So I think he continued walking. According to them, it was not uncommon for a nineteen-year-old to stay out all night after finishing classes. Dental records and DNA are available for comparison, though fingerprints are not. The trail with the river lined up with Brandon hearing running water nearby. They are extremely careful about anything that could damage the least amount of income to them, and weve worked out some pretty creative access to some areas during the summer, Anderson said. It requires police to take a report whenever a person, of any age, is reported missing in Minnesota. He attended a small gathering at a house, where it is said that there was alcohol, however, Brandon did not appear to be drunk. If you feel you have received this message in error, please contact the customer support team at 1-833-248-7801. Brandon Swanson was 19 years old when he went missing in the state of Minnesota. At around 2:30am, Brandon suddenly yelped oh shit! and the phone disconnected. He would be 33 years old today. Its searching. These have been discounted as well. The temperature the night Brandon disappeared was around 40 degrees Fahrenheit with light winds hardly conditions under which one would perish of exposure within a matter of hours. As his parents were on their way to help, the cell phone connection went dead at 3:10 a.m. Lets look at the main theories: Brandon staged his own disappearance to run away and start a new life-. Search dogs picked up his scent on a trail near the river, which they followed to the water and which lead them to the other side of the river (lending credence to the idea that he had, at some point, fallen in), after which they continued north along the riverbank, towards the Yellow Medicine County line, where the trail suddenly ended. Search dogs were brought in from the Twin Cities, and a team of bloodhounds from nearby Codington County, South Dakota were utilized. Its believed he died of exposure. Because it was assumed Brandon had fallen into the river, the search focused around the Yellow Medicine River and the surrounding area. There was nothing odd about it. Leaving a light on for hope Two years after Swanson disappearance, search goes on. (LogOut/ Swanson wears black wire-framed eyeglasses. Why was he on gravel roads? En route, he crashed into a ditch. While his teams investigation has been extensive, relying on trained professional canine handlers and search dogs with advanced capabilities, there are still portions of land in that area that Emergency Support Services has not been allowed to access. Retrieved Nov. 18, 2010, from [http://infoweb.newsbank.com%3c/span%3e%3c/a]http://infoweb.newsbank.com. He assured them that both he and the car were fine and that he merely needed them to pick him up. It has also been postulated that Brandon may have sought shelter in a farmers outbuilding and perished there. Divine, M. (2010, May 14). Trisha Taurinskas is an enterprise crime reporter for Forum Communications Co., specializing in stories related to missing persons, unsolved crime and general intrigue. Now if youre anything like me, your mind immediately went to something like alternate reality, parallel dimension, or some other weird supernatural time loop occurrence. Parents pain helps change how police treat missing adults. Annette and Brian Swanson were there when it was signed by the Governor in 2009. It was cold. Weve had excavators come in and sift through the dirt, looking for something, whether its remains or property, Wallen said. The most popular theory among authorities is that Brandon fell into the river. It's a complication they're still trying to solve today. While alcohol was being consumed at the gatherings, his friends indicated to law enforcement that he did not appear to be intoxicated when he left the party. Nearly 100 years later, his descendants' DNA proved that the child reunited with the Dunbar family was not Bobby but rather a boy named Charles (Bruce) Anderson who resembled Bobby. She was witnessed that night by several motorists walking along the highway, but when one of them tried to talk to her, she ran into the nearby woods. There are no known personal, economic, or social motives that plausibly may have driven someone to murder Brandon; however, there are individuals who murder strangers because of a deep-seated usually sexual fantasy. Brandons friend and classmate was moving away, and Brandon wanted to make sure he got a chance to say goodbye, so they met up for another party. He tells his parents that he does not see or hear anything at all. If you have any information, please contact: Agency Name: Lincoln County Sheriffs Office, Agency Name: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Annette says that was a problem in Brandons case because his car was found right where three counties come together. On March 12, 2009, Brian and Annette Swanson spoke before the House to help expand the Minnesota's Missing Children's Act so it can help missing and endangered adults.The law requires Minnesota police to begin an immediate search for missing adults under 21, as well as older adults who are missing under suspicious circumstances. The dogs did follow what was believed to be Brandons scent to the river and that was it, Wallen said. Additionally, there are many unmarked cisterns in the area and its possible that he could have fallen into one of them. We see that you have javascript disabled. A mental breakdown does not seem like a plausible cause of Brandons disappearance, although it cannot be ruled out entirely. Brian drops Annette off back at home and makes the drive to his son, staying on the phone with him the entire time. Despite being surrounded by