Sister Wives star Janelle Brown is “extremely devastated and tortured” after her son Garrison’s suicide “left a huge hole” in her life.
Garrison Brown, 25, was found by his younger brother Gabe, 22, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in their Flagstaff, Arizona, home on Tuesday.
He was the fourth of six children born to Janelle and Brown family patriarch Kody, with whom he and Gabe had a “feud” during the pandemic.
Kody had three other “wives” as part of a polygamous Mormon family, until all but his fourth wife, Robyn, abandoned him, including Janelle. The family has appeared on the TLC show Sister Wives.
Janelle, 54, said she was “deeply saddened” by the death of “our beautiful boy” as she announced his death Tuesday night.
Sister Wives star Janelle Brown is “extremely devastated and tortured” after her son Garrison’s (pictured) suicide “left a huge hole” in her life.
Garrison was photographed hugging his mother in a May 2016 Mother’s Day post on Instagram.
‘He was a bright spot in the lives of everyone who knew him. Losing him will leave a void so big in our lives that it will take our breath away,” he wrote on Instagram.
A source close to the family claimed that Janelle had “definitely not processed” Garrison’s death and was devastated despite not being “a crybaby or an emotional person.”
‘I have never heard her so angry and numb. She is not clearly prosecuted,’ they said. Sun.
‘It takes a lot for it to break. So I think now she’s going to say what the hell happened, what did I do wrong?
“This family is extremely broken and tortured and it is very painful for many of them.”
They claimed that Robyn, Kody’s last wife, was the most annoying, even though Garrison was not their biological son.
Police said Garrison had an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound” and no foul play was suspected. Detectives are investigating his death.
It was not immediately clear if Garrison left a suicide note.
Garrison adopted a third cat just five days before taking her own life, showing off her new pet on Instagram.
‘The latest edition at my house, Mrs. Buttons. She is 9 years old and was in line for euthanasia but my savior complex was not enough. #crazycatlady,’ she wrote.
Garrison was a proud pet owner and animal lover, and frequently posted about his cats on his social media in recent years.
Janelle previously said that Kody eventually “had some kind of relationship with Garrison” after their fight, but that “there was no reconciliation.”
The former couple has daughters Maddie, 28, and Savannah, 19, and sons Logan, 29, and Hunter, 27, as well as Garrison and Gabe.
Garrison adopted a third cat just five days before taking his own life, showing off his new pet on Instagram
The life of the large blended family is immensely tangled and complicated, which kept the show full of drama.
Kody previously split from Christine Brown in 2021, and would later split from Meri later in 2022, and from Janelle in December 2022.
Kody said on the series in February 2022 that he, Garrison and Gabe were “not good” and “not talking” when they clashed with him over what they considered onerous protocols he implemented amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“Everything has changed for everyone, and they want everything to be the same; they have to realize that they have to go out and date that girlfriend, okay, but they have to move house so I can be home,” he said. saying.
In an episode of the TLC series chronicling tension in the family, according to People, Janelle said in a confessional interview that she felt Garrison “just seems angry or sadder, like he’s not as carefree as he used to be.” ‘ amid the family fight over pandemic precautions.
‘I’m worried about my children’s mental health. Gabriel feels everything very, very deeply. But he is also the child who doesn’t say anything,’ he stated.
Amid the clash of philosophies over the pandemic, Garrison moved out of his parents’ home and eventually settled in Arizona in 2021.
Janelle said of her late son: “He was a bright spot in the lives of everyone who knew him.”
In recent years, Kody’s three wives, except Robyn Brown, 45, had abandoned him, creating major divisions in the family, including strained relationships with his sons Garrison and Gabriel.
Kody opened up about his problems with his children in a May 2023 episode of the series and said he was upset about the situation.
“I haven’t been in contact with Gabriel and Garrison in quite some time,” Kody said. “I’m pretty sad because I’m not close (to them) anymore.”
He added that “there were so many things in our lives that we did that were rich together, you know, just special experiences.”
Kody said he thought and hoped they could “get over this” in time.
“Right now, there’s not really an open door with Gabe and Garrison,” he said. “They are not willing to hire me.”