Questions In Brandon Crisp Case May Never Be Fully Answered
Posted November 10, 2008 12:00 pm.
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There are still so many unanswered questions that hang over the death of Brandon Crisp. And his parents are preparing to lay him to rest knowing some may never be fully answered.
Dental records confirmed late Friday that the body found by hunters in a cornfield in Oro-Medonte on Wednesday was the missing 15-year-old. He’d stomped out of his Barrie home on Thanksgiving Day after his mom and dad took away his Xbox, fearing he’d become addicted to the video game “Call of Duty 4.”
On Saturday, they finally received some of the answers so many had been seeking. An autopsy showed their son died not from hypothermia, as had been suspected, but instead in a fall, likely from a tree.
Several trees, now barren of leaves, stand in the spot where Brandon’s body was recovered, with forensic evidence showing he suffered injuries to his chest.
But while one answer has finally been revealed, the rest remain shrouded in mystery. Among them:
-How long after the teenager left home on October 13th did he meet his fatal accident?
-If the fall was recent, where had he been all that time?
-Why didn’t searchers, who had looked in that area, find him before the accidental discovery last week?
-And what was Brandon doing in a tree? Speculation ranges from trying to get his bearings to possibly sleeping off the ground, but the truth may never be known.
Forensics experts are still hunting for clues, even as the community prepares to say a tear-filled farewell to the teen. “They are still at the scene trying to piece together the hours leading up to his death,” Barrie Police Sgt. Dave Goodbrand confirmed on Saturday. “We’re assisting them in trying to build a timeline and determine exactly why he was where he was.”
Brandon was the subject of intensive searches by police and volunteers during his three-week absence. Fears that he may have been abducted by someone he met online were resolved with his final tragic recovery, but it still doesn’t explain where he went after a witness spotted him walking away from his damaged bike the day he disappeared.
A vigil for the teen was reportedly going to be held Monday night at a park not far from his home.
His parents, who were very public during the hunt, exhorting anyone with information to call them, have been in seclusion since the terrible discovery. They plan to issue a public statement on Wednesday to thank all those who tried to help find their child. But in a last minute change, they won’t be doing it in person.
Visitation for Brandon Crisp will be held Thursday from 2pm-4pm and again at 7pm-9pm at the Worsley Street Chapel of the Steckley-Gooderham Funeral Home in Barrie.
The public funeral, which is expected to have a huge turnout, is scheduled for Friday at St. Mary’s Church at 10am.
The funeral home has a page where messages of condolence can be privately sent to the family. Click here to leave one of your own.
