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Search for teen enters second week
By Rae Kruger
POSTED: May 23, 2008
Brandon Swanson, 19, of Marshall is still missing after more than a week of a search in an area along the Yellow Medicine River near the border of Lincoln and Lyon counties between Taunton and Porter.
Swanson, a 2007 graduate of Marshall High School and a student at Minnesota West college in Canby, has been missing since the early morning of May 14 after a cellular telephone call with his father Brian Swanson ended abruptly, law enforcement said.
“This is a tragic accident,” Lincoln County Sheriff Jack Vizecky said.
“My heart goes out to the family.”
Vizecky said it’s not unusual for bodies to be submerged in cold water for one to four weeks, based on what he’s been told by medical experts and law enforcement with similar cases.
The water temperature where the river is running fast is about 50 degrees, Vizecky said.
Swanson is 5-foot-6 and weighs about 120 pounds, Vizecky said.
“We will come back with cadaver dogs again,” Vizecky said.
When the dogs return depends on the level of the Yellow Medicine River and weather conditions, Vizecky said.
Searchers need the water levels to decrease, Vizecky said.
“I’m not going to tell you we will go out there everyday and walk it,” Vizecky said. “Will we walk it again, yes. As staff and time dictate we will go out as often as we can...”
Swanson had called his parents at about 1:54 a.m. May 14 and told them his car ran into the ditch near Lynd, law enforcement said. Later that morning, the cellular telephone company was able to trace the phone call to within a five-mile radius of a cell tower near Minneota, law enforcement said. Swanson’s car was found at about 2:30 p.m. May 14 in a ditch along the Lincoln Lyon County line road, Lyon County Sheriff Joel Dahl has said.
Swanson’s family had looked for their son near the Lynd area and contacted the sheriff’s office at about 6:30 a.m. May 14, law enforcement said.
Law enforcement and Swanson’s father, Brian Swanson, has maintained there is no indication Swanson was impaired at the time of the phone calls.
Swanson, a 2007 graduate of Marshall High School and a student at Minnesota West college in Canby, has been missing since the early morning of May 14 after a cellular telephone call with his father Brian Swanson ended abruptly, law enforcement said.
“This is a tragic accident,” Lincoln County Sheriff Jack Vizecky said.
“My heart goes out to the family.”
Vizecky said it’s not unusual for bodies to be submerged in cold water for one to four weeks, based on what he’s been told by medical experts and law enforcement with similar cases.
The water temperature where the river is running fast is about 50 degrees, Vizecky said.
Swanson is 5-foot-6 and weighs about 120 pounds, Vizecky said.
“We will come back with cadaver dogs again,” Vizecky said.
When the dogs return depends on the level of the Yellow Medicine River and weather conditions, Vizecky said.
Searchers need the water levels to decrease, Vizecky said.
“I’m not going to tell you we will go out there everyday and walk it,” Vizecky said. “Will we walk it again, yes. As staff and time dictate we will go out as often as we can...”
Swanson had called his parents at about 1:54 a.m. May 14 and told them his car ran into the ditch near Lynd, law enforcement said. Later that morning, the cellular telephone company was able to trace the phone call to within a five-mile radius of a cell tower near Minneota, law enforcement said. Swanson’s car was found at about 2:30 p.m. May 14 in a ditch along the Lincoln Lyon County line road, Lyon County Sheriff Joel Dahl has said.
Swanson’s family had looked for their son near the Lynd area and contacted the sheriff’s office at about 6:30 a.m. May 14, law enforcement said.
Law enforcement and Swanson’s father, Brian Swanson, has maintained there is no indication Swanson was impaired at the time of the phone calls.
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05-29-08 12:14 AM
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May God be with this family
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monies
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05-23-08 8:40 PM
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A fund account has been established at Bank of the West in Marshall to help defray costs of the search for missing 19-year-old Brandon Swanson of Marshall. Donations may be dropped off at the bank, or mailed to Bank of the West, PO Box 519, 1410 E. College Drive, Marshall, MN 56258 c/o Brandon Swanson search.
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rlbbob
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05-23-08 3:06 PM
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I hope you find your son...I have a 23 year old son and can't imagine what you are going through. God Bless You..
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05-23-08 1:18 PM
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We are praying fpr some sort of closer to this for the family.God be with this family.
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MarshallResident
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05-23-08 7:08 AM
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Is there a fund set up for donations to help this family search for Brandon? Any other way the community of Marshall can get involved and help out? We are praying for the family during this difficult time.
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