(2007, November 20). No alcohol or illegal drugs were found in the vehicle. The law is named after Brandon Swanson, whose car got stuck in a ditch near Taunton along the Lincoln and Lyon county line in southwest Minnesota on May 14, 2008. Swanson, 19, disappeared in May of 2008 after running his car off the road in rural western Minnesota. His vehicle was located the next day by law enforcement roughly 20 miles from where Brandon Swanson had indicated he had gone into the ditch. While on his way, he accidentally drove his car off of the road and got it stuck in a ditch. 40 Harold Ramirez TB. Brandon was a 2007 high school graduate of Marshall Senior High School. Listen to this episode to hear what happened leading up to the accident, his phone calls with his parents and the investigation that ensued after. You can find out more about the organization here. #1. Once the search finally did begin, it was an extensive one, covering both the land and the Yellow Medicine River, the latter of which some speculated that Swanson might have fallen into and drowned. Im so sussed out that mans was so close to Porter after traveling for like 2 hours very intriguing. Though Brandons case tragically remains unsolved, wherever Brandon is he can be proud of his legacy of enacting a new Law in his honor. Like most parents whose children are missing, Brandons family feels this is categorically impossible. Brandon Swanson was 19 years old when he went missing in the state of Minnesota. He would be 33 years old today. According to official statistics, in the US alone 2,300 people go missing every day. Required fields are marked *. The most popular theory among authorities is that Brandon fell into the river. (Photo: The Search for Brandon Swanson blog). Brandon Swanson was a normal, nineteen-year-old man living during what should have been the best years of his life. Another point of question that I cant help but wonder about is that phone call. Its all based on science. Hoping this will be a faster plan, he tells his parents to pick him up in the parking lot of a local bar/nightclub. "The search area is always bigger than you suspect it, Hasse. In Minnesota alone, roughly three dogs possess the capabilities to carry out this type of search, although Anderson said its not uncommon for his team to utilize canines from other states. Despite this, Brandon is sure that he knows where he is and gave them exact directions. After some attempts to free the car himself and trying to call some friends, Brandon decided to give his parents, Brian and Annette Swanson, a call at around 1:54 a.m. to let them know what happened. It had a violent crime rate of less than half the average. On the afternoon of May 14, authorities located Brandons Chevy Lumina by tracing his cell phone calls to a tower northwest of Marshall. Parents pain helps change how police treat missing adults. Seems implausible. So they drove out there looking for him. They broke down the search area into smaller segments and kept meticulous records. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. That night was all about celebrating the end of the year, and Brandon had what was supposed to be a fun night with lots of friends ahead of him. If given the opportunity to move onto cattle property that has not yet been searched, Anderson said theyd be quick to accept that offer. His body would have been discovered in the wide, open fields. It takes effect July 1, 2009. That evening Brandon was at a friends house in Lynd, Minn., celebrating and consuming alcoholic beverages, but not in excess. In addition, the examiners likewise looked around there; partners observed Brandon's neglected vehicle in a trench off a rock street along the Lincoln . We also need to remember that underage drinkers lie about what substances and how much theyve consumed, and theyre also not the most trustworthy judges to tell how impaired someone is. The dogs were unable to pick his trail back up on the other side. He cannot understand why his parents are so confused and are struggling to find him when he told them exactly where he is. If he fell into the water along with his cellphone, all calls would have gone straight to voicemail. Another possibility is that this could be a case of vehicular homicide. "But I believe all our physical clues are probably located within a 15 foot radius, said Hasse. 34 Isaac Paredes-2B/3B TB. Your email address will not be published. He remains missing. Brian and Annette waited for their son to tell them what was wrong, but he never did. After wrapping up his last day and bringing his first year of college to a close, he decided to spend the night celebrating with his friends. They chatted as he walked and Brandon referenced fences in his way, and the sound of running water as he continued walking toward the lights of Lynd. It has also been nearly three years since Brandon went missing and for a fraud of this nature to last that long without detection is unlikely. While none have, at this point, led investigators to his whereabouts or remains, they keep the case from going cold. A 19 yr old makes a call to his parents after a crash and then disappears. It was a cold night. The search for Brandon is unprecedented and still active. Left in the wake of their ongoing tragedy, Brian Swanson and Annette Swanson identified roadblocks they ran into in their effort to immediately get law enforcement involved in their sons missing persons case. He was cold and wet and actually walking in the opposite direction of his home and where his parents were looking for him. It was the beginning of what Hasse calls the most well-documented and detailed search ever conducted. He has pierced ears and a small scar above his left eye. Missing Tennessee college student Jasmine Pace was found dead. (LogOut/ They use GPS technology to track the dogs and handlers, which provides great detail of where theyve searched. known location of 19-year-old Brandon Swanson. Episode Summary. 19-year-old Jason Jolkowski went missing during a half-mile walk to the nearby high school on June 13, 2001. Its his right to be missing, one officer reportedly said to the worried parents. Also, his phone was still taking calls. (LogOut/ Officers finally joined in the search efforts, but they still came up with nothing. Firstly, Brandon was legally blind in one eye. Kare 11 News. 