Content warning: This story touches on the subject of suicide.
New revelations are emerging in the tragic story of Marshawn Kneeland's passing. Just hours before his lifeless body was found in Texas on November 6th, following an apparent suicide, the Dallas Cowboys defensive end was involved in a high-speed car chase with authorities. And now, it has been revealed that during the pursuit, the NFL star was clocked at speeds exceeding 145 mph at various points, according to a police report obtained by multiple outlets.
The chase began when a Texas Department of Public Safety officer first observed Kneeland speeding at around 10:33 p.m. on November 5th, prompting police to give chase. As he fled, authorities say he made "several unsafe lane changes" while reaching speeds "higher than 145 miles per hour," zooming past other drivers like a speeding bullet, according to the document obtained by TMZ.
After crashing into another vehicle and fleeing on foot, Kneeland went missing for hours before Public Safety troopers and Frisco Police Department officers discovered his body in the early hours of November 6th. He was just 24 years old.
Frisco police also revealed that during their search for Kneeland, they learned that the football player had "expressed suicidal ideations," according to a press release shared on the same day. However, an official cause and manner of death is still pending from the Collin County Medical Examiner's Office.
Following his passing, Kneeland's girlfriend, Catalina Mancera—who is pregnant with the couple's baby—shared a heartfelt tribute to her late boyfriend on Facebook. "My sweet baby, words could never express how broken I feel, you’re my everything," she wrote on November 10th. "I’ll love you forever my beautiful angel."
Two days later, the Dallas Cowboys' head coach, Brian Schottenheimer, also honored the late player and noted that the team had set up a fund to help Mancera with any child-related expenses. "We want to make sure she is taken care of and the baby is taken care of for the rest of their lives," he said in a November 12th press release. "It's very important to our guys and to us."
