Christine Brown of Sister Wives mourns the loss of son Garrison, aged 25, after tragic suicide: ‘Forever in our hearts’

Sister Wives star Christine Brown has paid tribute to Kody Brown and sister wife Janelle Brown’s ‘wonderful’ son Garrison Brown on Instagram — days after it was revealed he died by suicide at age 25.

Christine, 51, uploaded a throwback video on Thursday of Garrison helping her and Kody’s youngest daughter Truely, now 13, build a flower bed on their Utah property.

‘Garrison was a wonderful, caring brother who understood Truely’s need for a hobby and built her a flowerbed,’ she wrote. ‘We’ll miss him forever. #gratitude #missyou #loveyou #tellthoseyoulovethatyoulovethem’

The time-lapsed clip shows Garrison unloading wood planks out of his pickup truck, arranging them into a rectangle and then filling the bed with bags of soil as Truely shadows him.

Christine, who became Kody’s third wife in 1994, had a close bond with Garrison as she was in his life for his entire childhood.

Sister Wives star Christine Brown has paid tribute to Kody Brown and sister wife Janelle Brown’s ‘wonderful’ son Garrison Brown on Instagram — days after it was revealed he died by suicide at age 25

She described him as ‘a wonderful, caring brother’ to her daughters

She ended her ‘spiritual marriage’ with Kody in November 2021 after 27 years and six children together.

Despite this, Christine still kept in touch with Garrison — who is said to have been estranged from his father prior to his death — and he attended her October 2023 wedding to her current husband David Woolley.

Garrison, as well as his mother Janelle and his siblings, can be seen in a family photo taken during the ceremony that Christine later shared to her Instagram. 

Christine’s tribute comes after a new report claimed that Garrison struggled with depression and addiction and allegedly had problems with an ex-girlfriend ahead of his tragic death.

The reality star – who also  reportedly sent ‘troubling’ messages – had been having a tough time leading up to his death via self-inflicted gunshot wound as his three roommates – Tyler, Cheyenne, and Addison – gave their accounts to law enforcement.

The Sun revealed details from the police report on Thursday as an officer wrote: ‘Addison stated that he has had conversations with [Garrison] about him being depressed lately.

‘He stated that [Garrison] is an alcoholic and drinks every night.’

Addison claims to have spoken to the reality star the night before his suicide and that he had appeared ‘intoxicated’ and though they had spent plenty of time together the roommate said that nothing Garrison ever said was a ‘red flag.’

 

Christine, 51, uploaded a throwback video on Thursday of Garrison helping her and Kody’s youngest daughter Truely, now 13, build a flower bed on their Utah property

She gushed that Garrison ‘understood Truely’s need for a hobby and built her a flowerbed’; Christine and Truely pictured

 

Garrison attended Christine’s October 2023 wedding to her current husband David Woolley

Christine seen with Garrison’s mother and her sister wife Janelle Brown in October 2023

There allegedly was more going on than just substance abuse according to the police report.  

It read that Addison ‘stated that he knew that [Garrison] was having problems with his ex-girlfriend and that he was not a very happy person.’

Garrison’s other roommate Cheyenne corroborated Addison’s story regarding the struggles as she did not know him very well but had been talking more recently.

The police report read: ‘She stated that she talked a little more in-depth with him about how he was struggling with drinking and his depression surrounding that.’

This comes amid a previous report that Brown had reportedly sent ‘troubling’ text messages. 

According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, law enforcement spoke with his mother, Janelle Brown, who revealed he sent ‘ominous’ final texts to ‘some people the day prior’ to his passing.

The outlet reported that Janelle told police that ‘Garrison had texted a group of people that the Brown family works with [presumably from their show].’ 

One message that he allegedly wrote read: ‘I want to hate you for sharing the good times. But I can’t. I miss these days.’ 

While Janelle did not seemingly receive any of these texts, when word got back to her about them, she ‘texted Garrison’ directly. 

Christine’s tribute comes after a new report claimed that Garrison struggled with depression and addiction and allegedly had problems with an ex-girlfriend ahead of his tragic death

This comes amid a previous report that Brown had reportedly sent ‘troubling’ text messages 

The outlet reported that Janelle told police that ‘Garrison had texted a group of people that the Brown family works with [presumably from their show]’

While Janelle did not seemingly receive any of these texts, when word got back to her about them, she ‘texted Garrison’ directly

They proceeded to have a ‘brief conversation for a few minutes before he stopped responding.’ 

