Grieving parents are asking the public for help as they search for answers after their 22-year-old son’s body was found in Buffalo Bayou Monday.
Kenneth Cutting Jr.’s body was found in the bayou near Swiney Street in the Fifth Ward.
According to his parents, Kenneth Cutting Sr. and Tiffanie Bruno, Cutting Jr. went to Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar Friday night with his two roommates. The men reportedly left the bar around midnight.
At about 2 a.m., Cutting Sr. received a text from one of his son’s roommates. It read Cutting Jr. got too drunk and “went berserk.” He said Cutting Jr. started picking verbal and physical fights, eventually jumping out of their car on I-10 East near Waco Street.
Cutting Jr. reportedly ran away from the car toward oncoming traffic along I-10. The text said he left his phone and wallet inside the car. Saturday morning, the family visited Cutting Jr.’s roommates and filed a missing persons report. His body was found three days later.
“My son didn’t jump in the bayou,” Bruno said.