wide open fields, they see nothing at all, which does not add up. Authorities immediately assumed that Brandon had fallen into the Yellow Medicine River. Brandon Lawson, 26, vanished along a desolate stretch of State Highway 277 outside of San Angelo, Texas which is about 250 mile southwest of Dallas on Aug. 9, 2013, according to the San Angelo Standard-Times. We try and work out a method that would make it acceptable, and weve not been able to come up with a working compromise.. The spring semester had just come to an end and on the night of May 13th, 2008, Swanson attended two different parties to celebrate. However, authorities had no better luck finding Brandon or his car than Brian and Annette. No problem, his dad said, I know exactly where what youre describing is. "We believe that he got disoriented, said Hasse. It is possible that he abruptly hung up the phone while falling into the river, with the phone slipping out of his hand and falling onto dry land; however, the phone has not been recovered and one can only speculate. He hangs up the phone and tries to call Brandon back several times, but he never picked up the phone again. They got a hold of Brandons cellphone records, which revealed something intriguing. He was cold and wet and actually walking in the opposite direction of his home and where his parents were looking for him. Chang, B. Once again, Brain remained on the line with Brandon, who was walking towards town; this call began at 2:23 a.m. and would be the last contact between father and son. Eventually, Hasse was called to manage the search. The Night of the Disappearance Brandon Swanson, a missing high schooler kid, was never found after he disappeared in 2008. His last search was for Deb Hendrichs, 56, of Star, Idaho, who went missing on Jan. 11, 2021, in the Blue Mountains near Meacham, Ore., when her Toyota RAV-4 ran out of gas. In the 1920s, a lawman in North Dakota had a dark secret - He was Al Capones brother, Amid a night of costumed Halloween revelry, a man found beaten to death, Police deemed Refugio Rodriguez's death a suicide, not a murder. Interestingly, they also picked up Swansons scent on a piece of farm equipment nearby, but the farmer to whom it belonged denied the request of the authorities to search his property. One speculation is that maybe Brandon took side roads home in an effort to avoid any police traps where he may have been pulled over, which would have led him into less familiar territory than his normal road to school. Posted on October 13, 2021 Tarot of the Missing. I also think its extremely unlikely considering he was excited about his fall plans. Would Brandon really have run away as the police suggested? Taunton was actually directly on the way from Canby to Marshall, a town he drove through daily on his way to and from class. Brandon Swanson was 19 years old when he went missing from rural roads near Marshall, Minn. in the early hours of May 14, 2008. Rosenblum, G. (2009, July 2). Searchers work an area just west of Taunton along Highway 68 and to the north, June 21-22, 2008. Brian and Annette Swanson reported their son missing the next morning. Hmm, thats strange so they begin driving up and down the road. The 19-year-old was uninjured. At the time of his disappearance Brandon was 19 years old, 56 and 120 lbs. Photo courtesy of The Search for Brandon Swanson. KSTP was there in May of 2008 as several agencies looked for Brandon. Theres also a lot of debate in the research I found online about what that particular type of hang up and how the calls that came after it were received could mean about the phone. The most popular theory among authorities is that Brandon fell into the river. He ended up in Porter, which is only 10 minutes away from Canby. Also, if Brandon was actually planning his disappearance, getting his car purposefully stuck in a ditch and trying to reach out to multiple people to get help seems like a strange way to carry out such a plan. It was around 2am when he called his parents on his cell phone, telling them that he had driven his Chevy Lumina off the road and into a ditch near the town of Lynd, Minnesota. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue-striped polo shirt, a black zip-up hoodie, a sweatshirt with an emblem on the back, a white Minnesota Twins baseball hat, glasses and a silver chain. 36 Joey Votto Cin. Distinguishing characteristics for Brandon include Caucasian male. 065 - The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson. Change). We know that he was on gravel roads, said Annette Swanson. So he did what I think most 19 year olds on their way home would do- he called his friends!! Be the Voice for the missing!! Brian and Annette waited for their son to tell them what was wrong, but he never did. He Was Murdered. This is a trip that he made practically daily, considering he would drive from Marshall to Canby and back for classes all the time. His parents stay on the phone with Brandon the entire time, but he is starting to get aggravated. Numerous searches have been conducted of the area and bodies of water surrounding the location where Brandons car was found. At the rivers edge, the dogs lost Brandons scent, indicating he may have gone in the water. Within the last year, the Sheriffs Office and BCA have received additional tips, although he points out that not all tips are new for investigators. We only need one.". The same argument holds true for Mud Creek, so it would be a mistake to focus all of the search efforts on that location. Confident they knew exactly where he was, Brian and Annette head to help their son. Tim Pawlenty signed the bill into law. 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