Sometimes the tales of missing persons do us a disservice.

Sometimes they lead us to believe that women and children are more susceptible to outside dangers, to going missing.

However, a WALB News 10 story cites Vivint source that the average age of those who go missing is 34. And perhaps more

surprisingly, when you examine the 15,207 people currently missing in the United States, 40% are women,

and 60% are men. Which leads us to our case today, the case of a 26-year-old father of

four, the case of a stocky 230-pound oil field worker, and the case of a man who went missing

on August 8, 2013, near Brant, Texas.

Our case today also involves dozens of unanswered calls from the missing man to loved ones.

It involves a bizarre and at times incomprehensible 911 call.

An abundance of theories and a man for whom not a single piece of evidence has been

found to lead to any knowledge of his whereabouts. Our case today covers a man who is still missing.

Even after around 2,500 acres have been searched, even after multiple private investigators were hired to find more

information. But I don't ever want us to give up hope. After all, the murder of Mariah

Ridolf was solved 55 years later. I certainly know his family hasn't given up looking

and hasn't given up trying to get a story told,

which is why I'm here telling it to you.

This is the story of Brandon Lawson.

This is the story of Brandon Lawson. I'm going to be the Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold.

My name is Allison Williams. And my name is Maggie Damran. We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that someone out there with any

information concerning the cases will take those tips to law enforcement so justice and closure can

be brought to these families. With each case, we encourage you to continue in the conversation

on our Facebook page,

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