When Brandon Swanson disappeared in May 2008, search teams rushed to the area where he believed he had driven into a ditch. But investigators soon discovered Brandon had misidentified his location. His car was found several miles away, forcing the entire search to begin again. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension still lists Brandon as a missing person.

In this episode of Unsolved and Missing, we examine why the first hours of the investigation became so critical, how a simple mistake reshaped the search, and why rural Minnesota can hide a person far more easily than most people imagine.