I would love to see the cell phone records, if any cellphone tracking happened and the results, and any lie detector or witness testimony of the parents whereabouts that night. Who ever is taking those pictures with him frustrated, hes not happy with that person. His parents left the house and began driving to pick up Brandon, at the same time speaking with him on his mobile phone to determine exactly where he was. I think this particular scenario would generally indicate more of an opportunistic crime than a planned one, so it would mean that the police officer would have then needed to go back to the scene and remove any evidence/trace of him/herself, of Brandon Swanson and of whatever actually happened. Brandon Swanson would never be seen again. 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. And I very much hope his parents will one day find out what happened too. Thanks for your comments, and also for the link. ), lost, you crashed your car (which in all honesty still seemed driveable) you dont know where you are and youve made your dad drive around hours in the wrong location, then you realize oh shi, this isnt where I thought I was LOL! so you hang up on your old man, decide to get home on your own/hitch while the booze wears off, and once you get there make up an excuse as to what happened, for all we know he could have been INSIDE THE CAR/TRUCK of the good samaritan the whole time on his (or so he thought) way home.. Sorry for my English. Brandon's family played a big role in changing state law to. So Brandon Swanson met with foul playI wanted to touch on this theory and the likelihood that Swanson was a victim of foul play. He disappeared outside of Marshall when he was 19. On May 13, 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson completed his first year at Minnesota West Community and Technical College. Its shelter if bad weather comes, and it WILL BE FOUND, you on the other hand might not. 13th May 2008 Minnesota, USABrandon Swanson went to a small get-together at a friends house to celebrate finishing the school year. 60 minutes/5km is 12. In May of 2008 Brandon Swanson went missing after driving his car off the road into a ditch. Sadly, they may have pulled off the perfect crime. Words can cut u too the bone, and are hard to forgive. Does anyone know what kind of phone Brandon had? Possibly. How close was he to his family? My dad had said some mean things to me, and I left four 5 years before speaking to them. 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. I think one of the reasons that the case of Brandon Swanson is so mysterious is precisely because it doesnt seem to add up that a person would disappear one day, seemingly without any trace. Its just interesting how no one, at least online, will address ALL the discrepancies because theres a ton. This story is about Douglas Swanson Jr. But I really feel in such cases as these most of these wind up revealing foul play. It is not known why he went there, and he had not mentioned it to Melissa or anyone else. Based on law enforcements theory that Swanson may have fallen and drowned, the Yellow Medicine river was searched as well as the river banks. If he hung up, that says a lot. After looking into some theories, I have come up with my own. Im a big horror movie buff and this real storyline just leaves you wondering where it would continue to if it was a horror (or sci-fi) movie playing out. That makes no sense, even if he was lost. Rural. Brandon could have possibly been drunk which would explain why he crashed his car and why he didnt know where he was. 1.54 am Swanson called his parents, Annette and Brian Swanson, and told them that hed got his car stuck in a ditch, he was uninjured and asked could they pick him up, which they agreed to. The phone Motorola Slvr, according to Wikipedia has a talk time of 6 hours and 42 minutes and a stand by time of 350 hours, a very long time. And if he was picked up by someone, surely he would tell his dad, who he was on the phone with at the time? Is there any new leads in this case its 2017 I was just wondering.And this case is quite disturbing I really hope answers can be found. It wont be a precise ping. True odd it is the his Mom was taken home, but in that report it read the reason was she was under the weather, ill, and exhausted, but stop blaming her, no one knew this was going to happen, Im sure she has to deal everyday with the thought that she went home instead of keeping at it. The result? 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. One finger on each of her hands is noticeably curved. 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. Me and my dad was fighting over my mom helping me with money all the time. Based upon which scenario gives credence to the oh shit. Thats an interesting scenario, and one I dont think Ive come across before. No evidence. Assuming his phone was on and operational the police couldve called his carrier and started a trace. Some people do have very strong ideas about what happened, but I suppose until any more evidence comes to light, these are just ideas and theories. Brookelyn had made arrangements to stay at a friends house after the party, but the friend ended up going off to a boys house. Swanson got his car stuck in a ditch and called his parents to ask if they could pick him up from somewhere between Marshall and Lynd, where he believed himself to be. Brent Swancer is an author and crypto expert living in Japan. [], [] 2.The disappearance of Brandon Swanson. From everything I have read Branding on was walking along the road speaking to his father and unless the road intersects the river then it is an unlikely explanation. On the subject of the phone call, a huge question here is why the phone call was ended. As you say, hopefully one day Brandons family will have some answers. This was the last known contact from Swanson. The case of Brandon Victor Swanson is one of them. Police were able to find the young mans car, but it was nowhere near where he had told his parents it had been. A few hours later at around 6.30am they notified the police. Both sides got increasingly frustrated, and Brandon eventually said that he was going to start walking towards the town of Lynd, to a friends house. No one had any idea of where he had gone off to, until at 2 AM Michaels boss got a rather disturbing call from the missing man, in which he says, They are following me. He has never been seen or heard from again, and the lack of evidence in his mysterious vanishing has puzzled family, friends, authorities, and websleuths alike. 