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NamUs - Brandon
NamUs - Paula
Charley Project - Brandon
Charley Project - Paula
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: October 14, 2002 from Valdosta, Georgia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: July 15, 1999
Age: 3 years old
Height and Weight: 2'9, 33 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel/blue eyes. Brandon's nickname is Munchkin.
Medical Conditions: Brandon has allergies which he requires medication for. He did not have his medicine with him when he disappeared.
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: October 14, 2002 from Valdosta, Georgia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: October 30, 1976
Age: 25 years old
Height and Weight: 5'7, 150 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown/auburn hair, brown eyes. Paula's maiden name is McGrath. She has a birthmark on the upper part of her leg and her top canine teeth protrude out from her other teeth.
Medical Conditions: Paula has allergies and takes medication to control them. She did not have her allergy medicine with her when she disappeared.
Details of Disappearance
Paula and her son, Brandon Wade, were last seen at their residence at Common Apartments in Valdosta, Georgia on October 14, 2002. They were reported missing when Paula failed to show up for work at Sam's Club and failed to call to tell them she would not be in. One of Paula's coworkers visited Common Apartments twice looking for her. There was no sign of her or her son. Her vehicle, a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer, was still parked at the residence. The child safety seat inside the car, however, had been removed.
Paula's husband has been ruled out as a suspect in his wife and child's disappearances. He is a soldier who was stationed at the Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina when Paula and Brandon vanished. He has passed a polygraph. However, Paula and Brandon's roommate has allegedly been uncooperative in the case. He was asked to take a polygraph test but refused and hired a lawyer. An acquaintance of the roommate's told police where he thought Paula and Brandon's remains might be. When the location was searched, nothing was found but deer bones.
Loved ones of the family say it would be extremely uncharacteristic for Paula to take her son and leave without warning, or to miss work without notice. Her parents maintained weekly telephone contact with her. Paula had been approved for a transfer to a Sam's Club job in Kissimmee, Florida, and her family was supposed to help her prepare to move during the week of her and Brandon's disappearance.
Brandon and Paula are considered endangered. A psychic who was consulted believes Paula is dead and Brandon may be in Colorado. They have not been seen or heard from since October 2002.
Police still seek missing mother, son
Nightmare that never ends - November 2014
Years later VPD still looks for missing mother, son - 2013
Missing: Paula and Brandon Wade - October 2010
NamUs - Paula
Charley Project - Brandon
Charley Project - Paula
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: October 14, 2002 from Valdosta, Georgia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: July 15, 1999
Age: 3 years old
Height and Weight: 2'9, 33 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel/blue eyes. Brandon's nickname is Munchkin.
Medical Conditions: Brandon has allergies which he requires medication for. He did not have his medicine with him when he disappeared.
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: October 14, 2002 from Valdosta, Georgia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: October 30, 1976
Age: 25 years old
Height and Weight: 5'7, 150 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown/auburn hair, brown eyes. Paula's maiden name is McGrath. She has a birthmark on the upper part of her leg and her top canine teeth protrude out from her other teeth.
Medical Conditions: Paula has allergies and takes medication to control them. She did not have her allergy medicine with her when she disappeared.
Details of Disappearance
Paula and her son, Brandon Wade, were last seen at their residence at Common Apartments in Valdosta, Georgia on October 14, 2002. They were reported missing when Paula failed to show up for work at Sam's Club and failed to call to tell them she would not be in. One of Paula's coworkers visited Common Apartments twice looking for her. There was no sign of her or her son. Her vehicle, a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer, was still parked at the residence. The child safety seat inside the car, however, had been removed.
Paula's husband has been ruled out as a suspect in his wife and child's disappearances. He is a soldier who was stationed at the Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina when Paula and Brandon vanished. He has passed a polygraph. However, Paula and Brandon's roommate has allegedly been uncooperative in the case. He was asked to take a polygraph test but refused and hired a lawyer. An acquaintance of the roommate's told police where he thought Paula and Brandon's remains might be. When the location was searched, nothing was found but deer bones.
Loved ones of the family say it would be extremely uncharacteristic for Paula to take her son and leave without warning, or to miss work without notice. Her parents maintained weekly telephone contact with her. Paula had been approved for a transfer to a Sam's Club job in Kissimmee, Florida, and her family was supposed to help her prepare to move during the week of her and Brandon's disappearance.
Brandon and Paula are considered endangered. A psychic who was consulted believes Paula is dead and Brandon may be in Colorado. They have not been seen or heard from since October 2002.
Police still seek missing mother, son
Brandon Wade would be 17 years old now. A high school student. Possibly still light-haired, a strong chin. His mother, Paula, would be nearing 40, possibly with a touch of gray, maybe a few lines around her eyes, the smile lines etched just a little deeper.
Yet, to those who knew them and the people who have come to know them from the mother and sons 14-year-old missing poster, Paula McGrath Wade and son Brandon are still 25 and 3 years old.
Fourteen years on, mother and son remain missing. No one has ever found them living somewhere else; this would be the happy ending. And no one has ever discovered human remains that would at least begin giving the family some answers as to what happened to the Wades.
McGraw and VPD Sgt. Chris Crews have worked the case for several years. McGraw was once officially assigned the case. The Wades have been Crews case for the past several years. He regularly talks to Paula Wades mother, Mary McGrath.
The VPD said there are no new developments in the case but the department asks media to release a story about the case annually in hopes someone may come forward with new information.
All leads are followed in the case, according to police. It is the type of case where investigators must keep an open mind as they work to piece together what happened more than 14 years ago.
Nightmare that never ends - November 2014
Years later VPD still looks for missing mother, son - 2013
Missing: Paula and Brandon Wade - October 2010