I drove through Bronte Saturday on my way to San Angelo. I watched the terrain very closely as my husband was driving. Did the same on my way back through later in the afternoon. The area where Brandon's truck ran out of gas does not have any fields nearby. It is rather hilly and like pasture with cedar trees and cactus. I also paid close attention to the roads coming from San Angelo. Here is what I came up with while riding in the truck.
1. If someone was chasing me in San Angelo, driving towards Bronte on a near empty tank of gas is the last thing I would do. I would drive back streets and try to get away from someone inside San Angelo.
2. There are several different farm-to-market roads he could have turned on leaving San Angelo if he was being chased. He could have taken any of those and circled back up to San Angelo.
3. I never leave San Angelo to drive back home without at least a half of a tank of gas. If Brandon decided he was going to Ft. Worth to his parents at midnight, he would have gotten gas before he left. Plenty of places on the
way out to get gas. There is one Stripes gas station on the way out on Bell and 277 that is open 24/7.
4. The more I think about it, the more I think Brandon was headed to Bronte for a reason. What for I really do not know, but I think it was intentional and he realized somewhere down the road he was low on gas, ran into someone
he either knew or strangers and they did him harm. The only other scenario for me is he left on his own and someone knows where he is, but this is not what I think only because I am sure someone else was on the 911 tape
with him.
Of course, I am just speculating here. I think if someone did him harm, he will be found eventually, but it may take a long time unfortunately.
