Content warning: This story discusses suicide and suicidal ideation.
Marshawn Kneeland had a final message to his loved ones.
Shortly before the Dallas Cowboys defensive end was found dead in Texas on Nov. 6 from an apparent suicide, he reached out to his family through text, according to local officials.
“They just received a text from him, a group text from him saying goodbye,” police said in a dispatch audio reviewed by People. “They’re concerned for his welfare.”
A dispatcher on the call also relayed to authorities that Marshawn’s girlfriend Catalina told officers the 24-year-old had “a history of mental illness.”
“Her quote was,” the dispatcher said, “‘He will end it all.'”
Marshawn’s body was found hours after he had been involved in a car chase with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers, per the agency. Texas DPS said the NFL player “refused to stop” when troopers attempted to reach him over a traffic violation on the night of Nov. 5.
