Bryson Muir, 14, was last seen June 16 with his mother when they were leaving his grandmother's house in the Cleveland, Ohio, area.Indiana State Police are searching for a 14-year-old"missing and endangered" boy whose parents backed out of a meeting with law enforcement earlier this week, authorities said.
The 14-year-old was last seen on June 16 with his mother when they were leaving his grandmother's house in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. His grandmother called the police and provided a photo with Bryson having a black eye as evidence of potential abuse, according tothe NBC affiliate in Indianapolis. But when police pulled over the mother just a short time later in Garfield Heights, Ohio, Bryson was not in the vehicle.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyPolice believe Bryson may have been the victim of domestic abuse at his home on a large property, which is owned by a religious group in Kokomo, WTHR reported. "He just said that his dad did it, but he wasn't angry, but he wasn't angry at his father. He told me that he deserved it and it was OK," she said."So I told him that it wasn't and that nobody should beat their children like that, not if they love them."