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. Leaving the car and navigating dark fields, Brandon called his parents for help. The river varied in depth, going from just knee-high to 15 feet deep, and at the time Brandon went missing, the river was racing fast. The 19-year-old was uninjured. This involves walking furrows in 15-20 foot increments which is quite energy intensive and time-consuming. 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. While remaining on the phone with their son, Brian Swanson and Annette Swanson headed out to locate him near Lynd, Minn., where Brandon Swanson believed he was stranded. Brandon Swanson, 5' 6", 120 pounds. While search teams have worked diligently to cover the 140-square mile area of interest, there has been resistance by some landowners to allow access to search parties, including those associated with Emergency Support Services, an organization based in Minneapolis that provides assistance in search and rescue operations. NEW: 200 - The Shocking Murder of Betty Williams. Naturally curly Brown hair, blue eyes. 00:00. 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. He had just finished up his last day of classes for the spring semester at the Minnesota West Community and Technical Colleges Canby campus, where he was studying wind turbines. He disappeared outside of Marshall when he was 19. Photo courtesy . "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. He asked his parents to meet him in the parking lot of a popular nightclub in Lynd. At some point that evening, Brandon left the quiet get-together in Lynd, and headed 35 miles northwest toward Canby where his college was located. 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. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Brandon excelled in school. We would take that opportunity very, very quickly, Anderson said. Because it was assumed Brandon had fallen into the river, the search focused around the Yellow Medicine River and the surrounding area. Unfortunately, on the way home, he ran into a bit of car trouble when his car veered a bit off the side of a gravel road and got stuck in a ditch. Brandons parents ask him what he sees around them and they listen as he describes basically the same thing THEY see. After a long night of searching, at around 6:30 a.m., the Swansons call the Lynd Police Department to report Brandon missing. Weve had excavators come in and sift through the dirt, looking for something, whether its remains or property, Wallen said. The Strange DISAPPEARANCE of Brandon Swanson Join Steve Stockton in this special episode as Steve discusses The Strange DISAPPEARANCE of Brandon Swanson S. He lived with his sister, who cared for him (a job that included moving him around the house, to the toilet, outside for fresh air, etc). 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. MARSHALL Ten years have gone by and Brandon Swanson is still missing. . Seven-year-old Kyron Horman went missing from his elementary school on June 4, 2010, and hasn't been seen since. Additionally, there are many unmarked cisterns in the area and its possible that he could have fallen into one of them. They carry on a long conversation, Brandon telling him that he can hear running water nearby and is passing some fences as he walks. Be the Voice for the missing!! Suicide is the least plausible scenario because it is highly unusual for suicide victims to take measures that would prevent or delay the discovery of their remains (Seifert & Immelman, 2007). And at one point, we know for a fact, he ended up traveling on a field road between two fields.". He was seen drinking at both parties, but according to his friends, he didnt drink enough to become intoxicated, at least not overtly. Eventually, the dogs pointed them to farm fields north of Porter. One officer in particular even stated that, at his age, Brandon, had a right to be missing, a remark that has stuck with Annette Swanson years later. He also placed phone calls to his parents to pick him up, which is not be the behavior of someone planning to take his own life. He loved his car, he loved to drive, said Annette Swanson. I have also heard rumors, though nothing to verify, that there may have been a bowl in his car- a cannabis pipe. There was nothing odd about it. They continued to search for him on their own throughout the morning. 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. He was returning from a party when he crashed his car in a ditch and called his parents for help. Nevertheless, drowning was the immediate fear, and so two miles of the river and the riverbank were thoroughly searched for 30 days. And why did he believe himself to be near Lynd? He hangs up the phone and tries to call Brandon back several times, but he never picked up the phone again. He and his wife began calling Brandons friends, who also rushed to the area to search for him in the dark night. And that gets to be a pretty hard burden. What makes even less sense is the timing of it all. Instead, it is believed he fell into the river, causing him to shout that expletive, but got back out and kept walking. According to them, it was not uncommon for a nineteen-year-old to stay out all night after finishing classes. The search dogs also picked up the scent of human remains a few times near Mud Creek, north of Porter. It is not plausible that he drowned, because they would have found his body somewhere downstream. (2010, January 18). It was either false or the information wasnt accurate they all seem to run into a dead end.. 