Janelle Brown Explains Why She Buried Her Son in Wyoming

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For the second straight Sunday evening, Janelle Brown will open up in regards to the unimaginable expertise of dropping her son to suicide.

On the Might 4 episode of Sister Wives, producers spoke to varied solid members in regards to the tragedy of Garrison Brown taking his personal life in March 2024.

Janelle, for her half, delved into her youngster’s closing days.

It was really heart-breaking to look at and to hearken to the ache of this mom and what she has gone by means of over the previous year-plus.

Janelle Brown cries right here in response to her son’s passing. (TLC)

On the Might 11 installment of this identical actuality present, Janelle will open up in regards to the circumstances after Garrison’s loss of life.

Most notably, her son’s funeral and the choices she made about his physique, which is able to reside endlessly in Wyoming.

“The Browns have deep roots in Wyoming. Both Kody’s dad and my mom are buried there, and I want to bury Garrison next to my mom,” Janelle says by means of tears in a clip shared forward of the episode by TODAY.

The mom of six goes on to elucidate why Wyoming holds a particular place in Garrison’s coronary heart and why it’s essentially the most acceptable place for his burial.

“He was very much shaped by his experiences. You know, going for the summer, working there on the ranch,” she says

We nonetheless can’t consider Garrison Brown took his personal life. RIP. (Instagram)

Garrison Brown took his personal life in March 2024 by way of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

On the earlier Sister Wives episode, Janelle, defined that she texting her son “all day long” whereas she was touring again to Flagstaff after having relocated to North Carolina.

“This was not unusual because he and I talked probably three times a day,” the 55-year previous advised viewers, persevering with as follows:

“I knew he was struggling. I at all times simply picked up the telephone and I at all times make it a degree to simply discuss to him. And it wasn’t actually about something.

“I think he needed the connection, and I know he was talking to [and] calling his brothers and stuff too.”

Janelle Brown seems to be very disturbed on this photograph. (TLC)

Garrison had been battling Melancholy and substance abuse when he died; the police mentioned he had a really excessive blood-alcohol stage on the time of his suicide.

Maddie Brown Brush, the daughter of Janelle and Kody, additionally will seem on the installment and elaborate on the importance of Wyoming to her household.

“Wyoming is probably the closest place we have to roots. It’s home. We used to go every summer and it was just like, you went to the ranch to learn how to work,” she mentioned.

Regardless of their separation and back-and-forth dynamic, Janelle and Kody agreed ultimately that it was the very best choice to bury their son’s ashes near family members.

Janelle Brown on Season 18 of Sister Wives. (TLC)

“I remember sitting there with Janelle and I was just going, ‘Hey, I really just want to take my boy home.’ And so I said, ‘Let’s take him back to Wyoming and let’s bury him next to grandma Sheryl,” Kody mentioned throughout a confessional interview. “We just totally agreed that would be the right thing.”

The previous spouses additionally selected to cremate Garrison, which is what “he wanted,” Janelle mentioned, including:

“And that approach it offers us the chance to have the funeral in a greater time of 12 months. We need to bury him in Wyoming. It’s the place our our household, a variety of our household, is buried. He liked it there, so it felt acceptable.

“So we can wait ‘til the summer when everybody can be there and we can really celebrate him properly.”

Janelle Brown made the precise name when he walked away from Kody. (TLC)

Elsewhere, Kody grew extra candid than standard on this Might 4 episode.

“Grief comes in waves. It just wasn’t supposed to be this way. You know what I’m saying?” on air, marking the primary time the household actually addressed Garrison’s loss of life on digital camera.

“It’s just heartbreaking.”