136: MISSING: Paula and Brandon Wade
Detective Perspective
Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
On October 12, 2002, 25-year-old Paula Wade and her 3-year-old son, Brandon, were last seen in Valdosta, Georgia, just days before they were supposed to move to Florida for a fresh start. Paula had been packing up their apartment and was looking forward to being closer to family, but they never made that move.
When Paula missed a scheduled call with her parents on the 13th and failed to show up for work on the 14th, they were reported missing. Their apartment was searched, and all of their belongings were found inside.
More than 20 years later, Paula and Brandon have never been found. Their disappearance remains an open case, and their family is still searching for answers.
If you have any information about Paula and Brandon, please contact the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office at (770) 216-3000.
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| 0:00.0 | On October 12, 2002, 25-year-old Paula Wade and her three-year-old son, Brandon, were last seen in Valdosta, Georgia, just days before they were supposed to move to Florida for a fresh star. |
| 0:27.6 | Paula was packing up their apartment and was really looking forward to being closer to family, but they would never get there. When Paula missed a scheduled call with her parents on the 13th and failed to show up to work on the 14th, she and her son were reported missing. |
| 0:36.6 | Their apartment was searched and all of their belongings were found inside. |
| 0:41.9 | More than 20 years later, Paula and Brandon have never been found. |
| 0:46.4 | Their disappearance remains an open case, and their family has been left wondering what happened to them. |
| 1:24.1 | Music left wondering what happened to them. Hey, everyone, welcome back to Detective Perspective. |
| 1:25.7 | My name is Derek Lavasser. |
| 1:28.6 | I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective. Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format. I'll then give you my |
| 1:33.9 | perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or |
| 1:38.9 | organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly |
| 1:44.0 | and maybe you can help solve a case. So if you have any tips, you can contact them directly and maybe you can |
| 1:45.1 | help solve a case. So if you're someone who's interested in true crime, specifically unsolved |
| 1:50.2 | cases, and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations, please consider |
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| 2:00.4 | platform you use. |
| 2:02.1 | All right. |
| 2:02.4 | So let's talk a little bit about Paula and Brandon's case, although I'm going to refer to |
| 2:05.8 | Paula a lot because she's the adult in the situation. |
| 2:09.4 | I want to start by saying that we had the privilege of working with Paula's sister Mary on this episode. |
| 2:15.3 | So thank you to Mary for working with our team and making sure that |
| 2:19.2 | we had all the facts right. That's super important here where we have 20 years that have passed |
| 2:25.4 | and things can get lost in translation. So to have someone who's been there since the very beginning |
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