Cowboys official, director of security Cable Johnson, contacted police to request a welfare check after Kneeland sent concerning group texts, including one stating he didn't want to go to jail. These communications were described by Johnson to dispatchers as suggesting mental health issues and "saying goodbye." The timeline provided explains that Johnson’s call came about an hour after police had already begun pursuing Kneeland, who had evaded officers and crashed his car before fleeing on foot. Ultimately, police found Kneeland's body hours later, and the article quotes from audio obtained via a public records request to confirm the details of Johnson’s urgent call to law enforcement.