Brandon Swanson's missing persons case is a baffling and tragic mystery that began on May 14, 2008. The 19-year-old college student vanished without a trace after his car got stuck in a ditch while he was driving home in Marshall, Minnesota. Seemingly disoriented, he called his parents for help but was unable to provide his exact location. Despite their desperate efforts to reach him, the call abruptly ended, and Brandon was never heard from again. Extensive searches by authorities and volunteers yielded no significant leads, leaving behind a haunting puzzle of how a young man could vanish so completely in the rural landscape, leaving his loved ones without answers for years to come.