The Final Trace1 Jul 2025

Mysterious Death: Brent Brand

📍 Vincennes, Indiana. 🎧 Chapter 3: The Final Trace of Brent Brand In the summer of 1986, 18-year-old Brent Brand attended a party in Vincennes, Indiana — and never made it home. Eight days later, his body was found face down in a drainage ditch across state lines. No visible injuries. No clear cause of death. A Priest had the answers... But would he talk? What followed wasn’t just an investigation… it became a witch hunt. Over 30 witnesses were named — including police officers. Brent’s mother spent the rest of her life fighting for answers she never got.This is the case that haunts a town.And the silence still speaks volumes. 🎧 Listen now 📚 Sources for “The Final Trace: Brent Brand” The Advocate “Antigay Hate Is Nothing New in Indiana” https://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/5/02/antigay-hate-nothing-new-indiana J. Patrick Redmond – Some Go Hungry Fictional novel inspired by Brent Brand’s case and growing up gay in Vincennes, Indiana. Indiana Court Records (Knox County archives and public filings related to the obstruction of justice charges against James Leyendecker) Illinois & Indiana News Archives (1986–1988) Evansville Courier & Press, Vincennes Sun-Commercial, and other local outlets reporting on Brent’s death, the grand jury investigation, and Leyendecker’s legal proceedings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Missing: Mark Tomich

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Mysterious Death: Mary Grimes Wallace

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