Brandon Joseph Hanson, known as BJ, was 18 when he was last heard from in Naperville, Illinois, on February 28, 1999. Interested in the rave and underground music scene, he associated with the Rainbow Family and had traveled to gatherings in places such as Berkeley, California, and New Orleans, Louisiana. At the time he was described as between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 3 inches, 165 to 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes; his hair varied from clean-cut to dreadlocks. He had scars on his right earlobe and left upper arm and a tattoo on his right forearm.

The last contact was a phone call to his grandmother in which he said he believed people were after him and that he wanted to leave the country. The location where he was at the time of that call is not known, leaving a gap in the timeline. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office is investigating and the case appears on national missing persons databases. Does anyone who knew Brandon or saw him around late February 1999 have information to share?