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? This is the last anyone has heard from him. Indeed, what happened to him in the first place? NASA's Photos From Mars: Don't Tell Me the Red Planet Wasn't Once a Thriving World! since that phone is not touch screen, it would be VERY EASY to end the call after snatching the phone from him. Also that authorities search in the wrong direction, and his missing probably is a staged and a false flag. . Also, if someone had just offered to give him a lift home, why would he swear at all? The authorities received over seventy-five tips about Brandon, but none have borne any information that has led anywhere near to finding him. After the Lyon County Sheriffs department officially called off the search, the Swanson family continued to fund and organize volunteer searches on their own..They conducted multiple ground and water searches of the area, and also the nearby Yellow Medicine River.. the minute brandon decided to walk on his own, the person/people start following him. At around 2am Brandon and his father were on the phone to each other, with Brandon desperately trying to direct his father to where he was, and Brandons father equally desperately trying to locate his son. kidnappers knew this. Swanson stayed on the phone with his parents whilst he walked to the car park. On 13th May 2008, Brandon was coming to the end of his first year in college and made plans to celebrate with friends. Did he ever say anything during the call about his cell phone battery? At time of writing six years later there is still no evidence or even a trace indicating what happened. Another strange thing thats never mentioned due to the fact Im sure most people dont know, Brandon was legally blind in his left eye I believe, (been years forgive me if it was his right) and in the SAR report, Brandons glasses where left in the front passenger seat. Its believed that Swanson called some of his friends for help, however, nobody picked up the phone. This story is so sad . The only thing that has ever been found is Brandons car, which was discovered around twenty miles away from where he told his parents he thought he crashed. On a personal note as a firefighter, if you or a loved one ever have a stuck car, ALWAYS stay with the vehicle. A massive search of the area would find his car keys in some brush around 25 feet away from the car, as well as a baseball cap and a torn, bloodstained t-shirt believed to have possibly belonged to Matthew, but that is it. 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. Brandon's Law requires police to make a report whenever a person, of any age, is reported missing, and an investigation must start immediately. Yes, that is another mystery. After getting to the location which he had described, they started flashing the cars headlights so that Brandon could start walking towards them. As a crime writer, I do a lot of research into real life crimes and unsolved cases. What an interesting read. Swanson was last seen in Marshall, Minnesota on May 14, 2008. Apparently had gotten confused about his location. Where did he go and what were the meanings of those last calls? When I first heard about this story within the last year, it was tied in with other cases that had a supernatural aura around it (e.g., Elisa Lam). When he was 19 years old in 2008, he crashed his car driving home from a party. Searches dont cover every inch of the search area. He wasn't injured in the crash. He was a loving father of four, but he stormed out of his house in a rage on the night of Aug. 8, 2013. At time of writing six years later there is still no evidence or even a trace indicating what happened. No age progression image can be 100% perfect but it does help us to imagine the missing person as they could possibly present now and makes us aware that they wont look exactly like the pictures first used after their disappearance. This to me sounds like a fatal accident. He wasn't injured in the accident. Brandon told them he couldnt see the lights at all, so he got back into his car and started flashing his own headlights in the hope that maybe they would see him. Among the several You tube videos on this case, people still throw around the drowning theory.. Wonder if his phone dropped the call? Luc Picard, David La Haye, Sandrine Bisson. 3) The father says Brandon exclaimed Oh shit! and his phone then turned off. In the morning, Swanson's parents reported him missing to police, . They pointed a gun at him and he said oh shit and hung up. 