Marshals dedicated a memorial for Monica one yr after her death, which also served as a ceremony to Yellowstone star Mo Brings Plenty‘s late nephew Cole.
Through the Sunday, April 5, episode of the CBS series, Monica (Kelsey Asbille) was honored in a conventional remembrance ceremony on the Broken Rock reservation with son Tate (Brecken Merrill), husband Kayce (Luke Grimes) and grandfather (Rudy Ramos) paying tribute.
Star Arielle Kebbel later revealed that the fictional event was also an actual memorial for Cole Brings Plenty, who appeared on Yellowstone spinoff 1923. His uncle, Mo Brings Plenty, currently plays Mo in Marshals.
Kebbel told People that Mo’s attended the event after Cole’s death. In March 2024, a warrant was issued for Cole’s arrest in relation to a domestic violence incident. In accordance with a press release, authorities were called to the scene after reports of a screaming woman, but Cole had fled in his vehicle before they arrived. Mo and his Yellowstone costar Cole Hauser asked for the general public’s assistance to find his nephew.
Days later, Cole was found dead at age 27. A reason for death was not released. Mo, nonetheless, recently questioned how the investigation into Cole’s disappearance — and death — was handled.
“He was my nephew, but he was like a son to me. And for his murder to go uninvestigated, and for it to be written off as ‘no foul play,’ because they didn’t want to take a position anything into it? It’s heartbreaking,” Mo claimed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in March. “Because we’re taxpaying people as well. So for them to not work for us, no different than how they work for anyone else is pretty sad.”
Mo accused authorities of not putting “much effort into” investigating the circumstances of Cole’s disappearance and subsequent death.
“In actual fact, they weren’t even really on the lookout for him. They were hunting him,” he told the outlet.“They weren’t trying to find him.”
Mo encouraged others to “spread the message” as Cole’s family is “not letting it go.”
“There are plenty of families similar to mine which can be going through this without delay, and we still have plenty of unanswered questions,” he continued. “Because I saw his body, I saw the evidence that’s there, that somebody caught him. So for them to say that there was nothing, I can’t consider that. I still can’t.”
He added: “It was a tough loss for us because this was a person who was speaking our language, singing our songs and carrying on our traditions. He was the longer term for us. We wish increasingly more of our young people to be inspired to choose up who we’re from a cultural perspective.”
The Lawrence Police Department publicly addressed Mo’s comments, telling Us Weekly in a press release, “We understand this was a really difficult loss for the family and our condolences exit to them today just as they did on the time. We provided a whole, in-person, presentation of the evidence to the family which included videos, witness statements, and images. The family selected to not release the facts. Out of compassion we complied with their wishes.”
The statement continued: “Once the case concluded, the family petitioned the court to seal the autopsy report, health worker’s case file, law enforcement case files of the Lawrence, Kansas Police Department and the Johnson County, Kansas Sheriff’s Department, and the Death Certificate of Cole Brings Plenty. A judge signed it. All the case incorporates clear evidence that there was no foul play involved in Cole’s death and that Cole acted alone. Any confusion and speculation are a results of the family’s messaging. With the family’s permission, we’re willing to release a full report of our investigative efforts and results.”