Unable to move it himself and get back onto the road, he called home at some time after midnight and asked his parents to pick him up near Lynd, a small town Southwest of Marshall. Such a sad case. If someone or something were to get the drop on him then he likely wouldnt have even had time to make a remark. Instead, it sounds like something added to give the impression of something happening, rather than something actually happening. On August 8, 2013, Lawson got into an argument with his longtime girlfriend, Ladessa, after he had come home in the early morning hours and made her worry. What happened to Brookelyn Farthing? Donations are accepted but not expected; the site remains free-access to all. I think if he was inside a car, his dad would know, as the dad would have heard car noises, and possibly the other driver. I moved 400 miles from home. It's believed he died of exposure. [25] Damascus Dreams. He would be more likely to drop the phone, and his parents would then hear anything that was going on (such as a struggle, or the whooshing of the river, or the impact of a car). 60 minutes/5km is 12. Although in saying that, if anybody is going to be skilled at removing evidence, then a police officer would obviously know what they were doing. This has included over thirty dog handlers from nine different states. Emmanuel Schwartz, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Gilles Renaud, Franois Papineau, Martin Dubreuil. Possibly. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Pingback: #41 Strange Disappearances | Weird Tales and the Unexplainable, Pingback: Heres The 51 Creepiest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Very Day | Viral Hot Topics, Pingback: Heres The 51 Creepiest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Very Day - Weight Loss Diet 2 Fitness. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Does anyone know what kind of phone Brandon had? Search efforts were focused on this 5-mile radius, which included part of the Yellow Medicine river, and so the Yellow Medicine county authorities were part of the search party. Very odd no matter what happened. And I agree that whatever actually happened, it is a very sad situation. Around 91% of all cases are closed within 48 hours, and 99% of cases are solved completely within one year. This was at 3:10 a.m. No further contact was made, even after repeated attempts. Others think he simply left town for personal reasons. MARSHALL Ten years have gone by and Brandon Swanson is still missing. I just to talk while i have the chance. After this there is no response to further panicked messages from Melissa asking if he is alright and where he is. Shortly after, Brandon exclaims; Oh s***. His father believes he hears Brandons foot slipping and the phone goes dead. that person or possiblly more than one, saw him do that and took the chance to possibly attack him and kidnap or heaven forbid murdered him. I was thinking exactly what Shannon was thinking. He had been with his fiance, Ladessa Lofton, for the last ten years and the couple had three children. The basics are this: Brandon was in a fight with his long term girlfriend, Ladessa, and . This is the last anyone has heard from him. 2.30 am (approx) 47 minutes into this particular phone call, Brandon suddenly exclaimed Oh shit! and went silent for the rest of the call. On the five-year anniversary of Brandons disappearance,.Twin Cities.com discussed the scale of the search for Brandon..More than 500 volunteers, including 34 dog handlers from nine different states, spent more than 120 days searching for Brandon and covered part of 120 square miles, said Jeff Hasse, the search manager.. I therefore do not rule out other motives which might be at play here. On the evening of 14 May 2008, Swanson had been out partying with friends in Minnesota, and on the way home he managed to crash his car into a ditch. And I hope answers can be found too, for the sake of Brandon Swansons poor family. amazing case. Assuming his phone was on and operational the police couldve called his carrier and started a trace. He was a loving father of four, but he stormed out of his house in a rage on the night of Aug. 8, 2013. Brandons case could take a lot of twists and turns, I guess some things you never find out. In some areas in Lincoln County, the water had been 10 feet (3.0 m) deep on the morning of the . They pointed a gun at him and he said oh shit and hung up. The phone call would sometimes cut off or dip out for a while but they would call again and the conversation would continue.Brandon eventually gave up with this tactic and told his parents he was going to walk towards the lights he could see in the distance, assuming them to be from the small town of Lynd. His dad tried calling back a number of times, but Brandon never picked up his phone. Matthew then left at around 4:30 AM, and this is where things get weird. I grew up in a small town near where Brandon disappeared and remember seeing all the missing posters and people searching in fields for him. Hes