Former MLB pitcher Greg Swindell’s daughter reported missing
Brenna Swindell was last seen in Austin Thursday night with her ex-boyfriend. Police have tracked her van to Colorado.
Brenna Swindell told Travis County sheriff’s deputies last month that she thought her then-boyfriend was going to kill her. Now the Austin Police Department is investigating her disappearance after she was last seen with the man.
Swindell is a mother of three and the daughter of Greg Swindell, who pitched for the University of Texas and had a 17-year career in major league baseball. She has been missing from the Austin area since Thursday, her mother, Sarah Swindell, said in a Facebook post.
The disappearance is uncharacteristic of Brenna Swindell, who would “never abandon her 3 children or just take off without explanation,” the post says.
Swindell’s vehicle last seen in Colorado
According to Austin police, Brenna Swindell and her ex-boyfriend, Morgan Guidry, were last seen together about 10:20 p.m. Thursday at Poodies Hilltop Roadhouse in Spicewood. Law enforcement tracked her white 2022 Kia Carnival to Colorado by Friday evening.
Guidry and her van might have been sighted in Colorado Springs, according to a flyer shared by the organization Missing People in America.
Both Brenna Swindell’s and Guidry’s phones “seem to be (in Colorado) but both are turned off,” the Facebook post says.
Brenna Swindell is 5 feet 5 and about 120 pounds with brown shoulder-length hair. She has a sleeve tattoo with flowers on one arm and a spider web on the other shoulder, the post says.
The Austin Police Department’s missing persons unit can be reached at 512-974-5250. People who live outside of Austin and need to make a report may call call 512-974-5000.
Arrest affidavit filed for Morgan Guidry a day after disappearance
An affidavit for an arrest warrant filed Friday, a day after Brenna Swindell’s disappearance, states that Guidry strangled his girlfriend multiple times and slammed her head onto the floor at an apartment complex July 7.
The victim was not named in the affidavit, but Travis County sheriff’s office spokesperson Kristen Dark confirmed to the American-Statesman that she was Brenna Swindell.
Dark said the affidavit was filed more than a month after the incident because Brenna Swindell had decided on Aug. 20 to press charges against Guidry.
The woman suffered numerous injuries, including to her clavicle, head, neck and hand. She told deputies that she threw a box of ammunition on the ground and ran to an exit while Guidry grabbed a rifle, the affidavit says. She told deputies she believed Guidry would kill her.
When authorities responded to the apartment, Guidry had left with his rifle, but they found the loose ammunition on the ground, the affidavit says.
