Grandmother of NFL player's missing son says teen vanished 'minutes' after leaving her home

A 14-year-old boy who disappeared after leaving his grandmother's house two weeks ago disappeared “three or four minutes” after leaving her house, she said.

The son of former Colts player Daniel Muir was last seen near Cleveland two weeks ago, investigators say. Missing teen Bryson Muir was shot in the face when his grandmother Cheryl Wright went to pick him up in Toledo at her daughter's request.

His grandmother said: “He just said his dad did it, but he wasn't mad, but he wasn't mad at his dad. He told me he deserved it and that it was OK. So I told him that wasn't the case and that no one should beat their children like that, not if they love them. »

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According to Wright, when she went to pick up Bryson, there were three people in the car: his mother, his father and a man she didn't know. But only he drove nearly two hours back to her home in Cleveland with her. She added: “She just told me I had to come pick him up and since this is an ongoing case, I don't want to go into everything that happened during our conversation, but she just told me I had to come pick him up.”

A few days later, the teen was picked up by his mother, father and an adult man, but not before calling the police. Minutes after they left, a police officer stopped them, but Bryson was not in the car.

When asked what could have happened to the 14-year-old in such a short time, Wright responded that “the only thing the officers said [her] “They probably put him in another vehicle and that car drove away.”

Bryson Muir's grandmother shared a photo of the teen's alleged abuse with Indiana State Police investigators, and as of Friday afternoon, Kristin and Daniel Muir were no longer cooperating with police. investigators. Daniel and Kristin Muir, Bryson's parents, had consented to their son meeting with investigators Friday at 12 p.m.

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Police said the Muirs backed out of the deal an hour before the scheduled meeting. Ms Wright said: “Bryson is, I believe, somewhere else and they just don't want to bring him back, maybe they don't want the police to see his face.

“I think it's been almost two weeks now, but I'm sure those injuries are still there. Bryson is, I think, somewhere else and they just don't want to bring him back, maybe they don't want the police to see his face. I think it's been almost two weeks now, but I'm sure those injuries are still there.”

Before the scheduled meeting, police were unable to contact Bryson's parents, leading to rumors that the “cult-like” church they belong to may have been involved. The Servant Leader's Foundation owns the land where the Muir family resides as well as the vehicle used to transport Bryson from his grandmother's house, police said.