TW: graphic contentBrandon Swanson: Missing Horror, suspense, weirdness, ghost, UFO - Zassh. No physical evidence in his case has been uncovered. The drive from Canby to Marshall in total is about 35 minutes. Neither party was able to see the others flashing lights and because of mounting frustration an argument ensued. Brandon was a 2007 high school graduate of Marshall Senior High School. He wasnt hurt, and there wasnt any damage to the car- everything was going to be fine, he just needed a little help to get it back on the road. Parents pain helps change how police treat missing adults. There are 206 bones in the body. Numerous searches have been conducted of the area and bodies of water surrounding the location where Brandon's car was found. Chang, B. Background Brandon Victor Swanson was born on January 30, 1989 in Marshall, Minnesota, to parents Brian and Annette Swanson. By morning, when the sun had risen, Brandons family knew it was time to file a missing persons report. David Francis, left, and Brandons father Brian Swanson at right with glasses. Last updated February 13, 2023. He disappeared outside of Marshall when he was 19. At this occasion, Brandons friends report that the alcohol was flowing a little bit more, and that they remember Brandon having one or maybe two drinks. Birthday: 01/20/1989. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sheriff running out of answers in disappearance of Marshall teen. Because it was assumed Brandon had fallen into the river, the search focused around the Yellow Medicine River and the surrounding area. Row One. KSTP was there in May of 2008 as several agencies looked for Brandon. He was last seen in Marshall, MN, on May 14, 2008. That much I can say.. Similarly, the area as I mentioned before has an extremely low crime rate, and Taunton where he really went missing had a population of only 135 people at the time. Asha has not been seen since. He was returning from a party when he crashed his car in a ditch and called his parents for help. 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. When Brian and Annette arrived at the location described by Brandon, neither Brandon nor his car was there. Thankfully he wasn't hurt and asked his parents to pick him up. Firstly, Brandon was legally blind in one eye. Brandon did not call to report being stuck in a ditch until nearly 2am. Brandon had been partying and drinking that night, but many witnesses have confirmed that he was not visibly intoxicated or incoherent in any way. He would be 33 years old today. They will not allow us on their property. We see that you have javascript disabled. Now, geographically speaking it makes perfect sense that Brandon and his car would be in Taunton. Seven-year-old Kyron Horman went missing from his elementary school on June 4, 2010, and hasn't been seen since. Credit: Google Maps Police said it wasn't uncommon for young men to drop off the grid and to wait a while, in case he turned up. He had been out earlier that night and gone to a couple of parties before making his way home to Marshall, Minnesota. It seems that every tip that we receive, we investigate and we run into a dead end, he said. As of 2021, Brandon Swanson is still a missing person. While Brandons Law doesnt necessarily help the Swanson family and the search for their son, it does correct an issue they believed hindered what could have been a search conducted much sooner. The most recent major search effort was conducted August 7-8, 2010. Seems implausible. College student focusing on Kolodziej murder (Jim Poole, Cobleskill Times-Journal, Feb. 21, 2012) A Minnesota college student planning a career in forensic psychology found the perfect case to study right here in Schoharie County. According to Anette, one officer said directly As an adult Brandon has a right to be missing if he wants to be It took hours of Anettes begging, explaining about the disconnected call, before the police finally agreed to open the report. A 19 yr old makes a call to his parents after a crash and then disappears. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Eliminating those roadblocks for other families was the goal behind Brandons Law, a Minnesota law passed in 2009 that requires law enforcement to immediately take a missing persons report and begin an investigation for all situations, regardless of the age of the person believed to be at risk. He was sure hed given the directions correctly, and he decided he didnt want to wait anymore. Disappearance: 05/14/2008. Her work is primarily featured on The Vault. "But he wasnt on it. (LogOut/ This mysterious disappearance hinges on the fact that Mr. Parfitt, who went missing in the 1760s, was unable to walk or get around on his own. May 13, 2008 marked the last day of classes at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Canby, Minn., where Brandon Swanson was enrolled in the wind turbine program. The search for Brandon Swanson will resume this spring if they can get resources together and permission from land owners. Star Tribune, p. 1B. Its all based on science. Posted on October 13, 2021 Tarot of the Missing. Shortly after midnight on May 14 Brandon left Lynd to head back to his parents home in Marshall, where he lived. The search had expanded tenfold now. At the time of his disappearance Brandon was 19 years old, 56 and 120 lbs. Annette and Brian Swanson were there when it was signed by the Governor in 2009. Since then, KSTP has been working with families to raise awareness about other young people who are missing. Early Life On January 30, 1989, he was born in Marshall, the seat of Lyon County in southwestern Minnesota. They carry on a long conversation, Brandon telling him that he can hear running water nearby and is passing some fences as he walks. 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. "When you have lost somebody but you have no answers, theres no knowing where they are or even what happened to them, said Annette Swanson. It was almost as if he vanished into thin air. I have also written about a bit of a trend which tries to make disappearances more mysterious than they are. On the law enforcement investigation end of the case, Wallen said tips continue to come in. Perhaps this is why he misunderstood where he was, why he ended up in the wrong area, how he drifted gently off the road. Once we hit one clue well have it solved. 