On Thursday August 8, 2013 Brandon Lawson arrived back to his home where he lived with his long time girlfriend, Ladessa Lofton. The couple had been together for over 10 years, and had 3 kids together. Brandon also had 1 other child from a former relationship. Shortly before 11 PM that evening, Brandon and Ladessa got into an arguement. According to a reporter on the story, most likely the argument was over the fact that Brandon had not returned home the night before, and that Ladessa believed that Brandon had started doing drugs again. However, a friend close to Brandon, Jason Watts, said in an interview, “to take that story with a grain of salt”. However, Brandon’s own brother Kyle tells a different story in a prerecorded interview we’ll play for you later in this podcast.  Brandon did have a history of drug abuse, mainly marijuana and methamphetamines, but had been clean for the past 6 months. Brandon was starting a new job the following week, and in fact, had just passed a drug test the day before he went missing. Brandon was leaving his job at Renegade Oil Well Services, for a better paying job, with better benefits. Brandon, it seemed was trying to better himself and provide more for his family.