Texas Missing Person Case Study

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Texas is no land for soft men, but it is apparently the land for missing men. On August 8th, 2013, a twenty-six year old man named Brandon Mason Lawson disappeared in the city of Abilene, Texas. This missing person case is filled only with a inaudible 911 call, an undamaged truck, a call from Brandon to his brother’s girlfriend, and a warrant out for his arrest. Neither the family nor the police department know exactly what happened to Brandon, but it seems as if he came upon an aggressive crime on his way to Fort Worth and was murdered himself. After getting into an argument with his girlfriend in their home, Brandon Lawson leaves to Fort Worth, Texas to see his father. On his way there, his truck ran out of gas and he called his brother,

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