{"id":4162,"date":"2026-06-01T00:33:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-star-noah-brown-emotionally-confirms-he-identified-brother-matts-body\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T00:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:33:45","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-star-noah-brown-emotionally-confirms-he-identified-brother-matts-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alaskan-bush-people-star-noah-brown-emotionally-confirms-he-identified-brother-matts-body\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alaskan Bush People\u2019 star Noah Brown emotionally confirms he identified brother Matt\u2019s body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F129344358.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Noah Brown confirmed he identified his brother Matt\u2019s body after he was found in a Washington river.<\/p>\n<p>Noah, the youngest brother among the seven Brown siblings, shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DY_icmvlEZ0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Instagram video<\/a> Saturday that he identified Matt after his eldest brother\u2019s body was pulled from the river. Noah said he had been working with search groups to find Matt\u2019s body, and that the group he was with located him at 3:27 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI identified it as Matthew,\u201d Noah said. \u201cMy oldest brother, Matthew Brown, has passed away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noah said the family would receive more details when the coroner\u2019s report comes out and thanked those who were searching for Matt, including locals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Noah Brown confirmed he identified his brother Matt\u2019s body in an Instagram video Saturday. <span class=\"credit\">noah_dc_brown\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Noah said he helped haul Matt\u2019s body out of a Washington river. <span class=\"credit\">noah_dc_brown\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI was there when we pulled him out of the river,\u201d he said. \u201cWe hauled him up off the bank. And then, after the sheriffs got there and everything, the coroner did his thing, and I went down to identify that it was him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely Matthew,\u201d he continued. \u201cHis ID and Social Security card was on him, and I was able to visually identify that it was Matthew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noah also addressed fans of \u201cAlaskan Bush People,\u201d noting, \u201cI\u2019m sorry it came down to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say,\u201d he added, taking a pause as he got emotional.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Noah shared that he was positive it was Noah, and that he had his ID and Social Security card on him. <span class=\"credit\">noah_dc_brown\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matt was the eldest of the seven Brown siblings. He was 43 years old. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, it\u2019s late. Say your prayers and tell people that you love that you love them while you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noah\u2019s brother Bear Brown also shared in a TikTok video Saturday that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/celebrity-news\/matt-browns-brother-says-he-committed-suicide-after-alaskan-bush-people-stars-body-pulled-from-river\/\">Matt died by suicide<\/a>. He was 43 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think he would hurt himself, it does look like the injury is self-inflicted,\u201d Bear said. \u201cObviously, the coroner has to look at him and stuff, but I thought you guys should know it is him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Matt posted an alarming livestream on YouTube in which he was nude and rambled while carrying what appeared to be a gun. In a TikTok video last week, Bear said that Matt <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/\">\u201chas been struggling for a long time with alcohol and with drugs\u201d<\/a> \u2014 but he insisted the family did not \u201cshun\u201d him. Instead, Matt allegedly \u201cdidn\u2019t want anything to do with the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bear Brown said Matt committed suicide in a TikTok video Saturday. <span class=\"credit\">TikTok.\/@bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matt alarmed fans earlier this month when he posted a livestream in which he was nude and rambled while appearing to carry a gun. <span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matt appeared on the Discovery Channel\u2019s long-running \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d from 2014 to 2019. <span class=\"credit\">Discovery+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said that the last time he saw him was when they ran into each other at Walmart \u201ca little bit ago,\u201d and Matt told him he had \u201cfallen off the wagon.\u201d Bear said he had encouraged him to go to rehab.<\/p>\n<p>Bear repeatedly said that he \u201cwould\u2019ve never thought that Matt would take his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt appeared in the Discovery Channel\u2019s \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d between 2014 and 2019, which starred his parents \u2014 Billy and Ami \u2014 and his siblings. Billy died in 2021 at 68 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The reality series followed the Brown family as they lived off the grid in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, contact the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\"><strong><em>Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0by calling or texting 988.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-noah-brown-emotionally-confirms-he-identified-brother-matts-body\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Noah Brown confirmed he identified his brother Matt\u2019s body after he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129344358.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}