in the middle of nowhere, sees some lights, which he thought was the town, walks toward it and then realizes its not what he thought it was. He was travelling from Canby to Marshall and for some reason thought he was all the way down in Lynd.WTF?!?!?!?? as kidnapper takes his phone, he points a gun at him. The vehicle was stuck in a shallow ditch as Brandon had claimed. Swanson was on his way home to Marshall when he accidentally drove his car into a ditch, where it got stuck. Thank you for taking the time to comment Sarah. At most, they would have to triangulate between the nearest 3 towers, which would be a huge area & not helpful to the search. One finger on each of her hands is noticeably curved. One Redditor hinted that the cellphone ping in Hilliard a city 14 miles northwest of Columbus three months after his disappearance might have been triggered by Shaffer turning his phone on one last time before killing himself. Oddly, the SAR noted that from his cat at night they went out there to see what lights he spoke of seeing, but there was nothing but darkness. In this podcast Marisa shares her favorite theories with you (and Ethan). Even a stranger couldnt mix up with those directions, let alone a local who knows the area. It was determined that there was no evidence at all that he had met with foul play or that he had had any desire to want to suddenly run away. It may be as sad as he thought he had found help and actually found the opposite. Thanks for taking the time to comment Geo. Brandon Swanson The Disappearance Nineteen year old Brandon Swanson lived in Marshall, Minnesota with his parents. The conclusion of a Texas man's bizarre 2013 disappearance may have finally arrived, according to the family. In this article, we will be discussing the case of a missing person Brandon Swanson and discuss the hidden mystery behind it. Also that authorities search in the wrong direction, and his missing probably is a staged and a false flag. I think it is the most likely situation. Marisa loves conspiracy theories, Ethan knows nothing about them. Because yesterday i had the feeling it could be an accident, but by now i have searched every page of this case that you can find on the web, but you only read about the searching. The concerned parents continued searching for their son, and after being unable to find him at 6:30am, they went to the police to report him missing. However what are the odds, of the phone being fully charged when he had left? Impossible as it may seem, a nineteen year old manseems to have literally disappeared without a trace. The March 15, 2015 report was for a different Swanson in Florida. Since that day more than five hundred volunteers have spent over one hundred and twenty days looking for Brandon or any evidence pointing to where he could be covering over one hundred square miles in the process. Your email address will not be published. then yea he was kidnapped, murdered, disposed of in who knows what way. Maybe there are multiple explanations? This was the last known contact from Swanson. And maybe it is because what is really going on is beyond normal every day comprehension? Curiously, the house where she had been was found to be on fire not long after this, and some of Brookelyns belongings were recovered from the blaze, such as her cowboy boots, purse and some clothing, but there were no bodies or injuries. Around 10:30 pm, he left the gathering to drive to Canby, which is 30 miles away . I was thinking, possibly he stated oh ####.then hung up. View the profiles of people named Brandon Swanson. With that being said, I cant make it clear enough that I think this bill is excellent and Im amazed by the Swansons ability to channel their pain and tragedy into something that has undoubtedly helped others and will continue to help others. Hey, its just my opinion. Updated 7 times since October 12, 2004. Brandon left the party around . People can easily drown in fast-moving rivers even if they arent very deep, and bodies get stuck, or wash up somewhere & get eaten by animals. Your email address will not be published. His father spent several hours looking for him, then notified the police at 6:30 a.m. This is the one case i cant seem to forget. Swanson's mother describes him as an avid reader with many interests, and very devoted to his family. Butt who am i to judgei can only judge with my intuition, and i feel a realy bad thing is happened to him. There is Oh shit and then the line is ended, with no sounds of a struggle, being dropped, or of a rushing river or some such incident. Why didnt the police/FBI ping his phone and get a round about location. Swanson, 19, disappeared in May of 2008 after running his car off the road in rural western Minnesota. . His shocked last words seem to support this. A few hours later at around 6.30am they notified the police. Brandon s parents, Brian and . The problem with this theory however, is that there would be some trace if he had fallen in, and so far nothing has been found at any point of the river. Jeff Haase is