Just found this from the local paper 8 weeks after he disappeared. An attempt to get misinformation corrected. I like how they addressed the glow of the cell phone that I knew I remembered reading somewhere. Anyway here is the copy and paste version.
Observer/Enterprise
October 2, 2013 at 6:51pm ·
MISSING MAN CLARIFICATIONS
There have been many misunderstandings, misinterpretations and blatant lies shared on Facebook over the last almost 8 weeks regarding the missing man Brandon Lawson. I have gone to the sources to be able to set the record straight. Lets take a look at each one.
The Coke County Sheriffs Office was not informed by 911 that Brandon Lawson had said I hit someone in his 911 call. That information was only realized later when the recordings were gone over in detail.
Upon Coke County Chief Deputy Neal arriving at the abandoned vehicle, Kyle Lawson did not tell the Deputy that he was speaking with his brother on the phone and that his brother was hiding in the brush. This important bit of information came out over the weekend.
Deputy Neal did not see a light from a cell phone in the brush while he was inspecting and securing the abandoned vehicle.
The tow truck was not contacted by the Sheriffs Office until the next morning (Friday, August 9) and the vehicle was picked up at approximately 8:30 am because it was considered a traffic hazard. Before leaving the vehicle that night, Deputy Neal inspected the vehicle for damage or signs of a struggle (blood, broken glass, etc.), turned on the vehicle's flashers and locked the vehicle. Since Deputy Neal had arrived at the scene from Bronte and had not seen anyone walking, he proceeded to drive south on Highway 277 to the Coke/Tom Green County line to see if the man was walking in that direction. He then turned around and looked for the man all the way back to Bronte and at Stripes, the only place in Bronte to buy fuel.
When Brandon Lawson told Audrey (Kyle Lawsons girlfriend) that he was bleeding shortly after 1 am that Friday morning, neither Audrey nor Kyle made the effort to inform law enforcement of his statement. This also came out during later questioning.
A Welfare Concern on Brandon Lawson was issued by the Coke County Sheriffs Office and went out to law enforcement agencies statewide Friday, August 9. The missing persons form is several pages long and requires information the Coke County Sheriff's Office wouldn't know about Lawson. It was submitted the next week, as soon as Ladessa Lofton provided the Coke County Sheriff's Office with the necessary information needed to complete and submit the form.
In addition to smaller searches and the DPS helicopter search on Tuesday afternoon, August 13, members of many law enforcement agencies participated in a grid search of 2,500 acres on August 29. The search was extended to likely lines of travel leading away from the main search.
Landowners showed no reluctance for law enforcement officials to enter and search their properties. They had nothing to hide.
Missing posters were not removed by anyone from businesses in Coke County.
In conclusion, there were many poor decisions made that night and during the next few days. However, they weren't made by the Coke County Sheriff's Office.