There is something inherently creepy about the last known
moments of someone’s life being recorded. The audio of the Jonestown
murder/suicides, Elisa Lam in the elevator moments before her death, and the
911 calls that marked the last known moments of Brandon Lawson (and which can
be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Nr0qdc624&feature=youtu.be).
Late at night on August 8, 2013, Brandon Lawson, a 26-year-old
father of four and oil field employee, got into an argument with his girlfriend,
Ladessa. He got in his pickup truck and left his home in San Angelo, Texas, and
what happened to Brandon after that is a mystery.
The Timeline
@11:54 p.m. – Brandon leaves the home he shares with Ladessa
and their children, reportedly in an agitated state of mind
@12:10 a.m. – Brandon’s brother Kyle and Kyle’s girlfriend
Ashley visit Ladessa after the argument.
@12:34, 12:36, and 12:48 a.m. – Brandon attempts to call
Ladessa but gets her voicemail.
@12:38 a.m. – Brandon calls his brother, Kyle, and says he ran
out of gas. Kyle informs Ladessa and then Kyle and his girlfriend leave to find
and assist Brandon on Hwy 277 near the town of Bronte.
@12:54 a.m. – Brandon calls 911 and asks that police be sent
to his location. The person who answered the phone was not a trained 911
dispatcher and failed to ask questions about who was calling or what was
happening. It is worth noting that Brandon knew he had a felony warrant out for
his arrest and called for assistance anyway.
@12:58 – A passing trucker calls 911 to report a vehicle
posing a hazard in the roadway
@1:10 a.m. – The police and Kyle and Ashley arrive at the
truck simultaneously. Brandon’s car was parked still partially in the roadway.
Brandon was not there and the vehicle was unlocked. Kyle and Ashley try to get
in contact with Brandon by phone and text, warning him that there is a police
officer at the vehicle.
@1:19 a.m. – Brandon calls Kyle again, saying that he is ten
minutes up the road, in a field, and bleeding, but before they can get any
further information, the line goes dead. After 15 minutes or so, the police
officer leaves. Kyle and Ashley continue to call Brandon, but the phone rings
several times and goes to voicemail. They drive around and look, but find no
trace of Brandon and can’t reach him. Not knowing that Brandon had called the
police, they thought he was out of sight hiding from the officer, and would
come out from concealment once the cops were gone.
@3:30 a.m. – Brandon’s phone stops ringing and instead goes
straight to voicemail, presumably because the battery had died.
@4:30 a.m. – Kyle calls Brandon’s girlfriend to inform her
that they haven’t been able to locate him.
@8:30 a.m. – The sheriff’s department tows Brandon’s truck.
In the following days and weeks, family and law enforcement searched the
area, but nothing was found of Brandon. No one has heard from him since, and
his phone and bank accounts haven’t been used.
Interesting Information:
The area where Brandon disappeared is sparsely populated, and
people pull double duty. Just as a nursing home employee answered 911 calls,
the county sheriff and his wife owned the local newspaper. After Brandon’s
disappearance, the sheriff’s wife published a great deal of speculation about
what happened to Brandon without citing any sources. Her claims were inflammatory
and didn’t paint Brandon in the best of light, saying he had drug issues and
intentionally abandoned his family. The official case status according to Coke
County is that Brandon is intentionally missing.
There is much speculation as to what Brandon is trying to
describe in his 911 call. Who was pushing people on both sides? Who is the first
guy he is referring to? Is the “Yeah” response said by a second person near
Brandon? Is it possible, given his past drug conviction and argument with
Ladessa, that he used a substance that made him paranoid? Did he meet foul
play? Did he abandon his life to start a new one?
What happened to Brandon Lawson?
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