the founder of Midwest Technical Rescue Training Associates, a nonprofit organization that teaches technical rescue skills to public-safety providers.. After that, there are no further leads, and Michael McClain remains missing, with no further clues as to why he left that club or what those mysterious last calls and messages mean. A sudden surprise wouldnt answer why the phone abruptly when dead, and still able to receive calls later. One of the letters draws a connection to the Brandon Swanson Disappearance which led to . On the subject of the phone call, a huge question here is why the phone call was ended. Reflecting on the last decade, however, those closest to the investigation and search efforts remain hopeful that concrete . According to official statistics, in the US alone 2,300 people go missing every day. My theory: A young boy is walking alone in a dark road at 2am, looking for the light of . She continued to party anyway, and was last seen leaving the party after midnight with two men, one of whom was dropped off and the other with who she went to his house in the nearby town of Berea, just off US Highway 421. My first thought when I heard the initial story was that he was walking toward lights and then said, Oh Shit, I thought it was aliens/extra-terrestrials. Whatever the reason for his disappearance, Im very curious to know as of what happened to him from that fateful night he went missing. Like i said i dont want to make my judgement by being offensive, but the only evidence whe have is the 47 min phone call with Brian Swanson the fatherbut i find it hard to judge suspects, but in this case it seems everybody in that area (including the parents) is a suspect to my calculation by now. There are a lot of unanswered questions unfortunately, and this seems to be another one of them. I made sure I couldnt be found. The result? For me to believe the parents were not involved in this, a lot of evidence would need to point me away from them, and simply not enough evidence, to my knowledge, exist either way to convict or prove innocent. Swanson wears black wire-framed eyeglasses. When my phone dies or is off & people call, it still rings 4 times before going to voice mail, just like it normally does. These are questions that taunt us, without any answers and their ultimate solutions just as murky as these last calls and messages. Could it be possible that a police officer pulled up to him ,and turned on his lights, and perhaps Brandon had been drinking a little or possibly had some illegal substance on him, so he comments oh shit and hangs up on his father, becouse he doesnt want the father to hear witness to the exchange between himself and the police, and i know the odds are one in a million but history shows us it has happened before, what if Brandon encountered a bad cop, with bad and deadly intentions. At around 12:30 AM he called Kyle to tell him that he had run out of gas out on the highway and needed fuel. When authorities arrived they found Matthews abandoned vehicle on the Topanga Tower Motorway right near Rosas Overlook, but there was no sign of the missing man or the woman who had been heard by the hikers. Brandon Swanson was 19 years old when he went missing from rural roads near Marshall . This entry was posted in conspiracy theory, missing person, the skeptical folklorist, unsolved mysteries and tagged brandon swanson, conspiracy theories, missing persons, unsolved mysteries on September 8, 2015 by roianna. They called Brandon and asked him to explain where he was, but even when they arrived at where he claimed to be they were unable to locate him, even after they both unsuccessfully tried flashing their headlights in order to try and hone in on each others locations. 2) The drivers side door of his car was left open. Later that same evening, he and his friends were celebrating at a home in Canby, where they were also having a send-off party for one of their classmates. I agree with you that the odds are probably one in a million, but given the lack of hard evidence surrounding this entire case, this theory probably fits the facts as much as any other at this point. I really believe that the river wouldnt have taken him so deep under that his body would have never floated back up to the top. How far was his car from the medicine river? We have to remember that Swanson wasnt in a heavily crowded place or even partially crowded location, he was surrounded by farmland and possibly a river, I doubt there was anyone lurking around waiting for a victim. On the theory that Brandon might have drowned, boats from the state's Department of Natural Resources were deployed along the river, and gates were installed. I live in Minneapolis. Yet again, the main problem with these theories is that of evidence or, more specifically, the big fat lack of it. The case of Brandon Victor Swanson is one of them. On June 21, 2013, Brookelyn and her sister Paige went to their grandfathers birthday party after having taken their driving tests, after which they headed to another party