Former NFL player and woman arrested after their missing son was found at a religious complex

The missing 14-year-old son of former Indiana Colts lineman Daniel Muir was found safe Wednesday after a state police SWAT team entered his family home on a religious property.

Bryson Muir appeared to be “safe and sound” and was released into the care of Cass County Juvenile Services. This is evident from a press release from the state police.

Bryson had been considered missing and endangered since last month after his grandmother told child protective services she believed he was the victim of a domestic assault by his father, according to previous reports from JS. Authorities were unable to locate the teen after his grandmother made the report.

When Bryson was found, authorities took his parents, Kristin Muir, 38, and Daniel Muir, 40, into custody on a preliminary charge of obstruction of justice.

Daniel Muir faces an additional charge of domestic battery, according to the news release.

“His face was battered. When I got him he had a black eye and a busted lip,” said Bryson’s grandmother, Cheryl Wright. told Fox affiliate WXIN of the teen’s condition last month when she decided to alert authorities.

Wright told the newspaper that Bryson had been “brainwashed” into his parents’ lifestyle at a religious compound in Logansport, Indiana.

Although Bryson had not been seen since June 16, police issued a silver alert for him on June 28 after his parents backed out of a plan to take their son to authorities.

A WXIN news crew visited the Muirs’ property after Bryson’s disappearance and reported a sign for Straitway Truth Ministries.

The Tennessee-based organization is led by the Rev. Charles Dowell and has 12 offices in the U.S. and Canada, according to its website. Daniel Muir is listed as pastor of the Indiana church.

The organization has been described as a cult and has reportedly attracted a number of former NFL players as members investigation by Sports Illustrated.

In a Youtube video Posted after the arrests, Dowell spoke in front of a wall covered in camouflage gear and assault rifles and tried to cast doubt on media coverage of the case.

He said authorities entered the property with battering rams and a bear cat during morning prayers and compared the incident to the 1993 raid in Waco, Texas, in which authorities besieged a Branch Davidian cult complex and killed more than 80 people.

No one was injured during this week’s raid in Indiana, according to state police.

Sergeant Steven Glass told WXIN that the operation was “peaceful” because police immediately came into contact with the Muirs during the search.

“With anything of this nature, we have to be well prepared to go into the unknown,” Glass told the newspaper.

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