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« on: June 09, 2008, 08:12:19 pm »





Bradley Olsen's mother was present on a morning that, I was looking for Stacy Peterson. She has been looking for her son since, January 20, 2007.
He leaves behind his family, and needs our help, and prayers.

Here is his myspace addy.
http://www.myspace.com/helpfindbradolsen 
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 11:22:58 pm »

Brad Olsen: Missing but not forgotten
At two-year anniversary, family holds hope of finding what happened to son

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1376625,2_1_AU14_OLSEN_S1.article

 January 14, 2009
By ERIKA WURST ewurst@scn1.com

"I would have never thought that when this all started we would be talking about a two-year anniversary," Maple Park resident Sue Olsen said Tuesday, her voice quivering.

Olsen's son, Brad, 26, went missing from a DeKalb bar on Jan. 20, 2007.

"Every day we think of some other way to get out there and try to find Brad," she said.

"It just saddens me that we have another gentleman missing in the area."

On Dec. 25, 2008, the family of James Verduin came to understand Olsen's sadness.

On Christmas Day, Verduin, a 56-year-old Wisconsin resident, was involved in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 88 while driving through Illinois to visit friends. After refusing medical treatment, Verduin was taken to the Best Western Inn & Suites, 1212 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, by a tow truck driver. He checked in -- and then disappeared.

Two days later, Verduin's family was notified to pick up the man's belongings at the hotel. Clothes and a cell phone had been left behind. Verduin had never checked out. DeKalb police said no financial activity of any type has been made by Verduin since his disappearance.

And while they don't suspect foul play, intense searches are again under way in DeKalb.

Olsen said with the area being close to her son's disappearance, she hopes searchers will be on the lookout for Brad as well.

"It's hard to envision all of these people that are still out there, despite the continued efforts we all put into it," Olsen said, pointing to missing women Lisa Stebic and Stacy Peterson and St. Charles resident John Spira as recent examples.

Stebic went missing from her Plainfield home in April 2007; Petersen, of Bolingbrook, has not been seen since October 2007; and Spira was last seen at his workplace in West Chicago in February 2007.

"Our vicinities are so close together, within 45 minutes of each other. It's not a stretch of the imagination that we could find any one of these people in any location," Sue Olsen said.

And though Olsen's faith remains solid, the terror of not knowing what has happened to her son weighs on her.

"There is never really closure. But when something is solved you at least know for certain what happened. For us, we don't know," Olsen said. "Were they brutally tortured? Were they just beat up and left for dead in the freezing weather? Were they shot and taken somewhere? Were their bodies taken to some other state? You don't know, and it drives you crazy thinking about all of the possibilities."

So instead of dwelling, Olsen is determined to move forward, teaming up with other families of the missing to create a search army. In sharing resources and manpower, Olsen said the odds of finding previously missed clues continue to increase.

"It's an uplifting feeling to have them out there intensely looking," she said.

On Saturday, the search will resume as Olsen hits the snowy DeKalb streets once more to keep her son's case alive. Weathered posters will be taken down and fresh ones put in their place. Friends and family of the missing man will turn out, showing the memory of Brad Olsen has far from faded.

"It hasn't gotten one bit easier," Sue Olsen said of the missed birthdays, Christmases and family dinners. "It's probably gotten harder... but we're so blessed to have so many people willing to help."
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