water who was later seen face down and drifting, and officials said a gun was found near where the man was observed.
- Matt Brown was an original cast member on Discovery’s Alaskan Bush People from 2014 until he stepped back around 2019, and the family has asked for privacy as investigators and the coroner complete their work.