Inside ‘Alaskan Bush People’ star Matt Brown’s final days before heartbreaking death

“Alaskan Bush People” prima Matt Brown saw his relative Noah Brown nan time earlier he died by suicide.

It was “just 1 of those, like, driving by [and] wave-type situations,” Noah told Us Weekly connected Monday, going connected to stock his regrets astir not stopping past week.

“I wish I had much clip erstwhile I drove past,” nan 33-year-old confessed. “But … it is what it is.”

Noah, who identified Matt aft his assemblage was pulled from a Washington stream Saturday, went connected to picture his last speech pinch his precocious related “two aliases 3 weeks” earlier Matt’s passing.

“I ran into him successful nan market shop [and] nan past point I said to him was, ‘Okay, emotion you more, man,’ which was our thing,” Noah recalled.

“You ne'er cognize erstwhile nan past clip you’re going to spot personification is, truthful [our family] ever [says] really you consciousness correct earlier you opportunity goodbye, because it could beryllium nan past thing,” he added. “Then that was it.”

As for their narration move anterior to Matt’s death, Noah said they were “good” but “kept [their] distance.”

He explained, “In nan later years, I realized it was champion to conscionable benignant of fto him do his ain thing. … The accent of a ample family gets to immoderate people, and it’s conscionable 1 of those things. [I] conscionable let’s fto him unrecorded his life.

“He and I were bully and I’m very, very thankful for that,” Noah continued. “I do wish, though, that location could person been more, but successful nan end, that’s benignant of ever really it is. You ever wish that you could person done more, nary matter really overmuch it was that you were doing.”

Matt went missing connected Wednesday, pinch nan Okanogan County Sheriff Office revealing a 911 caller “heard a sound” astatine nan Okanogan River, turned and saw a man “facedown successful nan h2o drifting distant successful nan current.”

A weapon was later recovered from nan area.

He died by suicide, according to relative Bear Brown’s TikTok video complete nan weekend.

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

Bear, for illustration Noah, ran into Matt anterior to his decease while retired shopping “a small spot ago.”

Matt, who struggled “for a agelong clip pinch intoxicant and drugs,” told his relative that he had “fallen disconnected nan wagon,” Bear claimed.

The 38-year-old, astatine nan time, urged Matt to spell to rehab.

He insisted via TikTok that his family did not “shun” Matt, alleging alternatively that his related “didn’t want thing to do pinch nan family.”

The Brown family, notably, appeared on Discovery Channel’s “Alaskan Bush People” betwixt 2014 and 2019.

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.