Ex-Colts player Daniel Muir ARRESTED with his wife as missing son found ‘safe and well’ by police in morning raid

  • Bryson Muir, 14, had been missing for two weeks amid allegations of abuse
  • Bryson is now in the custody of the Cass County Department of Child Services 
  • His father, Daniel, has been arrested on charges of obstruction and battery  

The missing son of former Indianapolis Colts player Daniel Muir has been found safe after two nervous weeks, but the NFL retiree has now been arrested amid abuse allegations.

Bryson Muir, 14, was found ‘safe and well’ at 6am on Wednesday when Indiana State Police SWAT team members raided the Muir family home in Logansport, Indiana.

Both of his parents, Daniel and Kristin Muir, were taken into custody and charged with Obstruction of Justice – a Level 6 felony in Indiana and punishable by up to 2.5 years in jail. Furthermore, Daniel is also charged with misdemeanor battery.

Bryson is now in the custody of the Cass County Department of Child Services.

While officers were able to find Bryson safely, much about his disappearance remains a mystery.  

Bryson Muir (pictured with a black eye) was found ‘safe and well’ after going missing 

Bryson is the son of 40-year-old former Indianapolis Colts nose tackle Daniel Muir (pictured)

Bryson is the son of 40-year-old former Indianapolis Colts nose tackle Daniel Muir (pictured) 

On Friday, Indiana police issued a Silver Alert for Bryson, who was believed to be in extreme danger amid allegations of abuse against Daniel. The teenager had last been seen leaving his grandmother’s Ohio home on June 16, according to Indiana State Police. 

Officers described parents Daniel and Kristen as uncooperative on Friday after they reneged on an agreement to bring their son to meet with ISP investigators.

Bryson’s grandmother, Cheryl Wright, notified police after seeing her grandson with a black eye and bruised face at her Ohio home on June 16. But when his mother Kristen came to pick up Bryson in the Cleveland suburbs, the younger Muir fled his grandmother’s home and hopped into his mom’s white 2015 Chevrolet Suburban. 

‘His face was battered,’ Wright told Indianapolis’ Fox59 of her last encounter with her grandson outside her Cleveland-area home. ‘When I got [Bryson] he had a black eye and busted lip. 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.’ 

As for Bryson’s willingness to return to his parents despite his injuries, Wright claimed her grandson has been ‘brainwashed’ by the couple and their church, the Servant Leader Foundation. 

‘Bryson is so conditioned or brainwashed to their way of living that he wanted to go back,’ Wright said. ‘As I tried to get my daughter to leave he ran out of the house and left with them.’

Ex-Colts nose tackle Daniel Muir has worked as a pastor at Straitway Truth Ministries in Indiana

Ex-Colts nose tackle Daniel Muir has worked as a pastor at Straitway Truth Ministries in Indiana

Ohio police pulled over the Chevy soon thereafter, but by that point, Bryson was no longer in his mother’s vehicle.

‘The officers believe that he had probably been switched into another car,’ Wright said.

Wright says she told police that she believes Daniel gave Bryson his black eye.

Bryson, she said, refused to talk about the injury with her or the events that preceded it, prompting her to call local police.

‘I didn’t want to let him go,’ said Wright. ‘I tried to call the police because he had been abused. It hurts me that anyone could be beaten like that. It hurts me that my daughter would allow anyone to do that to her child.’

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