Brandon A Haugabook

Brandon A. Haugabook was a 19-year-old from the Willert Park neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Though public records of his life beyond family and neighborhood are limited in available archives, the sources that identify him make clear he was a young man known to his community and cherished by those close to him.

Brandon lived in a neighborhood with deep ties of family and church, and news coverage at the time described loved ones gathering after his death for public visitation and a funeral service—an indication that family and community came together to honor him. He was 19 when he died on July 10, 2009; that loss left family members and friends with questions and grief that have endured over the years.

Records and later court and law-enforcement releases reference the location on Buffalo’s East Side where Brandon’s life ended and note his age and residence, establishing his identity in public records without providing a fuller public portrait of his hobbies, work, or other personal details. While those deeper personal details are not available in reliable public sources accessible to this research, it is clear from funeral notices and community responses at the time that Brandon’s life mattered to those around him.

This remembrance acknowledges Brandon as a real person whose life extended beyond headlines and files. He was a son and a neighbor in Willert Park; people gathered to mourn him and to mark his passing. Where the public record is limited, this page honors the fact that friends and family remember a young life cut short and that his memory has continued to matter in Buffalo.

If family members or close friends wish to provide more personal details—stories of his laughter, interests, work, or the relationships that mattered to him—those remembrances would enrich this page and give a fuller sense of Brandon the person, not only of the loss endured by those who loved him.