‘Alaskan Bush People’ star Noah Brown emotionally confirms he identified brother Matt’s body: ‘I’m sorry it came down to this’

“Alaskan Bush People” prima Noah Brown confirmed he identified his relative Matt’s assemblage aft he was recovered successful a Washington river.

Noah, nan youngest relative among nan 7 Brown siblings, shared successful an Instagram video Saturday that he identified Matt aft his eldest brother’s assemblage was pulled from nan river. Noah said he had been moving pinch hunt groups to find Matt’s body, and that nan group he was pinch located him astatine 3:27 p.m.

“I identified it arsenic Matthew,” Noah said. “My oldest brother, Matthew Brown, has passed away.”

Noah said nan family would person much specifications erstwhile nan coroner’s study comes retired and thanked those who were searching for Matt, including locals.

“I was location erstwhile we pulled him retired of nan river,” he said. “We hauled him up disconnected nan bank. And then, aft nan sheriffs sewage location and everything, nan coroner did his thing, and I went down to place that it was him.”

“It’s decidedly Matthew,” he continued. “His ID and Social Security paper was connected him, and I was capable to visually place that it was Matthew.”

Noah besides addressed fans of “Alaskan Bush People,” noting, “I’m sorry it came down to this.”

“I don’t cognize what to say,” he added, taking a region arsenic he sewage emotional.

“Anyway, it’s late. Say your prayers and show group that you emotion that you emotion them while you can.”

Noah’s relative Bear Brown besides shared successful a TikTok video Saturday that Matt died by suicide. He was 43 years old.

“I didn’t deliberation he would wounded himself, it does look for illustration nan wounded is self-inflicted,” Bear said. “Obviously, nan coroner has to look astatine him and stuff, but I thought you guys should cognize it is him.”

Earlier this month, Matt posted an alarming livestream connected YouTube successful which he was nude and rambled while carrying what appeared to beryllium a gun. In a TikTok video past week, Bear said that Matt “has been struggling for a agelong clip pinch intoxicant and pinch drugs” — but he insisted nan family did not “shun” him. Instead, Matt allegedly “didn’t want thing to do pinch nan family.”

He said that nan past clip he saw him was erstwhile they ran into each different astatine Walmart “a small spot ago,” and Matt told him he had “fallen disconnected nan wagon.” Bear said he had encouraged him to spell to rehab.

Bear many times said that he “would’ve ne'er thought that Matt would return his ain life.”

Matt appeared successful nan Discovery Channel’s “Alaskan Bush People” betwixt 2014 and 2019, which starred his parents — Billy and Ami — and his siblings. Billy died successful 2021 astatine 68 years old.

The reality bid followed nan Brown family arsenic they lived disconnected nan grid successful nan wilderness.

If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, interaction the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling aliases texting 988.