New revelations have emerged regarding the untimely death of Matt Brown, known for his role on “Alaskan Bush People,” who died by suicide at the age of 43.
Matt Brown’s body was discovered in the Okanogan River near Oroville, Washington. The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a Sunday press release, reviewed by the Daily Mail, that a group of private citizens had recovered his body on Saturday.
The search was initiated after officials were alerted to reports of a man who had allegedly shot himself, resulting in his body descending into the river.
“The individual was recovered and brought to shore,” stated the authorities, confirming that the person was identified as Matthew Brown.
Following the recovery, the Okanogan County Coroner took custody of the body, with the “cause and manner of death” still under investigation.
Officials noted that no further details would be disclosed at this time due to the ongoing investigation.
New details have surfaced in the death of Alaskan Bush People personality Matt Brown following his tragic suicide at the age of 43
Authorities said they extended their ‘condolences to Mr. Brown’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.’
The private search party recovered Brown’s body after previous search efforts saw ‘deputies and a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife agent’ deployed on the challenging task Friday amid inclement weather conditions.
The deputies and agent used ‘boats, personal watercraft, sonar and divers’ in their efforts to recover the body Friday, authorities previously said.
In addition, officials said that a canine ‘trained in detection of human remains, was deployed’ had been brought in from Spokane, Washington to assist in the search.
Authorities said ‘implements were used to drag the river bottom’ amid Friday’s search for the body, which was ‘hampered’ due to poor river conditions following rainfall on Thursday.
Matthew’s younger brother Noah Brown took to Instagram late Saturday to confirm the tragedy to the public, while shedding light on rescue efforts and thanking the people involved.
‘I have some bad news,’ Noah, 33, said in the clip. ‘For the past couple days, I’ve been working with search and rescue groups trying to locate the body and today, at 3:27, the group that I was working with located the missing body.
‘And I identified it as Matthew – my oldest brother, Matthew Brown, has passed away.’
Brown’s body was recovered from the Okanogan River in Oroville, Washington on Saturday by a ‘group of private citizens,’ the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release
Matthew’s younger brother Noah Brown took to Instagram late Saturday to confirm the tragedy to the public, while shedding light on rescue efforts and thanking the people involved
Noah said there will be more details later after coroner’s findings came back.
He thanked two groups which assisted in the search, Ozark and Stardog Rescue, as well as ‘locals here in town’ who assisted in the recovery efforts.
‘There aren’t a lot of details,’ Noah said. ‘I was there when we pulled him out of the river. We hauled him up off the bank.
‘And then after the sheriffs got there and everything, the coroner did his thing, and I went down to identify that it was him.’
Noah added, ‘It’s definitely Matthew – his ID and Social Security card was on him, and I was able to, visually identify that it was Matthew.’
He said that he was hesitant to say anything publicly until his brother’s death was definitive, at which point he reached out to friends and relatives with the sad news.
‘I wanted to make sure that everyone who knew us personally heard first,’ Noah said. ‘Once we know a cause of death and everything, I will put a video up about that.’
He urged his followers to ‘say your prayers and tell people that you love that you love them while you can,’ ending by saying, ‘God bless.’
Noah’s clip came after his brother Bear also confirmed the tragic news on his social media
Brown’s body was taken by the Okanogan County Coroner, as his ’cause and manner of death’ remained under investigation, officials said
Noah’s clip came after his brother Bear, 38, also confirmed the tragic news in a TikTok clip, admitting that the nature of his sibling’s passing shocked him.
‘I would have never suspected he would have hurt himself, honestly,’ Bear said. ‘He struggled for a long time, as I’ve mentioned.
‘And I was so worried he was going to end up, you know, like, OD’d or something like that. It does look as though the injury is self-inflicted.’
Bear urged posters keep things kind amid the tough time: ‘Please, please be respectful to my family and to my mom, and please watch the comments that you leave, guys.
‘Keep in mind that people on the other side of your screen, people that you’re watching a video of, they’re real people, too.’
He added, ‘Leave as many negative comments about me as you want, but please leave my family out of it.’
Alaskan Bush People ran from 2014 until 2022 over 14 seasons on Discovery Channel, with Matt having appeared on 79 episodes from 2014–2019 on the series, which chronicled his family’s life in the remote area.
A logline for the show described it as ‘a journey deep into Alaska’s bush, where naturalist and adventurer Billy Brown, along with his wife, Ami, and their seven children, choose to live life on their own terms, connected to wild nature and bonded to each other.’
If you or someone you know needs help, please call or text the confidential 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the US on 988. There is also an online chat available at 988lifeline.org.
