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MISSING: Mother and son missing for almost 20 years from Valdosta, Georgia, Paula and Brandon Wade

10 minutes Posted Jul 24, 2022 at 8:03 pm.

a.m. shift at the Valdosta Sam’s Club. Since missing work without notice was very unusual for Paula, her coworkers grew worried, and her marketing team leader sent someone twice to check on Paula at her residence at the Commons Apartments. Paula and Brandon were nowhere to be found. Paula’s 1998 Chevy Blazer was still parked at the apartment building, however Brandon’s car seat was missing from it. Police were called to the apartment but could find no signs of Paula or her son.  Every Sunday, at 6:30 pm, Paula called her parents. But they did not hear from her that previous evening, Sunday October 13th. Her parents initially passed it off as Paula just likely being busier than normal from packing in preparation for her approved work transfer to Kissimmee, Florida the next week. But “even one week (without contact) is totally out of character,” according to Paula’s family. There have been no sightings or contact with Paula or Brandon in almost twenty years.  

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It has been almost twenty years since 25-year-old Paula Ann (McGrath) Wade and her 3 year old son, Brandon Lee Wade, went missing from Valdosta, Georgia. Their family has not given up hope in finding them though, and they continue to search for answers. A mother and son don’t just disappear into thin air. It’s believed that Paula and Brandon went missing sometime on October 13th, 2002.

The morning of Monday October 14th, 2002, Paula didn’t show up to work for her

Paula’s husband, staff sergeant Lance Wade, stationed at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina, passed a polygraph test. Paula’s roommate at the time, 19 year old Marcus Randolph Burroughs, was initially unable to be tracked down by police for questioning, but was later located at Lowndes County jail after being arrested for theft and providing a false name. Burroughs was uncooperative, refused to take a polygraph test, and hired a lawyer. An acquaintance of Marcus’ told police of a location he thought remains might be buried, but law enforcement only found deer bones when they searched the site. To this day, there have been no arrests or charges in relation to Paula and Brandon Wade’s disappearance.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION

PLEASE CONTACT:

VALDOSTA POLICE DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS

(229) 242-2606

The anonymous crime tip line (229) 293-3091 or Crime Investigations Department (229) 293-3145

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