LOGANSPORT — A Cass County judge granted bond to a former Colts player and his wife who are facing charges in the disappearance of their 14-year-old son.
The judge set bond at $5,000 cash or $25,000 surety for Daniel Muir and Kristen Muir in the case surrounding charges stemming from the Silver Alert for their son. The bond was quickly posted.
The Muirs were previously in court on Thursday, July 11, after their lawyers filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus stating that the couple being held without bound was unconstitutional.
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The Muirs were arrested on July 3 and were both originally denied bond, with Daniel cited as a flight risk, according to a Cass County judge.
Daniel Muir is charged with Obstruction of Justice and Domestic Battery. Kristen Muir is charged with Obstruction of Justice.
Allegations of Abuse
The son of the couple was missing for two weeks.
A Silver Alert was issued for the teen who was last seen leaving his Grandma's house in Ohio.
According to court documents, Cheryl Wright noticed the teen had a black eye as a result of a punishment from his father. The teen's uncle recorded a phone call with Daniel Muir asking why the teen was in trouble.
The father made allegations of inappropriate behavior by the teen and told the uncle he "whooped his ass like a grown ass man," according to court documents.
A probable cause affidavit states Daniel Muir provided Indiana State Police with a video of the teen in a undisclosed wooded area. In the video, the teen can be seen saying, "my father did not punch me in the eye."
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According to court documents, Daniel Muir told investigators the teen was punched by an "unknown individual" and that's when they decided to take him to his grandmother's house for a few days.
However, they brought him back to Indiana after Cheryl Wright was "making decisions Kristen Muir did not agree with."
On their way home from picking the teen up from his grandmother's house, Kristen and Daniel Muir were pulled over by police but the 14-year-old was missing from the vehicle, police say.
However, the mother and father's stories regarding the traffic stop were inconsistent when each were separately interviewed by police.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Daniel Muir admitted he took the teen to another location because DCS was looking for him and he wanted to protect his family. He would not tell police the location.
On Friday, June 28, Daniel and Kristen Muir agreed to meet with Indiana State Police investigators but later backed out.
