“Alaskan Bush People” alum Matt Brown’s younger brother Gabe was seen speaking with police on Thursday as the search for the reality TV star continues.
According to sources, Gabe, one of Matt’s few remaining family members, was speaking with authorities at the Washington River scene where the unidentified man went missing, TMZ reported.
Insiders told the outlet that Gabe was chatting with officers as part of an ongoing manhunt.
Page Six has reached out to the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office in Washington for comment.
Bear told her followers on Thursday that she was told her eldest brother Matt had “taken his own life.”
Although the 38-year-old reality star couldn’t “confirm that it was true,” she said Matt, 43, was “seen in, on, or near a river” and was later “spotted going down a river.”
OCSO in Washington, where Matt lives, was then alerted and a search for the body began.
“All the witnesses say it was Matt,” Baer continued. “Someone definitely did, and a lot of people think it was him. … It seems that way. … It seems very likely that that is the case.”
In an OCSO press release, authorities said someone called 911 on Wednesday saying they spoke to a man sitting in the shallows of the Okanogan River south of Oroville.
“The caller turned away from the man who was sitting in the river, heard a noise, turned back to the man in the water, and saw the man face down in the water being carried away by the current,” the press release said, adding that a gun was later recovered from the area.
Matt was last seen a week ago doing a disturbing nude livestream on YouTube, during which he appeared to be walking around looking drunk or high and was carrying what appeared to be a gun.
Baer shared via TikTok in his latest update on Thursday that the body has not yet been found.
A post featuring Matt’s image was made and shared on a Facebook page using his name, but Bear insists the post is fake.
“Matt only has a YouTube channel. He’s not on Facebook. He’s not on TikTok. He’s not on any of them. They’re scammers posing as him to get people to send money,” he said.
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