{"id":312208,"date":"2025-11-25T06:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/312208\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T06:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:05:09","slug":"cowboys-marshawn-kneeland-died-after-police-believed-he-was-driving-stolen-car-dallas-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/312208\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys\u2019 Marshawn Kneeland died after police believed he was driving stolen car | Dallas Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Body and dash cam footage from law enforcement officials have charted the events leading up to the death of Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old was found dead in the early morning hours of 6 November hours after being pursued by officers who had attempted a traffic stop in suburban Dallas<\/a>. Police say Kneeland took his own life.<\/p>\n

At first, authorities didn\u2019t know the person they were pursuing on the evening of 5 November was Kneeland, initially believing the car he was driving had been stolen. After the driver abandoned the vehicle after a crash, authorities learned that the suspect was Kneeland. His family and friends feared he was in danger of harm as he had sent messages telling them goodbye. They reached out to authorities to locate him.<\/p>\n

A trooper with the Texas<\/a> Department of Public Safety (DPS) began chasing Kneeland\u2019s car at 10.33pm that evening, according to an offense report. The trooper said Kneeland\u2019s vehicle reached speeds higher than 145 mph but other troopers in body camera footage released by DPS said they believed the chase reached speeds of up to 160 mph.<\/p>\n

The trooper lost Kneeland\u2019s car but it was later found around 10.45pm after it had collided with a truck in Frisco, a suburb of Dallas. Troopers said Kneeland\u2019s car was abandoned but they found an empty holster inside, leading them to believe the driver was armed. Troopers and officers didn\u2019t know at that point who the suspect was, initially believing the vehicle might have been stolen.<\/p>\n

At around 11.20pm, DPS troopers and Frisco police department officers were searching for Kneeland in a wooded area and a series of drainage tunnels under a sidewalk. \u201cIf you\u2019re in this tunnel, I\u2019m going to send my dog in here. He is going to bite you. This is your last opportunity,\u201d the Frisco officer said.<\/p>\n

Authorities later fired pepper balls into the tunnels and sent in a drone but did not find Kneeland inside.<\/p>\n

By 1am on 6 November, authorities had learned the driver was Kneeland and they had briefly detained but not charged his girlfriend, Catalina Mancera. She had driven to the scene of the search area but initially hadn\u2019t told authorities of her connection to Kneeland. Authorities later said Mancera worked with officers to find Kneeland.<\/p>\n

In other footage, law enforcement officers, while searching the area, discussed that Kneeland was an NFL<\/a> player and that he had texted goodbye to family members. About 30 minutes later, Kneeland\u2019s body was located.<\/p>\n

Mancera said in a Facebook post on Monday that she still thinks that Kneeland will walk through their front door.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sweet boy is really gone. The things that I would do just to hold you one more time and tell you how much you mean to me. But now I have you to watch over me and wait for me on the other side. I will see you again,\u201d Mancera wrote.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys have said that a memorial fund had been started to support Mancera, who is pregnant with the couple\u2019s child.<\/p>\n

His Cowboys teammates have paid tribute to the defensive end since his death. \u201cWe love Marshawn and will continue to shine a light for him. We\u2019re blessed to carry his light forward,\u201d said Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Body and dash cam footage from law enforcement officials have charted the events leading up to the death…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-312208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}