He told Brian and Annette to collect him from the car park of Lyndwood Tavern, a small bar in Lynd. And if he was picked up by someone, surely he would tell his dad, who he was on the phone with at the time? . On August 9, Matthew stopped by his fathers home to pick up a paycheck, after which the two chatted and he mentioned that he was going to go out with a female acquaintance that evening, a young woman by the name of Melissa Sanchez. The runaway theory has been posited before I think, although the main objection to it would be the oh shit. Has that ever been discussed? Others think he simply left town for personal reasons. He did mention that indeed Brookelyn had been saying she would go to a party in Rockcastle County, but this didnt turn up any clues and that party could not even be located. Not long after this, he called his father in Crowley and asked to stay at his house for the night because he was having girlfriend issues, but the father told him that he should go back and make up with her rather than drive the three hours it would take to get there. [], [] happened with Brandon Swanson, it happened with Elisa Lam, and now its happened with a man named (by the British Journal of []. Based upon which scenario gives credence to the oh shit. Required fields are marked *. His frantic parents continued the search but were unable to find him. He called his Dad at 1230 and said he was walking towards a lit town (Which he thought was lynd). 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. 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. During all of this, Kyle and Audrey had dutifully retrieved the gas canister and were going to deliver it when they found Brandons abandoned truck. 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. Change). Lots of things dont add up and as was said in one of the earlier commentscan anyone find anything online about the parents cell phone locations that night? 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. What gets me now is..If he was heading back to Marshall after having a few drinks in Canby to celebrate end of classes..He would have known Rt. He was the one who took his wife home, while he dealt with Brandon. If so, it would make it even less likely for him to botch his location by such great lengths. Around 91% of all cases are closed within 48 hours, and 99% of cases are solved completely within one year. This is the biggest red flag to me. Brandon Swanson was last seen in the early hours of May 14, 2008 leaving a friend's house in Canby, Minn. . The oh sh! could be said several ways, 1. you tripped and fell, 2. youre tired of the current thing happening so you end it. What Happened to Brandon Swanson? Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brandon_Swansonhttps://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/sessionweekly/art.asp?ls_year=86&storyid=1297https://thetruecrimefiles.com/brandon-swanson-disappearance/https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/local-news/2018/05/swanson-case-still-unsolved/https://charleyproject.org/case/brandon-victor-swansonhttps://medium.com/crimebeat/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-brandon-swanson-49bcb6e9d134https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brandon-victor-swanson, Your email address will not be published. Brandon Swanson is still missing. 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 For example David Paulides excellent series of books Missing 411 and the disappearances chronicled in there.sadly Brandons case is far from unique. I therefore do not rule out other motives which might be at play here. Also that authorities search in the wrong direction, and his missing probably is a staged and a false flag. Good information, Darrin. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It would be even worse out in the middle of nowhere where there are no lights, it is literally black all around when you are out in the area where he was. Did he have reasons to leave? It would be tragic if that is what happened of course, but at this point theres not much evidence either way. The truth may well be something that we currently consider to be far-fetched. A sudden surprise wouldnt answer why the phone abruptly when dead, and still able to receive calls later. Shortly after, Brandon exclaims; Oh s***. His father believes he hears Brandons foot slipping and the phone goes dead. Required fields are marked *. I live in Minneapolis. Personally I wouldnt really buy that as an explanation without some kind of (very strong and very convincing!) Despite extensive searches of the area where his vehicle was found, Brandon Swanson has not been located and his disappearance remains unsolved. After Swansons disappearance, the Lyon County Sheriffs Department conducted searches for Brandon by ground, ATV, horseback, airplane and helicopter, but nothing was found. Me and my dad was fighting over my mom helping me with money all the time. Perhaps he had lost phone reception and seeked a place with better phone reception. He told them that he was near the town of Lynd, Minnesota. 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. As of 2021, Brandon Swanson is still a missing person. For instance: What were the lights he might have seen was it a town? Why would they just disappear like this and who is responsible? 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. and also, hes in teh middle of nowhere, midnight, lost. 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. 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. Brandon Swanson met with foul playI wanted to touch on this theory and the likelihood that Swanson was a victim of foul play. Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Luc Picard. 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. In all of these cases we have been left with cryptic messages from people who have seemingly just evaporated into thin air. Appearance. 19-year-old Brandon Swanson disappeared in the early hours of the 14th of May 2008 whilst driving home in Minnesota, USA. Some authorities believe he blundered into the Yellow Medicine River while he was walking in the dark. Can anyone shed some light on this paragraph? 