Dyna Mitte recounts finding son RJ Mitte after his death

Dyna Mitte said she found her son, actor RJ Mitte, at his Texas home after he did not answer her call on Monday, October 12. She had gone to deliver him lunch, she told NBC News. Mitte was 34. A county official told TMZ that Mitte died Monday in Texas and that a death investigation was ongoing. The supplied reports do not include findings from that investigation. Dyna Mitte said her son left no note and that she believed his death was a spur-of-the-moment decision. That was her interpretation, not an investigative finding. Dyna Mitte said she had called her son at 11 a.m. and was not initially concerned when he did not answer, because he often slept until noon. She said she picked up lunch and went to his home, where she found him. The accounts of the call and discovery stem from her interview and are repeated in the reports. She said she had encouraged Mitte to seek therapy for about three months. He told her he was handling things, she recalled. In hindsight, she said, she wished she had taken him to get help, even if he had resisted. Dyna Mitte said a close friend had recently told her that her son was deeply hurt by some issues. She said she had not known about...