Janelle and Kody Brown are mourning the loss of life of their son Robert Garrison Brown.
“Kody and I are deeply saddened to announce the lack of our lovely boy Robert Garrison Brown,” Janelle, 54, wrote in a joint assertion with Kody, 55, through Instagram on Tuesday, March 5. “He was a shiny spot within the lives of all who knew him. His loss will go away such a giant gap in our lives that it takes our breath away. We ask that you simply please respect our privateness and be part of us in honoring his reminiscence.”
Kody posted a virtually similar assertion on the identical time with similar photographs of their late son.
Garrison (actual title Robert Garrison Brown) was discovered lifeless at his dwelling in Flagstaff, Arizona, after affected by a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday, March 5, Us Weekly confirmed. He was 25.
His brother Gabriel Brown reportedly entered the house and referred to as Flagstaff Police Division upon discovering Garrison’s physique. No foul play is suspected and an investigation into the obvious suicide is underway.
Along with Garrison and Gabriel, 22, Janelle and Kody share children Logan, 29, Madison, 27, Hunter, 26, and Savanah, 18. (Janelle ended her religious marriage to Kody in December 2022.)
Garrison moved into his own residence in 2021 after having a falling out along with his father over the strict COVID-19 restrictions Kody was imposing along with his massive household. The rift between Kody and sons Garrison and Gabriel worsened when Kody demanded that they apologize in the event that they needed a relationship with him.
“Me and Garrison are at odds with my dad, as a result of once we expressed our discontent at how issues have been going with COVID, I used to be met with only a wall,” Gabriel stated throughout season 18 of Sister Wives, which was filmed in early 2022. “There was no line of dialogue. I feel that that’s what actually drove the wedge between us.”
On the time, Janelle stated she was “frightened” about Gabriel and Garrison’s “psychological well being.”
“Gabriel feels the whole lot very, very deeply. However he’s additionally the child who doesn’t say something,” she stated on the time. “And Garrison simply appears offended or sadder, like, he’s not as happy-go-lucky as he was once.”
Throughout a December 2023 episode of Sister Wives, Janelle stated that “no reconciliation” had occurred between Kody and their sons.
Janelle pointed to their household drama as one of many breaking factors for her marriage to Kody. (Kody’s marriages to Christine and Meri led to 2021 and 2022, respectively, and he’s nonetheless married to fourth spouse Robyn Brown.)
“I had to decide on between having my boys in my home or having Kody there,” Janelle shared. “So when Kody would come, the boys must be out of the home. I’d need to spray the whole lot down with Lysol and stuff as a result of he was very afraid of getting the virus from them. So it grew to become actually annoying. After which it slowly developed as they began to get angrier and angrier with one another.”
Though she felt anger towards Kody, the household matriarch admitted she hoped “ultimately” time would heal Kody’s relationships along with his sons, telling E! Information in November 2023, “I’m hoping that over time he can discover a relationship with the kids that he’s estranged from now.”