{"id":69678,"date":"2025-12-24T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/69678\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:17:09","slug":"state-police-release-new-update-in-search-for-missing-new-bethlehem-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/69678\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Release New Update in Search for Missing New Bethlehem Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. (EYT) \u2014 Pennsylvania State Police have released new information in the ongoing search for Brandon Michael Franklin, a 40-year-old New Bethlehem man reported missing earlier this month.<\/p>\n

According to Pennsylvania State Police in Kittanning, Franklin was officially reported missing on December 11, 2025, after his mother contacted authorities.<\/p>\n

State police say Franklin was last seen on December 6, 2025, at approximately 3:38 p.m., when he departed the Press Your Luck Casino, located at 237 Broad Street in New Bethlehem, with his brother and girlfriend.<\/p>\n

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After leaving the casino, Franklin reportedly separated from his brother and girlfriend and continued on foot westbound along Hunter Way in New Bethlehem. That location remains the last known area where Franklin was seen.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed that surveillance footage from the day Franklin went missing has been reviewed. The surrounding area was canvassed by the Pennsylvania State Police and the New Bethlehem Fire Department; however, those efforts produced negative results, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Franklin is described as a white male, approximately 5-foot-7, with brown hair and hazel eyes. At the time he went missing, he was wearing a gray winter jacket, navy blue T-shirt, blue jeans, and gray and white tennis shoes.<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding Franklin\u2019s whereabouts is asked to contact PSP Kittanning Station at 724-543-2011, PSP Tips Toll Free at 1-800-472-8477, or submit a tip online at www.p3tips.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. (EYT) \u2014 Pennsylvania State Police have released new information in the ongoing search for Brandon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-69678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}