Mysterious Disappearances of Brandon Lawson

2021-09-08 19:30:17 Written by Jones Jay

Brandon Lawson was a 26-year-old man from San Angelo, Texas. He was an oil field laborer and father of four children and he also had a common-law wife named Ladessa Lofton. He is characterized as being 5 foot 9 inches tall and weighing nearly 230 pounds. He was a Caucasian male with brown hair and blue eyes. Lawson has many tattoos on his arms and has a scar on his chin and left knee and one of his ears is pierced. At the time of his disappearance, Lawson was wearing a yellow shirt, camouflage-print shorts, and white 2013 Air Max shoes.

August 8, 2013, was the last time that Brendon was seen in San Angelo, Texas. He and his longtime girlfriend got into an argument which led to Brandon leaving the home at around 11:54 p.m., to go to his father's residence. Nearly 45 minutes later, Brandon called his brother Kyle to tell him that he had run out of gas. What is known is that following his phone call to his brother Kyle, something occurred1 and Brandon phoned 911 — and advised the dispatcher that he was "in a field" and needed help and that he needed a cop. The dispatcher heard Brandon say "I ran into somebody" and reacted to him, "Ahhh, ran into them? Ok." Another call was made to 9-1-1, by a passer-by (Trucker) regarding Brandon's truck parked crookedly on side of the road, posing a hazard. Kyle and Kyle's girlfriend Audrey went out to bring Brandon their gas can. Kyle, and his girlfriend Audrey, phoned Latessa to tell her that Brandon ran out of gas and he wanted their gas can. Vanessa told him she would leave on the porch as she was going to have a shower and heading to bed. Kyle's check however did not clear in his bank account so he had no money to fill the gas can but figured when he got to Brandon with the can he would drive him to Stripes Convenient Mart and Brandon could pay for the gas...and he would drive him back to his truck and he and Audrey could be on their way back home.

 

The truck was located on U.S. 227 four and a half miles south of Bronte, Texas, and close to a rest stop, and parked haphazardly. By the time Kyle came, at 1:10 am, August 9, 2013, there was no sign of Brandon. There was also a Sheriff's Deputy that arrived at the truck at about the same time as Kyle and Audrey. There was no noticeable damage to Brandon's truck and his keys and his cell phone were missing. It is thought that the Deputy, nor Kyle, were aware that Brandon phoned 9-1-1 asking for "a cop" as well as stating, "please hurry!" While talking with the deputy, Kyle received a call from Brandon, in which Brandon's cell was going in and out and he was hard to understand. Brandon claimed that he was "ten minutes up the road." He also spoke of that he was bleeding. The phone went dead at this point. What Kyle understood was "I'm in the field." Kyle, felt possibly Brandon was hiding in the field due to an outstanding warrant from 2 years ago (that Brandon himself just learned and was going to address it the following week) so Kyle made no mention to the deputy of Brandon being the phone call he was listening to. Had Kyle known Brandon phoned 9-1-1 he would never have assumed his brother was "hiding?"It was validated that the gas tank was empty. His cell phone was a Motorola Droid Razr. There was a substantial search of the region which turned up no sign of him, however; he has never been heard from again. Lawson’s family was unaware that he called 911 that night and only found out when they viewed his cellular phone records.

Mysterious Disappearances of Brandon Lawson

At around 1:18 Audrey sent Brandon a text saying"A cop is at your truck" it is assumed she did such as she wanted to warn him due to his warrant. At this time they were not aware that he 11 askings for a cop and to please hurry. In statements given to police, as described by the family, they did admit Brandon's first call to them in which he told his brother, and Audrey, that "he was ten minutes up the road, and was bleeding." This was also not reported to Deputy Neal at the scene. It is also thought that Deputy Neal did not report to Kyle that Brandon phoned 911. (It's still unclear if Deputy Neal even know if Brandon called 911)

 

From all media reports written by The Observer Enterprise, which occurs to be owned by the Sheriff and his wife, that the 911 call was only reported as " a stranded motorist who ran out of gas." There was no mention of the urgency nor any mention of the phrase "I ran into them"( as understood by the dispatcher) The Deputy then put emergency flashers on locked the truck, and proceeded to "leave the scene" and managed for a tow in the morning. According to reports, the Deputy did drive up and down the roadway to see if he could spot Brandon walking. Kyle and his girlfriend left the empty gas can in the bed of the truck thinking if Brandon came back he would at least have the can and could retrieve gas. They began to go look for him. It was the following morning and there was still no sign of Brandon, Kyle's money was now available in his account so he went back to the truck and filled the can, and returned it to the truck. At this point, he was now starting to become concerned and felt that Brandon may not have been hiding and possibly in trouble. In talking with Detectives he now gave them the full account of Brandon being on the phone at the time the Deputy was at the truck.

 

It wasn't known by Brandon's family that he called 9-1-1 until Brandon's common-law wife, Latessa, saw on the itemized cell phone transactions, given by law enforcement, that a 9-1-1 call was made.

Father of four disappeared without trace

There has been no activity on Brandon's bank accounts or his cell phone since that time. A substantial search was performed by a professional Search and Rescue on October 24, 2013, around the area of the abandoned truck.

 

Brandon’s family doesn't think that his outstanding felony warrant is connected to his disappearance and they also think that he would not have run from the police because of it. He worked in the oil industry at the time of his disappearance and left behind four children, three with his girlfriend and one from a prior relationship. Although detectives have stated there's no evidence of foul play in his case, his family declared it's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning and they're afraid for his safety. He is categorized as an involuntarily missing person and his case remains unsolved.