She, then, reached out to her other children to ‘see who could go check on Garrison.’ 

Garrison’s younger brother Gabriel, 22, volunteered and was, unfortunately, the one to find Garrison dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Flagstaff, Arizona, on Tuesday. 

TMZ also revealed that ‘some’ of Garrison’s three roommates ‘heard a pop on Monday night… but didn’t think it was a gunshot’ and ‘none of them’ checked on ‘Garrison to see what happened.’ 

When Gabriel discovered his brother’s body and called 911, ‘that’s when the roommates say they realized’ Garrison was dead. 

The outlet noted that the ‘roommates say Garrison was known in the household to struggle with alcohol.’ 

Gabriel, however, was completely unaware that his sibling was struggling as Garrison seemed to be ‘doing okay on his own’ after getting a new job at a medical facility. 

Janelle also informed the police that Garrison was estranged from his father, Kody.

Back in February 2022, Kody said during an episode of Sister Wives that he and Garrison and his other son Gabe were ‘not good’ and ‘not talking’ as they clashed with him over what they felt to be onerous protocols he implemented amid the coronavirus pandemic.

‘It’s changed everything for everybody, and they want it all to be the same – they need to realize that they should go and date that girlfriend, that’s fine, but you need to move out of the house so I can be home,’ he said.

In an episode of the TLC series chronicling the tension in the family, according to People, Janelle said in a confessional interview that she felt Garrison ‘just seems angry or sadder, like, he’s not as happy-go-lucky as he used to be’ amid the family strife over pandemic precautions. 

‘I have worried about my boys’ mental health. Gabriel feels everything very, very deeply. But he’s also the kid who doesn’t say anything,’ she said.

They proceeded to have a ‘brief conversation for a few minutes before he stopped responding’

In her own Instagram tribute, Janelle said of her late son: ‘He was a bright spot in the lives of all who knew him’

Amid the clash in philosophies over the pandemic, Garrison moved out from his parents home and eventually settled in Arizona in 2021.

Kody talked about the issues with his sons in a May 2023 episode of the series, saying he was upset with the situation.

‘I haven’t been in touch with Gabriel and Garrison for quite a while,’ Kody said. ‘I’m pretty sad that I’m not close [to them] anymore.’

He added that ‘there was just so many things in our lives that we did that were rich together, you know, just special experiences’.

Kody said that he thought and hoped that they could ‘get over this’ in time.

‘Right now, there’s not really an open door with Gabe and Garrison,’ he said. ‘They’re not willing to engage me.’

Kody shares six children with his ex Janelle, whom he split from in 2022. 

He also has five daughters and one son with his other ex-wife Christine, and just one child with Meri named Leon.

In December 2022, Meri revealed to Sister Wives fans that it was Kody who ‘made the decision’ to end their 32-year ‘spiritual marriage’.

In one scene from the popular TV show, Kody said: ‘I don’t consider myself married to Meri, and if she wanted to move on and marry another, she wouldn’t get in an argument with me.’

Kody Brown had bene feuding with his son Garrison in recent years, but it’s unsure if they had made amends before his death

Kody and Meri, pictured here in happier times, revealed that they had parted way in December 2002

Kody pictured in 2015 with his four wives: Janelle, Christine, Meri, and Robyn Brown

Meri responded on camera: ‘It just doesn’t make sense to me that he would get so frustrated with Christine (his third wife) and be like, she just made this decision, she didn’t consult, she didn’t talk, she just made this decision. 

‘Last anniversary, he was like, ‘I don’t even know why you called me Meri, we’re not married, we’re not acting as married’. And I said to him then, ‘If that’s where we are, don’t you think we should address that publicly?’

‘And he said, ‘No, I don’t want to address that, because I don’t want that out there publicly because I don’t want that judgment’.’

The only wife that Kody is still with is Robyn, who told People in December 2023 they have ‘an agreement that if we decide we don’t want to be married anymore, we’re not going to hold each other up’.

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