Found Deceased PA - Brad Verret, 26, Reading, 7 Feb 2017

Richrd said:

Brad Verret - W/M/26 - Berks County - 7 Feb 2017

Brad Verret ::
White / Male / 26 Years Old :: On Foot
Blue Hoodie / Hooded Sweatshirt :: Jeans

Brad Verret, 26​

Berks County is in South-Eastern, PA.

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1)) http://y102reading.iheart.com/onair/andi-55756/berks-man-missing-friends-ask-publics-15548639/

2)) https://www.facebook.com/ReadingPolice/?rf=182140298493553
(610) 655-6116

3)) Pennsylvania Missing Persons:
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4)) https://www.facebook.com/Trooper-Thorns-111445995543125/

5)) https://www.facebook.com/brad.verret

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hoodasianindividual said:

Hey y'all, first time poster here. Thought I'd add some insight as I grew up/frequented the area where he went missing.
First of all, that area is pretty shady. There's a diner a little farther down that same road named Queen City, which has seen its fair share of crime. There's also a long trail behind the bar called the Thun Trail, also known as the Schuylkill River Trail. It's around 18 miles in length between Reading and Pottstown (I believe?). It's a nice trail but has had its fair share of crimes in the past 5-10 years, especially in the area near Reading (where Brad went missing).
My dad and sister run the trail from time to time. My sister had actually been running the trail alone (no bueno!!) the day after Brad went missing. She mentioned that a policeman approached her after her run, asking about whether or not she had seen any bodies or individuals in distress on the trail.

As the previous poster mentioned, Trooper Thorns sponsors a 5k race every third Thursday called "Third Thirsty Thursday". I've run it previously. The place gets swamped. Since Brad went missing on a Tuesday, there definitely wasn't a race that day and I doubt they were even doing it for the month of Feb because of the weather.
Tuesday nights at Thorns probably would have been fairly quiet. My dad used to be there all the time; he said there might have been a small-ish dinner crowd on a Tuesday night, but it likely would not have been packed. The type of people that are often hanging out there are college kids from Alvernia and middle-aged people from the area. It gets pretty caucasian in there. My family used to go there for dinner from time to time, and of course would attend their St. Patty's events. I wouldn't say it's a dangerous bar to hang out.

Also in the area of where Brad went missing: Angelica Park. It used to be run down and gross but Alvernia University had been revamping it when I moved out of town. There's a creek in there and honestly, I've never visited cause it weirded me out. I'm not even sure I've seen people at it before, haha.
There's also the Schuylkill River on the other side of the Thun Trail and Highway 422.
Brad's sister mentioned that her phone messages weren't being delivered. Perhaps the phone had been thrown into the Schuylkill River or Angelica Creek, but honestly I would not at all be surprised if it had to do with phone service. When you continue south on Morgantown Rd/Rt 10, it gets wooded pretty quickly.

I also just want to be clear that Reading is a really shady city. It used to be okay when my family and I had first moved there in 1997, but the crime has progressively gotten worse and moved outside of the city. As a girl, I wouldn't want to be walking alone near Thorns at dusk, and definitely wouldnt get any closer to the bridge or the city. There's a lot of drug crime in the city itself, and it's very poor.
That being said, Brad seemed like a normal-sized guy to me, although pretty quiet-spirited and kind. I find it hard to believe that someone could have kidnapped him very easily off of the side of a fairly busy road. At 6:30pm there would have been plenty of people driving by Thorns.

Oh and as an aside, I know Brad from high school band. I wasn't personally super close with him, but we both were in the brass section together and were friends with the same people. I feel like we also had Chemistry class together but I'm not sure. It makes me so sad to think he could have gone missing against his will. He was a really kind guy when i knew him.

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durunner said:

Thanks for all the local knowledge. I'm from the Allentown area, but happened to be there for one of those races. PCS does a great job. I didn't get a dangerous vibe from the area, but I've been to very shady areas. That said, it also isn't some nice upscale place either. The water or even some of the wooded areas around along the trail definitely concern me, especially with a distraught person.

I'm pretty sure Tuesday would've been warm. Now, it is cold in the region. How much snow fell down there yesterday? We got a few inches up here.

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