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Foundation to help in Swanson search
POSTED: May 29, 2008
MARSHALL — Brandon Swanson’s family will use the help of the Jon Francis Foundation of Stillwater in the search for him.
Swanson, 19, a 2007 Lakeview graduate and student at Minnesota West in Canby, has been missing since May 14.
A news release said the Foundation will provide experienced and certified search, and rescue personnel and search dogs to help with local volunteers in the search for Swanson.
Searchers can meet at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the West End Bar parking lot on Minnesota Highway 68 in Taunton.
The search has been focused on areas near the Yellow Medicine River in Lincoln County, near the Lincoln and Lyon County line road and between Taunton and Porter. Swanson’s car was found in a ditch along the county road line.
The Foundation is privately funded and will provide a professionally trained search manager, the release said. The Foundation will work with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, the release said.
Swanson has not been heard from since he abruptly lost cell phone contact with his father Brian Swanson of Marshall early in the morning on May 14, law enforcement said. Swanson had called to say his car was in a ditch, law enforcement said.
The Foundation was organized by David and Linda Francis after their son Jon disappeared in the Sawtooth Mountains a few years ago.
Swanson, 19, a 2007 Lakeview graduate and student at Minnesota West in Canby, has been missing since May 14.
A news release said the Foundation will provide experienced and certified search, and rescue personnel and search dogs to help with local volunteers in the search for Swanson.
Searchers can meet at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the West End Bar parking lot on Minnesota Highway 68 in Taunton.
The search has been focused on areas near the Yellow Medicine River in Lincoln County, near the Lincoln and Lyon County line road and between Taunton and Porter. Swanson’s car was found in a ditch along the county road line.
The Foundation is privately funded and will provide a professionally trained search manager, the release said. The Foundation will work with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, the release said.
Swanson has not been heard from since he abruptly lost cell phone contact with his father Brian Swanson of Marshall early in the morning on May 14, law enforcement said. Swanson had called to say his car was in a ditch, law enforcement said.
The Foundation was organized by David and Linda Francis after their son Jon disappeared in the Sawtooth Mountains a few years ago.
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mudek1
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05-29-08 8:25 PM
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It is wonderful that the Francis Foundation is helping out. This family and their friends have been searching for days without any luck. They need all the fresh eyes they can get.
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