that was supposedly being held out in a field, along with their cousin and some friends. Established by Brian and Annette Swanson and sponsored by House Minority Leader Marty Seifert (R-Marshall) and Senator Dennis Frederickson (R-New Ulm), Brandon's Law was signed by Minnesota's Governor Tim Pawlenty on May 7, 2009. Vanished Without a Trace: The Mysterious Disappearance of Brandon Swanson | YARO Crime | Lost in the Night: The Search for Answers in Brandon Swanson's Disap. An answer might be that Brandon dropped the phone, causing the battery to fall out and so ending the call that way. Brandons LawAnnette and Brian Swanson advocated for the state to legislate Brandons Law, requiring law enforcement to investigate missing adult cases more promptly, assessing if the missing person could be in dangerous circumstances, and conduct an investigation to establish if the person is indeed missing and if theyre endangered, regardless of their age. Since that day more than five hundred volunteers have spent over one hundred and twenty days looking for Brandon or any evidence pointing to where he could be covering over one hundred square miles in the process. Brandons LawI have the utmost admiration for families who have been through such unimaginable pain but still find the energy within them to advocate for laws that will help others. Here we will look at some cases of the mysteriously vanished who made sinister mysterious calls and messages right before they stepped off into oblivion to never be seen again. The idea that the lights he saw were a drug deal isnt likely. [24] La Contemplation du mystre. I heard the story about 5 years ago. That makes no sense, even if he was lost. I believe the likelihood of Swansons disappearance as a result of foul play is slim and the only thing that makes me doubt this is the car door being open. The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson. In 2008, in a rural area especially, its unlikely that pinging a cell phone would help. Even if the car would had been moved afterwards, why Brandon would say he is near Lynd?! However, Brandons dad said that after the call ended, he kept trying to call Brandon but that he wasnt picking up the call, which means the phone was in working condition but not being answered. Who ever is taking those pictures with him frustrated, hes not happy with that person. Bodies do get overlooked, then found years later in the area already searched. Search teams have worked diligently to cover the 140-square mile area of interest, but some landowners have refused to allow access to search parties working to find Swanson, missing since 2008 . If you look at google maps, you see that al the rivers have an ending, so if he was drowned in the river they had find him already. Be safe all, Be Well! since that phone is not touch screen, it would be VERY EASY to end the call after snatching the phone from him. I think its pretty obvious to say that someone took Brandon back to their farm and harmed him and maybe buried him somewhere out in the field where he may never be found I dont mean to sound so morbid but we all know that people do this in rural areas when its not very safe, especially driving alone at night and not knowing where youre at after a wreck. After getting to the location which he had described, they started flashing the cars headlights so that Brandon could start walking towards them. The lights he saw were probably car headlights in the far distance of drug dealers conducting business and he walked up on them not realizing it until it was too late. It is not plausible that he drowned, because they would have found his body somewhere downstream. In the more than six years since Brandon Lawson went missing, family and friends have never given up on finding the young man who had so much promise, yet was . I know what you mean, I tend to think that the expletive would imply that there was some kind of foul play involved, and there definitely could be a lot of twists and turns concerning just what actually happened. Brent Swancer is an author and crypto expert living in Japan. My dad had said some mean things to me, and I left four 5 years before speaking to them. Theories Some have theorized that Brandon may have gotten horribly lost walking through the wilderness near Porter, and could have fallen into a nearby river, where he would have almost certainly drowned. 