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. Brian stayed on the phone with his son while he made his journey, and he was a little frustrated that Brandon kept walking through fields and other areas rather than sticking to the main road. Although foul play has never been ruled out in this case, it was just under 40 degrees that night, so it's possible Brandon succumbed to the elements, especially if he had already fallen into the rivera very real possibility as well. If you or someone you know has any information that could lead to the discovery of Brandon Swanson, please call the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office (Minnesota) at 1-507-694-1664 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5687). In a surprising twist, what they learned was that Brandon had been nowhere near Lynd at all. Johns University in St. Joseph, Minnesota. As days bled into weeks, the search efforts slowly died down. On May 14, 2008, Brandon Swanson left for home at midnight shortly after the celebration had ended. Because Brandons fate is still unknown, it can be speculated that he was taken by an offender, murdered, and disposed of so his remains would not be found. On the law enforcement investigation end of the case, Wallen said tips continue to come in. "When he initially called them he said I am between Marshall and Lynd, come get me, said Hasse. Sometimes multiple times a day even. Unfortunately he would never make it there. And as it fell, we could hear him say oh! I think he continued walking. He brought in expert handlers with trailing dogs. Retrieved Nov. 18, 2010, from http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/49466647.html. Hmm, thats strange so they begin driving up and down the road. Unfortunately, authorities were unable to find footprints to indicate in which direction Brandon ventured on foot (Brunswick, 2009; Weed, 2010). Instead, Brandon was in the outskirts of the small towns Taunton and Porter, Minn., located about 20 miles northwest of Marshall; Lynd is about 10 miles south of Marshall (Weed, 2010; The Search for Brandon blog). 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. Brandon s parents, Brian and . The disappearance. Hasse says Brandon hasnt been seen since. In the early morning hours of Valentine's Day 2000, nine-year-old Asha Degree left her home with a packed bookbag. Change). They decided to put in a countywide request so the search could be expanded, bringing in the Office of Lyon County Sheriff Joel Dahl. Taunton is approximately a 15 minute straight drive from the party in Canby. Eventually, Hasse was called to manage the search. So then the search was focused there, and the car was located.. With no body and very little evidence, it is impossible to know what happened to Brandon, leaving every possibility open for speculation. Brandon had been celebrating the end of the spring semester with friends from Minnesota West Community and Technical College's Canby campus. Around 12:30 a.m. Brandons car went into the roadside ditch and he placed a call to his parents, Brian and Annette Swanson, asking them to pick him up. Brandon Swanson The Disappearance Nineteen year old Brandon Swanson lived in Marshall, Minnesota with his parents. The drive from Canby to Marshall in total is about 35 minutes. He was last seen in Marshall, MN, on May 14, 2008. Brandon was only 19 years old when he went missing. "When its not clear as to the last know place where the person was seen, or for any other reason jurisdiction is in question, the county where the person was last known to reside has jurisdiction," said Annette Swanson. The spring semester had just come to an end and on the night of May 13th, 2008, Swanson attended two different parties to celebrate. During the conversation, Brandon described his surroundings to his father, at one point stating he was walking along a fence line and could see the lights of town in the distance. The case of Brandon Victor Swanson is one of them. This is so well-written & I WILL be back Thursday for your next story! When police obtained Swansons cell phone records, they discovered that he had actually been near Porter that night, which is roughly 25 miles away from where he told his parents he was. I want to go out to Brandon`s mother, Annette Swanson, joining us tonight from Marshall, Minnesota. His parents stay on the phone with Brandon the entire time, but he is starting to get aggravated. Why was he on gravel roads? Doesnt mean its not possible but mathematically speaking thats a big reduction in likelihood. His parents believe foul play is involved, and, although unlikely, it is possible an offender happened upon Brandon and sought an opportunity to take him. Any person with disabilities who needs help accessing the content of the FCC Public File may contact KSTP via our online form or call 651-646-5555, This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area. Not only was Brandon in contact with his brother, Kyle, moments before he disappeared, but they were also in the same area, possibly yards apart. However, this area has now been ruled out because if Brandon did fall into the river his body would have been washed downriver and eventually found (The Search for Brandon blog). This particular night however was May 13th 2008 and it was the LAST day of classes at Minnesota West, meaning that Brandon was officially DONE with his certificate program. At around 2 a.m. on the morning of May 14th, Swanson called his parents from his cellphone, informing them that he had accidentally driven his car into a ditch, essentially high-centering the vehicle. Brian began flashing the lights of his pickup truck and instructed Brandon to do the same. With the search area located among plenty of farmland, Emergency Support Services has worked diligently with farmers to create an access schedule that works around the shifting planting and harvest seasons. Brandon Swanson vanished from his vehicle after a small accident just before 2am on May 14, 2008 near Canby, MN. They got a hold of Brandons cellphone records, which revealed something intriguing. The Jacob Wetterling case came to a sad conclusion this past November with the sentencing of his killer 27 years after Jacob was abducted. His phone call pinged off of a tower near Taunton, another small town 25 miles away from Lynd along State Highway 68, the main road that connects Canby to Marshall. Disappearance of Brandon Swanson. By morning, when the sun had risen, Brandons family knew it was time to file a missing persons report. They will not allow us on their property. Brian and Annette Swanson reported their son missing the next morning. 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. Brian Swanson did indicate that 14 years after the disappearance of their son, the pain still remains. Brandon Lawson was 26 years old when he went missing on August 9, 2013. They start honking their horn and flashing the headlights on their truck but to no avail. The search had expanded tenfold now. to search parties working to find Swanson, missing since . . Row One. So He attended a small gathering at a house, where it is said that there was alcohol, however, Brandon did not appear to be drunk. 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