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. Wouldnt Brandon have closed the door automatically when exiting the vehicle? Being a native of Marshall, he graduated from Marshall High School in 2007. Those type of backroads beside highways are a VERY SCARY place to be alone at night without any light. Similar things happened such as a phone call and leaving a party, and well the last name.. His body is supposedly buried in the woods somewhere in one of the Dakotas.. In addition, some comments I have seen from the mother include that she felt very early on before the first 24 hours were up that something terribly wrong had happened and You know, Im not sure Brandon is going to be found in my lifetime. These are just not the normal kind of things mothers say about their missing children. Forty-seven minutes into the phone call, Brandon suddenly exclaimed, Oh shit! and the line went dead. On May 14, 2008, nineteen year old Brandon Swanson disappeared from Marshall, Minnesota, approximately at 2:00 a.m. They loose control its easy to do when speeding and takes tight turns. Swanson had finished his last day of classes at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Canby, where he was enrolled in a wind turbine program. Has witness protection ever been thought about? He had made arrangements to transfer to Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs in August 2008. 10.30 pm 11 pm Swanson left the small get-together and drove to another friends house in Canby. Brandon Victor Swanson was last seen on May 15th 2008 in Canby Minnesota. Assuming his phone was on and operational the police couldve called his carrier and started a trace. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Brandon Swanson accidentally fell into the river. 68 west of Taunton, MN..Knowing Rt. In 2009, Brandon's Law was passed that expands the Minnesota state's missing children's law to include adults under 21 who go missing under dangerous circumstances. And I agree that whatever actually happened, it is a very sad situation. When Brandon Lawson vanished in 2013, it left authorities baffled and his family in shambles. However what are the odds, of the phone being fully charged when he had left? But let me back up. 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. Hello from NC usa, rumors from people in the area of Marshall, is he owed lots of money to some drug dealers. 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. He walked according to the average walking speed/hour. Also does anyone has a photo from his car that was found at the location h was left? Your email address will not be published. His shocked last words seem to support this. A little later he got another text message that was alarming in that it said, Please hurry. Sadly, they may have pulled off the perfect crime. Mine tends to do that, randomly at times. In this podcast Marisa shares her favorite theories with you (and Ethan). There was rumors of his involvement in drugs and the Mexican cartel, who knows what they could have done to himsome towns people say theyve heard of the cartel disposing of bodies in the pig farms, several of which we have in the surrounding area,,, very sad, hope some day there will be answers. . The law took effect in Minnesota in the July of 2009, whilst four other states have also passed laws similar in nature. If for instance he did hide in a structure, then surely it wouldve been found by now? A lot of the land in the area is privately owned farmland, so the area itself is pretty flat and not anything like woodland/forest terrain.Search dogsOne of the main theories law enforcement subscribed to in the disappearance of Brandon Swanson was that he had accidentally fallen into a body of water and subsequently drowned. 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. Till this day: Are there any farmers ore civillians who has been interrogated by the FBI or local police?? An interesting note about the phone is that their have been criticisms about the phone, when the battery is low: The Slvr emits a loud beep every few minutes, causing problems when people are sleeping or in business meetings. Just to drop off the face of the earth like that so haunting for the family to live with. An approximate distance of 4 km. Thats interesting what you say about rumours, as I have previously wondered how much of the information online is actually true and how much is exaggerated/media interpretation. As a crime writer I find this case fascinating and disturbing, and I have looked at countless theories around what happened that night. Brandon thought he was near Lynd but he was north of Taunton. He was travelling from Canby to Marshall and for some reason thought he was all the way down in Lynd.WTF?!?!?!?? Brandon also had a child from a previous relationship. If this is true, whatever Brandon crossed paths with that morning was something horrible. The alien theory has come up before, and the fact is there is so little evidence for what actually did happen that its very hard to rule anything out. Thanks for taking the time to comment Robbie. Brandon Swanson, 19, was last seen on 5/14/08 in Canby, Minnesota. Whoever Brandon saw with their car lights, they may have been the ones to help him and took him back to wherever they planned to take him as a motive to either harm or rob him. Updated 7 times since October 12, 2004. The simple solutions are usually the right solutions. It was a cold night. I dont think farmers would refuse to let police search their property. Hi my name is Chris, and I was looking for feedback on Brandon Swanson case. The lack of his physical evidence makes it plausible? Searches dont cover every inch of the search area. Would love to see what the police unofficially thought happened. As has been asked so many times in this case- why? It seems there are many fields and farmsteads etc. Wish we knew what he said to his dad about walking to the town. Police were called and they quickly ascertained that he had left the club on foot and that his phone was last pinged at a MacDonalds on East Hollis Street, just a few blocks away. Theories. 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. Follow Books from this. 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. Actually the river and road intersect several places around where his car was found, Hence the reason why authorities came to that conclusion to begin with, however he walked for at least 40 mins and the fact he walked for at least 40 minutes and did not manage to figure out he was not near Lynd is a little disturbing, I just can not understand how Brandon came to the conclusion he was near Lynd, If he really was on Lyon Lincoln County Rd and walked to MN68. It could well be a fatal accident, but as you say it is strange that so far there hasnt been any evidence found to suggest this. Imo the mystery starts here.Why would Brandon tell he is in Lynd? Yes, that could possibly have been the case. 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