Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 05/14/2008
- Missing From:
- Missing From Marshall, Minnesota
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 01/30/1989 (35)
- Age:
- Age 19 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’6, 120 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A white t-shirt under a blue striped Polo sweatshirt, baggy blue jeans, a black hooded zip-up jacket with an emblem on the back, a white flat-billed Minnesota Twins baseball cap twisted to the side, white sneakers, a heavy sterling silver necklace and one stud earring in each ear.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Swanson wears black wire-framed eyeglasses. He has pierced ears and a small scar above his left eye. He is legally blind in his left eye.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On May 14, 2008, after celebrating the last day of school at Minnesota West Community College, 20-year-old Swanson got his car stuck in a ditch on his way home to Marshall, Minnesota. He called his parents for help around 12:30 a.m. They couldn’t find him, so he said he’d walk to the nearby town of Lynd. He was talking to his dad on the phone when the call suddenly ended around 2:00 a.m. after he yelled. His dad couldn’t reach him again.
Swanson’s car was found the next day far from where he said he was—about 20 miles off. A big search turned up nothing. Police think he might have fallen into the Yellow Medicine River, which was high and fast that night, but his body was never found.
Swanson was a bright young man, a high school graduate with plans to go to college and study science. He was close to his family and worked at a Hy-Vee grocery store. Because of his disappearance, “Brandon’s Law” was created in Minnesota, requiring quicker searches for missing young adults. Sadly, his case remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department 507-694-1664
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This person was missing Missing Since 05/14/2008