00:00. It was either false or the information wasnt accurate they all seem to run into a dead end.. Now Minnesota BCA will review the case. We dont know. Brandon Swanson vanished from his vehicle after a small accident just before 2am on May 14, 2008 near Canby, MN. When the 911 operator asked if he needed an ambulance Brandon replied no, he needed police to respond. May 14, 2008. He and his wife began calling Brandons friends, who also rushed to the area to search for him in the dark night. He was 19 years old at the time. It got down to 39 degrees.". Unfortunately, authorities were unable to find footprints to indicate in which direction Brandon ventured on foot (Brunswick, 2009; Weed, 2010). "There are two miles of the river in that area,. Brian and Annette Swanson never forgot about the nonchalance from law enforcement they encountered when they first reported their son missing. Finally Swanson decided on a different course of action. "The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson," Youtuber, Dining With Death, October 20th, 2022, "Disappearance of Brandon Swanson," Wikipedia, "The Mysterious Disappearance Of Minnesota College Student Brandon Swanson," Neil Patmore, ati, November 25, 2022, "The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson," Christine, The True Crime Files, March 13, 2019. Brandons disappearance has classified him as an endangered missing person. Click-click. Case Details Name/age: Brandon Victor Swanson, 19 (2007, November 20). Multiple theories have been brought forward over the years to try and explained what happened that night. In the early weeks of the search in May and June 2008, land and air searches were conducted both by community volunteers and individuals from professional search organizations, but with no luck. Dental records and DNA are available for comparison, though fingerprints are not. On May 14, 2008, Brandon Swanson left for home at midnight shortly after the celebration had ended. Cloud Times. Maybe you`ve heard of it. Brandon is reported to have left the party in Canby between 12 and 12:30am. This theory has been widely criticized, however, due to the fact that there is simply no evidence to suggest he died of hypothermia. He can see its lights in the distance, so it should not be too far of a walk. This prompted Brandon to. The dogs led authorities to the banks of the Yellow Medicine River, which at the time of the disappearance was high and flowing fast. Brandon got mixed up in direction and met a tragic accidental end, with his body lost in nature-. Confident they knew exactly where he was, Brian and Annette head to help their son. He told his parents he would walk the rest of the way and meet them in the parking lot of a Lynd tavern. Despite circumstantial evidence pointing to his stepmother, the case remains unsolved. After two years and innumerable searches of the river it is highly implausible Brandon drowned in the river, because his body likely would have surfaced by now. Then, at around 2:30 a.m., 47 minutes into the phone call, Brandon suddenly interrupts himself on the phone, exclaiming, Oh, s***! and goes silent for the remainder of the call. Brandons family played a big role in changing state law to make law enforcement more responsive to reports of missing people. I dont know. He cannot understand why his parents are so confused and are struggling to find him when he told them exactly where he is. This is a trip that he made practically daily, considering he would drive from Marshall to Canby and back for classes all the time. We dont dispute the reason why. "When he initially called them he said I am between Marshall and Lynd, come get me, said Hasse. Thanks to the Crawlspace podcast, which interviewed Kyle Lawson, we now have a lot more details than we did when Brandon first went missing. He attended what Ive described elsewhere as a party, but if you dig a little deeper you find that it was actually what Id call more of a get-together. I hear a maximum of maybe 6 people including Brandon, so nothing crazy. However, authorities had no better luck finding Brandon or his car than Brian and Annette. Authorities say this theory is unlikely because they found absolutely no evidence of such an accident anywhere on the road, and Brandon even told his dad he was talking gravel road shortcuts and walking through farms. At most it gets to 15 feet, and if Brandon DID fall in the river, he easily could have made it out to the other side, just unable to leave a strong enough trail for the dogs being that hes wet and washed. The bill was signed by Governor Tim Pawlenty on May 7, 2009, and went into effect on July 1st of that same year. The river's depth ranges from knee high in certain areas to 15 feet in others. No alcohol or illegal drugs were found in the vehicle. He brought in expert handlers with trailing dogs. At the time of his disappearance Brandon was 19 years old, 5'6" and 120 lbs. 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. 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. Shortly after midnight on May 14, 2008, Brandon Swanson (born January 30, 1989) of Marshall, Minnesota, United States, drove his car into a ditch on his way ho Brandon started walking. In at least a couple of circumstances, that (problem) is still in existence, Anderson said. 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. Map showing Brandon's route | Photo Credits: Thomas Lauth Missing Persons Investigation Worldwide Brandon was a promising student, who was happy to have a break after studying wind turbines for an entire semester at the Minnesota West Community and Technical College. Right off the bat, police were not convinced that Brandon was actually missing. But no phone has ever been located.". Still on the phone with their son they say ok, were going to flash out lights, can you see us? 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. 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