2008 Woodie Awards
Search for missing man continues
Kenneth Larabee
Last updated: 3/20/08 at 12:48 PM CST Section: Community News
It's been nearly seven years since Branson Perry went missing from his father's home in Skidmore.
Seven long years.
On April 11, 2001, Perry, who was 20 at the time, was cleaning his father's house with a friend. At approximately 3 p.m. that afternoon, Perry took jumper cables out to his father's nearby shed and was never seen again.
Seven years later, Perry's mother, Becky Klino, hasn't lost the love for her son, nor her hope for his return.
"My faith believes in miracles," Klino said. "I believe in miracles and so you constantly are believing that, and praying and hoping that he's going to be OK. That he's going to come home. That he just had to get away and for whatever reason, that part doesn't matter anymore, and you hope that one day he'll just decide to come home."
Since Perry went missing, authorities from Nodaway County and the Missouri State Highway Patrol have been investigating the disappearance. The investigation remains active and open Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Merrill said, but added that authorities can't discuss many details.
Not being able to hear about leads has been extremely tough for Klino.
"As a parent, you want to know what's going on. If they know something, you want to be able to know that, so that way you know that things are being done," Klino said. "That they're following up on things, however trivial they may be, or insignificant they might be. You just … anything, you want to hear anything that's happening."
Through the Internet and billboards supplied by both herself and Lamar, Klino hopes to help keep people thinking about her son in hopes that it will bring any new information to light."I feel it's very important to keep the awareness out there, to keep the public constantly being renewed with: that the case is open, that it is still unsolved," Klino said. "I'm thinking maybe, hopefully, that people who do have the information, maybe one of these times they'll go by and they'll see it or they'll hear something about it and maybe the guilt will get to them.
Seven long years.
On April 11, 2001, Perry, who was 20 at the time, was cleaning his father's house with a friend. At approximately 3 p.m. that afternoon, Perry took jumper cables out to his father's nearby shed and was never seen again.
Seven years later, Perry's mother, Becky Klino, hasn't lost the love for her son, nor her hope for his return.
"My faith believes in miracles," Klino said. "I believe in miracles and so you constantly are believing that, and praying and hoping that he's going to be OK. That he's going to come home. That he just had to get away and for whatever reason, that part doesn't matter anymore, and you hope that one day he'll just decide to come home."
Since Perry went missing, authorities from Nodaway County and the Missouri State Highway Patrol have been investigating the disappearance. The investigation remains active and open Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Merrill said, but added that authorities can't discuss many details.
Not being able to hear about leads has been extremely tough for Klino.
"As a parent, you want to know what's going on. If they know something, you want to be able to know that, so that way you know that things are being done," Klino said. "That they're following up on things, however trivial they may be, or insignificant they might be. You just … anything, you want to hear anything that's happening."
Through the Internet and billboards supplied by both herself and Lamar, Klino hopes to help keep people thinking about her son in hopes that it will bring any new information to light."I feel it's very important to keep the awareness out there, to keep the public constantly being renewed with: that the case is open, that it is still unsolved," Klino said. "I'm thinking maybe, hopefully, that people who do have the information, maybe one of these times they'll go by and they'll see it or they'll hear something about it and maybe the guilt will get to them.
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