507-694-1664. When he was 19 years old in 2008, he crashed his car driving home from a party. Thats the first and only time Ive read anything like that about this case to be honest, so I have no idea where thats come from. Brandon Swanson would never be seen again. What I find interesting is that the parents say the mom was dropped off and that the dad continued the search, still on the phone trying to find him. I wonder if he didnt plan to runaway and start life new somewhere. Im guessing not but I havent heard anything about the contents of the conversation? [] so often I come across a case (such as the disappearance of Brandon Swanson) that I absolutely cannot get out of my head sometimes because of the how, sometimes []. I kinda feel like someone snuck up behind Brandon and kidnapped him, Brandon became afraid, said the expletive after they came up behind him and he could have dropped his phone out of fear; causing the phone to hang up on his own. December 11, 2014 angelomarcos crime, mystery, true crime. Even more recently still is the 2018 case of 21-year-old Matthew Weaver, who at the time had just moved to live on his own in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a linesman for his fathers telephone pole construction company. I guess its possible that there may be some link between what caused him to crash and what happened later on, although again it would really only be speculation at this point. The temperature at the time of his disappearance was 46 F, or 8 degrees Celsius, and dropped to 39 F, or 4 degrees Celsius. He wasn't injured in the crash. Most of the stories are rumors, the most likely of the stories is the river explanation. Swanson's case remains unsolved. Naturally curly Brown hair, blue eyes. The car wasn't anywhere near the place Swanson said it was; he had been twenty miles away from there. An hour later, he called police when he ran out . I think the most reasonable explanation would be that Dad dropped Mom off at home in case Brandon returned home for some reason, called the home or someone else (police) called the home. My mom spoke with Brandons dad when he was calling land owners for permission to search. There is always the possibility Swanson was followed whilst hed been driving, but surely this would have been mentioned in the phone call with his parents? He was fixing to be in the dark by his self. No evidence. But even that I have hunted the river bottom where he disappeared, every year, and have not found any way he could have drowned in that river unless it was flooded 4-5 feet. Now once again came across it in more detail and it was the study. There are certainly more questions than answers in this case unfortunately. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. This requires police in Minnesota to begin immediate searches for missing adults under the age of 21, as well as any older adults who have been reported missing where there are suspicious circumstances. What direction he might have been walking from car to supposed town? These theories have major flaws, however; if a person has time to register danger, swear down the phone and then end a phone call, surely they would have time to get out of the way of an oncoming vehicle? Forgive me if this was ever answered and im so sorry for what Brandons family have endured.But where is Brandons phone now?.And maybe he was stopped by police their are cases like that Ive read about. It seems there are many fields and farmsteads etc. It was released in 2019 and as of the time of writing is only 2 years old so still an extremely useful tool for us to have. One witness would claim to have seen him making a call from a convenience store near the MacDonalds, but it is unknown who he was trying to contact. Subsequent searches over the years have also failed to find any clue as to what happened to Brandon Swanson, with all tips that have come forward likewise leading nowhere, and he has seemingly vanished into thin air. On May 14, 2008, Brandon was driving home from a party and drove into a ditch. Homes? The Disappearance. Because his father taught hearing a footstep slipping away. Eventually, Brian and Annette hung up the call and tried to call their son back the phone would ring but nobody answered, sending the calls to voicemail. If i look to your country the USA, al of the missing persons (including on interpol) are a widespread all over the country, and al these cases are far from different than that of Brandon Swanson is. At 3.10 am, Swanson exclaimed Oh shit! down the phone, and remained silent for the rest of the phone call. Bean jacket tied around her waist . Brandon was last seen on May 14, 2008 leaving a friend's house. Clearly, in this situation, Annette and Brian Swanson were right to trust their gut instincts regarding their sons disappearance, and a more prompt reaction including a search and investigation was absolutely needed. No evidence. So In the call he tells the operator that he has run out of gas and is in a field. The case of Brandon Victor Swanson is one of them. Book Author Jenn is a lawyer-turned-author and true crime writer. This involves walking furrows in 15-20 foot increments which is quite energy intensive and time-consuming. Its definitely a possibility, and would fit the admittedly few facts that we do know for sure. Just to summarize for people who aren't familiar with the case, Brandon Swanson was a 19 years old from Marshall, MN when he disappeared in May 2008. (LogOut/ If Swanson had left his car there to walk towards Lynd to meet his parents, why didnt he close the car door? Brandon thought he was near Lynd but he was north of Taunton.
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