Sister Wives fans around the world felt shocked and saddened to learn that Garrison Brown died on March 5, 2024. He was only 25 years old and left behind his parents and several loving siblings.

Kody and Janelle Brown issued a joint statement at the time confirming Garrison was no longer living. Almost instantly, media outlets began reporting he took his own life.

Although that’s been the accepted story, it all became official this week after the medical examiner officially released their report. Garrison Brown did take his own life, but there was another serious contributing factor.

Garrison Brown Had A “Contributing Factor” In His Autopsy Report

PEOPLE reports they obtained a copy of Garrison Brown’s autopsy report. The Coconino County Medical examiner officially confirmed Garrison took his own life with a gunshot wound to the head.

After Garrison passed away, his roommates confirmed he had a drinking problem. They knew he had been drinking the night he passed away. Now, the autopsy report confirms the TLC star had a significant amount of alcohol in his system when he died.

“The report notes a contributing factor in his death was ethanol intoxication, otherwise known as alcohol poisoning,” PEOPLE noted. “Per the autopsy, Garrison’s blood alcohol level was .307% based on his iliac blood analysis and .370% based on his vitreous analysis. (The legal limit in the U.S. is .08% and anything above .40% is considered potentially fatal.)”

Although the TLC star’s death was unexpected and tragic, his loss wasn’t in vain.

Garrison Brown was an avid cat lover. Luckily, his siblings took in his beloved cats after he passed away. Many Sister Wives fans made generous donations to Arizona animal shelters in Garrison’s name.

Sister Wives Fans React To The Update

On PEOPLE’s Instagram post, Sister Wives viewers flooded the comments to express their grief over the situation. They wrote:

• “How heartbreaking 💔 my heart goes out to his brother who found him 😢”
• “My heart is breaking for Janelle whose heart is hurting all the more today knowing this is going through everyone’s newsfeeds. As a mom, I cannot even fathom scrolling social media and stumbling upon this; my child… it’s heartbreaking. 💔”
• “This makes me so sad. Those kids didn’t ask to be born into such chaos and have it filmed for the world to see. RIP”
• “Poor kid. Incredibly heartbreaking”

How did you feel when you learned about Garrison Brown’s passing? Were you surprised or saddened to learn alcohol played a factor in his premature death? Leave your own thoughts and ideas in the comments.

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