Found Deceased Canada - Branden Bodson-Gratton, 25, Sudbury, Ontario, 3 Dec 2018

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Cardgame said:
Anyone local know why someone might be out there carrying wood? Does this person KNOW the surveillance camera is there? Are they deliberately avoiding?

I see from SM that Brandon likes to lift weights. Seems like he'd be more than able to carry that wood. But is he a survival expert? Can't be easy if he is living rough out there in all that snow?!!!!
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I was thinking it might be to make a fire?

And that thought brought your older comment quoted below to mind. Maybe he has met up with other homeless people and they are camping together. I dunno, though.

Cardgame said:
Search for missing Sudbury man gains urgency

Someone has posted on FB that there is a man-made shelter on the mountain near where they are searching. Hope they check it out! Crossing all my fingers for a positive outcome to this search.
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kelsie said:
I'm not local but if he has schizophrenia there's a trillion reasons why he could be doing any of this... could very well be a psychotic break
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This is what I'm thinking, too. If I'm remembering correctly, his mom said he had stopped taking his meds the previous week and was self-medicating with street drugs as late as Sunday morning, the 2nd. He went missing on the 3rd.

I really feel a positive outcome is possible, and I'm hopeful he will be home with his family for Christmas.
 
This is my attempt to find the location on Google Maps. It could be closer than I have it marked; so, he may not be far.

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Branden Bodson-Gratton - Google My Maps

Just adding a still from the video:
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Still not found: Despite possible sighting, search for Branden Bodson-Gratton continues - Sudbury.com
 
Lexiintoronto said:
Not a new update, I thought I’d highlight this:

UPDATE: Man in video is not Branden Bodson-Gratton, police confirm - Sudbury.com

Missing person behaviour- psychological illness:

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https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/files.php?file=SearchManagement/Missing+Person+Behaviour+Handbook+June+2003.pdf
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That's very interesting, thank you! Could you help me understand the distance column? that column on the far right with percentages and distance?
 
Cardgame said:
That's very interesting, thank you! Could you help me understand the distance column? that column on the far right with percentages and distance?
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Here is the part of the handbook that might help-

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I’m only familiar as a volunteer that has been out on a few searches. The guide is based on cases studies. Hopefully, someone more experienced than me can explain it, but I’ll try.

The IPP is the ‘Initial Planning Point’ for the Search and Rescue team. In this case, for example, one point might be where Branden’s phone was found. (Just to use that as an example). Eg - 20% people found of the cases similar to Branden’s, they were found within 0.16 kilometres of that item. If you go down to 100%, of all of the case studies, they were found within 12.80 kilometres of that point. (His phone, in this example).


Percentages are where the number of people were found from points of interest. I’m not sure what points they may have picked for Branden. I’m also not familiar with the area or terrain.

One search I participated in was for a teenage girl in Toronto. The police profiler felt she may have been a risk for suicide.

We were told to familiarize ourselves with ‘suicidal behaviour’, combine it with what we knew of the victim, then search within areas of interest.

The points of interest were familiar, meaningful places to her. Her likely means of harming herself were features of the environment: jumping from a height, drowning in bodies of water.

One place significant to her was a park where she and her family frequented. There was an overpass close by.

Another point was where her school backpack was found. Items are tricky because in her case, the backpack was picked up and moved about 700 metres from where it was first found. The police set up a command post at the location it was ultimately found after being moved.

The Search and Rescue teams drew a circumference around each point and that is where they searched. We volunteers also looked for her once they widened the search area.

She unfortunately was later found outside of the search area close to the park that had been checked by police. She had jumped from an overpass and landed in an area of a golf course that was closed off and inaccessible except to the police, other officials or the owners. (Private property, closed off and the owners didn’t check their property despite the media coverage of the missing girl and the nearby search activity.)
 
Thanks, that explains alot. I didn't know what IPP was. It's strange because 12.8 kilometres doesn't sound like alot but when you draw it in a circle around the point where they found the phone it's a large area to search. I guess we could look at the area and consider any likely points of interest within that circle? Is anyone here local? feels like local information would be useful. I'll try and do a map.
 
ok attached is a 6k radius circle drawn around the point on the map where the phone was found (John Howard society, Sudbury). 80% of missing with mental health problems are found within this radius, so being optimistic here. Based on the info in that handbook, the edges of any woods within that circle should be of particular interest. hope i've done it right. I'm an amateur at this tech, so if anyone can do it better please do!
 

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Speculating also that if (as originally reported) Branden was headed from Elgin street towards John Howard society, then if he continued in the same direction of travel he would have hit woods around where this red line is.
 

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Jaanniss said:
Branden Bodson Gratton - note
Branden Bodson Gratton - poster
Brandon Bodson Gratton - video
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Thank you, Jaanniss. The timeline you posted- has this officially been confirmed?
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019
705-675-9171 or Crime Stoppers at 705- 222-TIPS, online at www.sudburycrimestoppers.com

Timeline

December 2/18 : Branden spoke on the phone with his Mother

December 3/18: Branden spoke on the phone with his Mother and 'several' family members, and was to be picked up later in the day to go to 'camp'

December 4/18: Branden's parents visited his room at a rooming house, the room was unlocked, and his kitten was alone in the hallway. His keys, bank card, wallet and winter coat were found in his room

December 5/18: Branden's cell phone was found
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He left without his winter coat? : (

He left his door unlocked with his beloved cat was outside the room. Is there any evidence he didn’t leave on his own accord?

Any clues on his phone activity?
 
Lexiintoronto said:
Thank you, Jaanniss. The timeline you posted- has this officially been confirmed?


He left without his winter coat? : (

He left his door unlocked with his beloved cat was outside the room. Is there any evidence he didn’t leave on his own accord?

Any clues on his phone activity?
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Timeline is not officially confirmed, just from my notes, gathered from public sources, identifying events of the first 72 hrs. I haven't heard of suspicion of foul play but it does seem he left in a hurry. It's been reported his phone is being cracked/examined.
 
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