Found Deceased AZ - Brian Histand, 25, Phoenix, 15 May 2013

[Bootsctr]

I just watched an amazing BMX video of Brian from the bmxboard. One word to describe Brian... TALENTED!
The irony of the song that played during the video was not missed... Lost in Tyme. Come home Brian!

 

[GGE]

I wish these stickers weren't all sold out. I would order some.

http://findhistand.bigcartel.com/

 

[MagnoliaMountain]

Any news regarding the possible Sacramento sightings?

 

[thesiren]

Wow I'd never read about Brian, but like many of you, his spirit really shines through and he seems like a great human being.

I wonder what he was struggling with. The fact that there were two instances of stripping naked in one day shows signs of mental instability. Not a mental illness necessarily, but clearly he was not in a clear frame of mind when choosing to do this.

Did the dad ever say what the officer and Brian talked about? Over an hour of chit-chat with a guy you found naked in a field? I feel like there would be something substantial in that conversation that would offer a tip on Brian's thought process at the time. Did Brian mention religion to the cop?

He'd been on a religious awakening for awhile, but how long did he attend the Baptist church someone mentioned? Two visits, two months of visits, etc.? Had he made friends at this church?

Where was Brian from and had he always lived in AZ? The dad lived elsewhere (though Brian was in his mid-20s so not that you'd stay near your family), so what were his ties to AZ? What had prompted him to move there or did the dad move away at some point?

 

[PhilK]

Did the dad ever say what the officer and Brian talked about? Over an hour of chit-chat with a guy you found naked in a field? I feel like there would be something substantial in that conversation that would offer a tip on Brian's thought process at the time. Did Brian mention religion to the cop?

He'd been on a religious awakening for awhile, but how long did he attend the Baptist church someone mentioned? Two visits, two months of visits, etc.? Had he made friends at this church?

Where was Brian from and had he always lived in AZ? The dad lived elsewhere (though Brian was in his mid-20s so not that you'd stay near your family), so what were his ties to AZ? What had prompted him to move there or did the dad move away at some point?

Brian was from PA. He moved to AZ with his GF, she had family out there and I think they both were looking for a new adventure. I think he was involved with the church a short time, two months maybe. He did make friends at the church (he's the type that would make friends anywhere he'd go). Supposedly he was going back and forth discussing religion by email with someone but I think they (brian's family) reviewed the emails and nothing seemed shady.

Brian's dad never posted what the conversation with the police was about (if they had told him).

 

[MagnoliaMountain]

Come back home, Brian!

 

[mrhistand]

Greetings,

Brian's dad here. I just found this site and want to thank everyone for their interest. There is still no additional information about Brian. Please feel free to view Brian Histand Missing Person on FB.

 

[mrhistand]

Two years + now.

This is such a tragic case, and it's been 7 months now.

NamUs profile:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/20455/

 

[lesajo]

I am new to websleuths ( following a few other cases )and stumbled upon Brians page...and remember when he went missing. I am in Az , and searched and distributed flyers and talked with people out and about in hopes of helping find Brian when he went missing. Sorry to hear there is no new news on Brian.

 

[Bootsctr]

I just watched the move "Premium Rush" with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and thought of Brian. Hoping for some news of him being found somewhere!

 

[dalsglen]

Hoping brian comes/contacts home soon, no updates on the fb site for quite a while! Had a good laugh at brians twitpic that philk linked previously, reminds me very much of a lot of my friends.

 

[GGE]

Brian's dad just posted on facebook - he's been found. His body... on south mountain in phoenix.

https://www.facebook.com/BrianHistandMissingPerson/?fref=nf

I hate today. Tears flowing with this one.

rest in peace Brian.

 

[tarabull]

This is such an excellent picture of Brian, tho it tends to make my eyes water :crying:

https://www.facebook.com/BrianHista...0.1453680332./997817783566386/?type=3&theater

RIP B...you are free to fly high!

 

[GGE]

This is such an excellent picture of Brian, tho it tends to make my eyes water :crying:

https://www.facebook.com/BrianHista...0.1453680332./997817783566386/?type=3&theater

RIP B...you are free to fly high!

This is one of the hardest "finds" I've experienced in the almost six years I've been participating in missing persons cases. What a great photo of what was surely such a great young man.

 

[lesajo]

RIP Brian, my sympathies to his family.

 

[mrsobrien]

Oh wow... I'm not sure what to say. I think I was really convinced that he was out there alive somewhere, but confused. My condolences to the family.

 

[Sutton]

The many comments left on his dad's FB post are very nice. Many are of friends and parents who say I'll always remember the time... Brian seems like he was his own person, in the pictures I've seen. You don't find too many of those. I'm glad his body has been found.

 

[MagnoliaMountain]

Oh no....Tears in my eyes. I was still hoping he's still alive somewhere out there...So so sad...RIP Brian.

 

[tlcya]

Brian Histand, a professional BMX rider who had been missing for nearly two and a half years, was found dead in the same area he was first reported missing, his family reports.

http://thecount.com/2016/01/24/how-did-brian-histand-die/

 

[Bootsctr]

:rose: Rest in Peace Brian! May your family have peace now too. :candle: