{"id":713285,"date":"2026-06-03T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713285\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:31:11","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-matt-brown-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713285\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Alaskan Bush People’ Matt Brown Cause of Death Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Alaskan Bush People’ Matt Brown
\n Cause of Death Revealed …
\n Meth in His System<\/p>\n

\n Published
\n June 3, 2026
\n 3:00 PM PDT
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\n Updated
\n June 3, 2026
\n 4:06 PM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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Matt Brown<\/a>‘s autopsy is shedding a little light on his tragic death. According to the Okanogan County Coroner, the “Alaskan Bush People” star was high on meth when he took his own life, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n

The coroner’s office tells us Matt died by suicide, and the official cause of death is a “single penetrating gunshot wound to the head.”<\/p>\n

The autopsy also says he was under the influence of methamphetamine … stating “subsequent immersion in water (river)” contributed to his death. The coroner’s office plans to release Matt’s body to his family for final arrangements.<\/p>\n

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As we previously reported, his family feared<\/a> the worst when the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office started searching for an unnamed man who was last seen<\/a> face-down in the Okanogan River, getting swept away by the current.<\/p>\n

At the time, Matt’s brother, Bear<\/a>, was told a witness spotted MB near a river, floating in the water at some point.<\/p>\n

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After a days-long search, a private search party found<\/a> Matt’s body. As we previously reported, his family’s torn<\/a> about the sad news … feeling shock, grief and relief all at once.<\/p>\n

Matt had been estranged<\/a> from his family for a few years due to erratic behavior, but the family said<\/a> in their tribute that they never lost hope that he could “heal and find peace.”<\/p>\n

RIP<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat\u00a0988lifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Alaskan Bush People’ Matt Brown Cause of Death Revealed … Meth in His System Published June 3, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-713285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}