Missing actor Cole Brings Plenty found dead in Kansas woods

The body of missing actor Cole Brings Plenty was found Friday morning in a wooded area outside Kansas City, Missouri, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office announced.

The 27-year-old nephew of “Yellowstone” star Mo Brings Plenty had been missing since Sunday and was wanted by the Lawrence (Kansas) Police Department on allegations of domestic violence.

Shortly before noon on Friday, Johnson County deputies responded to an area in Edgerton, Kansas — roughly 35 miles from downtown Kansas City — following reports of an abandoned vehicle. Upon arriving at the scene, officers searched the area and discovered Brings Plenty dead “in a wooded area away from the vehicle.”

Authorities did not provide any information on his cause or manner of death, and said an investigation is ongoing.

Brings Plenty was reportedly last seen Sunday morning after officers responded to an apartment in Lawrence, Kansas, on reports of a female screaming for help, according to local CBS affiliate KCTV.

By the time they arrived, he had already fled the scene. He was caught on traffic cameras traveling southbound on Highway 59 in a 2005 white Ford Explorer.

His family members first reported him missing after he failed to show up for an appointment with his agent, which they said was “uncharacteristic.”

An affidavit was filed for his arrest on Tuesday, which Lawrence police confirmed was related to “allegations of domestic violence.” They did not provide any additional information on the incident.

Brings Plenty, a Haskell Indian Nations University student from the Mnicouju Lakota tribe, starred in two episodes of the “Yellowstone” spinoff “1923” as Pete Plenty Clouds. He also appeared in “The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger” and “Into the Wild Frontier.”