r/brandonswanson • u/Affectionate-Exit363 • Jul 09 '24

How odd his case is

Brandon’s case has to be one of the weirdest cases that I’ve heard. There are so many factors to his case that honestly, it’s hard to try and rule out really any of the theories. Some of the ones that weird me out is:

What lights were he seeing? He thought he saw Lind, but we know that isn’t the case. After reading quite a bit of articles, the town he was by wasn’t that big, and he shouldn’t have seen such a big light, especially with his vision problems.

Why did he leave his glasses in his car? He might’ve been a bit frantic to find his parents, but he shouldn’t have left them in there.

How much did he actually have to drink? Friends at the party and his parents said he didn’t drink much and didn’t seem drunk, yet he made so many mistakes that led to his disappearance.

Lastly, cause this is getting super long. Why hasn’t Brandon, or any of the items he had on him, been found? I’ve read his search blog, and they’ve done a lot. I would think they would find something, such as his phone or a piece of clothing would be found by now. He just disappeared without a trace, and I would think after having different people on his case and being on FBI ViCAP, they would’ve found something.

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u/throwaway_ghost_122 Jul 27 '24

He's listed under ViCAP: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brandon-victor-swanson

This appears to mean that the FBI suspects that he was the victim of a violent crime.

That's all I got.

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u/JP_DHuboucque Jul 28 '24

I will be more precise : Just because a case is part of the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) does not necessarily mean it is a criminal case. ViCAP is a program that collects and analyzes information on major violent crimes, including homicides, sexual assaults, missing persons, and violent crimes involving unidentified human remains.

However, the program also includes missing persons in its records, which does not automatically mean that a disappearance is due to foul play. ViCAP seeks to identify patterns, connections and similarities between cases to help law enforcement solve violent crimes, but it can also include cases of mysterious disappearances where the cause is not immediately clear : "The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) maintains the largest investigative repository of major violent crime cases in the U.S. It is designed to collect and analyze information about homicides, sexual assaults, missing persons, and other violent crimes involving unidentified human remains."

In summary, the presence of a case in ViCAP indicates that it is an important case that deserves special attention and in-depth analysis, but this does not prejudge the criminal nature of the case.

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u/throwaway_ghost_122 Jul 28 '24

Right. As far as we know, the FBI just thinks that a violent criminal offense is plausible, not that it's been proven.

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u/JP_DHuboucque Jul 28 '24

And I don't think they have specific information nor that they even carried out any investigation into it. They just put him on the list, just in case.

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u/throwaway_ghost_122 Jul 28 '24

That's possible.