Former NFL player accused of abusing teenage son

Former NFL player Daniel Muir and his wife Kristin were taken into custody Wednesday in connection with the alleged abuse of their 14-year-old son. Indiana State Police said they executed a search warrant at the Muirs' home in Logansport, Indiana, early Wednesday and found Bryson Muir “safe and sound,” Fox News reports. A Silver Alert was issued over the weekend after the parents failed to bring the boy to meet with investigators looking into the abuse allegations, NBC News reports. The alert said Bryson, who had not been seen since June 16, was considered “missing and endangered.”

Last week, Cheryl Wright, the teen’s maternal grandmother, told WTHR that Bryson had injuries, including a black eye and a split lip, when she saw him last month. “He just said his dad did it, but he wasn’t mad, but he wasn’t mad at his dad,” Wright said. “He told me he deserved it and it was OK. So I told him that wasn’t the case and that no one should beat their kids like that, not if they love them.” The boy’s “whole face was swollen,” the grandmother told Fox 59. “I can only imagine how many times he’s been hit in the face for it to be like that.”

Both parents were charged with obstruction of justice and Daniel Muir was charged with domestic violence. They were remanded in custody at the Cass County Jail on Wednesday and Bryson was placed in the custody of the Cass County Department of Children's Services,” NBC reports. (More Indiana stories.)