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. How long have Brandon lived in those places? The authorities say that there is neither any evidence of foul play, nor any evidence that Brandon would have staged his own disappearance. Yes, the whole case is very strange for lack of any real sign of what happened at all. View the profiles of people named Brandon Swanson. Im not sure whether a photo of his car at its location exists. I had several thoughts. And I agree that whatever actually happened, it is a very sad situation. https://en.m.wikiversty.org/wiki/User:Jeff_Hasse/Missing_Person_Case_Study__Brandon_Swanson. His car was found abandoned in a ditch with the car doors open and keys missing. A search was launched involving hundreds of people and trained dogs, which would go on for around 4 months meticulously going through a 100 square mile area without finding the missing man or even any trace whatsoever of where he had gone. Thank you for taking the time to comment Sarah. Brandon s parents, Brian and . This of course leaves 1% of cases that arent solved. They stayed on the phone a bit longer and Brandon said he could see the lights of the town in the distance and also that he could hear running water. He was travelling from Canby to Marshall and for some reason thought he was all the way down in Lynd.WTF?!?!?!?? I just think that if were going to seriously consider the foul play theory then our suspect pool is slim; someone driving past or someone who lived on one of the farms but it just seems unlikely. The phone records led to the discovery of Swansons car about 1.5 miles away from Taunton and on the borders of Yellow Medicine, Lincoln and Lyon counties. 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? So, maybe they cant look everywhere? If this is true, whatever Brandon crossed paths with that morning was something horrible. But there are a couple of issues with this theory, largely revolving around the phone call. 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. The idea that the lights he saw were a drug deal isnt likely. I researched the phone, it was prone to battery problems. It has been named Brandons Law. I have a very hard time believing this due to the very little FACTS we do know! It would be tragic if that is what happened of course, but at this point theres not much evidence either way. . Brandon Lawson was 26 years old when he went missing on August 9, 2013. Also I dont get the last line in the paragraph who were left hanging for 91 soul crushing days after the night of the mysterious phone call. 91 days? 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. Theories Regarding Brandon's Disappearance #1: Brandon Swanson fell into a river and made it back out Since the river was examined and Brandon's body was never found, officials believe that he made it back out of the water and resumed walking. When he was 19 years old in 2008, he crashed his car driving home from a party. By the 15th of May, it was determined that his last phone call had come within a 5-mile radius of a tower located at the intersection of County Routes 3 and 10. I found out about this disappearance and wanted to know more and found this post. And I hope answers can be found too, for the sake of Brandon Swansons poor family. Thanks for taking the time to comment Robbie. Matthew then left at around 4:30 AM, and this is where things get weird. An approximate distance of 4 km. Swanson told his parents that he was located between Marshall and Lynd and would stay in his car until they arrived. Hey, its just my opinion. Others think he simply left town for personal reasons. Just to give the super abridged version, Brandon Swanson went missing after a phone call to his parents cut out. On the subject of the phone call, a huge question here is why the phone call was ended. Was he lying about his location or was he just mistaken? The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson. 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. As his parents were on their way to help, the cell phone connection went dead at 3:10 a.m. The following day, authorities using cellular phone records located Swanson's car one and a half miles north of the Lyon/Lincoln County line, off Highway 68 west of Taunton, Minnesota. He had worked at the Hy-Vee Food Store for four years before his disappearance. Then he suddenly exclaimed Oh shit!, and the line went dead, with numerous attempts to call him back remaining unanswered. I didnt know the Mom said that. However, authorities had no better luck finding Brandon or his car than Brian and Annette. I definitely had this in mind whilst thinking about this theory but Im also aware that technology doesnt always behave in an expected way and can be unpredictable, especially when damaged. If aliens took him away, there would be no trace of him or his phone. It was the last time they ever heard their son's voice. No clues. Whatever the reason for his disappearance, Im very curious to know as of what happened to him from that fateful night he went missing. His parents couldnt find him because they were 20 miles away. He was on the phone with his father while he was walking. Detectives are still looking into whether this was a homicide case or just teenage folly, either way, our hearts go out to his family members who were left hanging for 91 soul crushing days after the night of the mysterious phone call.. (LogOut/ 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). he disappears May 14, 2008 and is found March 15, 2015. It was also noted that after the call ended, his father kept trying to call him and the phone kept ringing, meaning the phone couldnt have broken or otherwise been disabled (like the battery falling out). Just as with the case of Elisa Lam in Los Angeles, there seem to be more questions than answers. Yes, that could possibly have been the case. Being a native of Marshall, he graduated from Marshall High School in 2007. 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. I have lived here nearly 40 years. Brandon also had a child from an early relationship. How much driving experience? I pretty sure Brandons alive and well. The last official search was conducted in October 2011, and age-progressed photos have also been distributed in the hope that somebody may recognise him. The case a big role in changing state law to these most of wind. 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