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Brandon Mouton Missing Person Case

Last seen in Grand Isle, Louisiana on Jul 22, 2010

Victim Details

Dec 1, 2010

Oct 11, 2022

Brandon

Mouton

44

28

70 inches

230 lbs

Black / African American

Male

Jul 22, 2010

Grand Isle

Louisiana

Jefferson Parish

9383

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

Harvey

Louisiana

Jefferson Parish

70058

1233 Westbank Expressway, Louisiana

5043635500

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.jpso.com/

G-22664-10

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

Black

Brown

Brown

No

Oct 9, 2026


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Case Description

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Summary based on the NamUs case record (MP8721) and 5 other sources
In the summer of 2010, the Gulf of Mexico was in the grip of a massive environmental crisis. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill had unleashed an unprecedented torrent of crude oil, and a monumental cleanup effort was underway. Among the thousands who joined this effort was Brandon Mouton, a 28-year-old man from Eunice, Louisiana. He had recently started a new job in the vast and intricate network of waterways known as Barataria Bay, an area heavily impacted by the oil slick. His work, like that of many others, was crucial in the attempt to mitigate the ecological damage. For his accommodation, Brandon was staying on a tugboat, a common arrangement for workers in the sprawling offshore cleanup operation. A critical and tragic detail of Brandon's life would soon come into sharp focus: he did not know how to swim.

On the morning of July 22, 2010, Brandon was seen on the barge where he worked at 8:00 a.m.. He was dressed in a blue shirt and blue jeans, typical attire for the demanding manual labor of the cleanup. The day progressed as usual, with the constant hum of machinery and the somber backdrop of a coastline struggling to survive. However, as the afternoon wore on, concern for Brandon's whereabouts began to grow. By 4:00 p.m., it was clear that no one had seen him for hours, and he was officially reported missing. The alarm was raised, and the vast expanse of Barataria Bay, with its labyrinthine marshes and open water, became the focus of an urgent search. The fact that Brandon could not swim lent a terrible urgency to the situation, as the scenarios that could lead to his disappearance were overwhelmingly grim.

The United States Coast Guard was called in to lead the search for Brandon. For 24 agonizing hours, they scoured the waters of Barataria Bay, hoping for any sign of the missing cleanup worker. The search was extensive, but the bay, clouded by the ongoing oil spill, offered no clues. Ultimately, the search was unsuccessful, and no trace of Brandon Mouton was ever found. The official investigation into his disappearance was handled by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. In the absence of any other evidence, it is widely presumed that Brandon fell from the boat and tragically drowned in the waters he was working to save. His case serves as a somber reminder of the human element within the larger environmental disaster, a personal tragedy lost in the headlines of a national crisis. The overview of the case is a young man, new to a hazardous job, who vanished while working to clean up one of the worst oil spills in history. He was a non-swimmer working on the water, a fact that has led to the sorrowful conclusion that he met his end in an accidental drowning.
Last Seen: Jul 22, 2010

Links to Additional Sources (5)

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  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP8721
  • Brandon Mouton - The Charley Project
  • Brandon Mouton - Wikipedia
  • Brandon Mouton - International Missing Persons Wiki - Fandom
  • Inmate Detail - Mouton, Brandon

    • Possible Unidentified Matches (1)

    Unidentified remains cases whose details are consistent with this person, ranked by how closely they compare. Fields that are unknown in either case are left out of the score.

    78%Possible
    John Doe — Belle Chasse, Louisiana - unidentified case UP54169
    John Doe — Belle Chasse, Louisiana
    UP54169 • Found Dec 1, 2018
    View case
    Sex ✓Male
    Age 100%Est. 25–40 vs 28 when missing
    Race 100%Black
    Location 94%34 mi away, same state
    TimingFound 8 years after last seen
    Height 68%5'7" vs 5'10"
    Weight 61%165 lb vs 230 lb
    Hair 100%Black vs Black

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