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Date: Jun 25, 2008
Cause of Death: Undetermined
Location: Randolph, Vermont
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A body found Wednesday is believed to be that of a missing 12-year-old whose uncle allegedly planned to force her into a sex ring, Vermont State Police said.

Col. James Baker said Brooke Bennett's body was found in Randolph, where the uncle lives, about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.

She was last seen alive with the uncle, Michael Jacques, 42, at a convenience store a week ago.

"The painful discovery of Brooke's body today is tragic and heartbreaking," the state police director said at a news conference.

He called the death "clearly suspicious" but declined to give details before a news conference scheduled for Thursday morning.

Sex ring initiation alleged

But in an affidavit unsealed earlier in U.S. District Court, an unidentified teenager said she was present on June 25 when Jacques tricked Brooke into thinking she was going to a party and took her too his Randolph home to be initiated into a sex ring.

Jacques was in jail awaiting trial on sex charges unrelated to the disappearance of Brooke Wednesday. Vermont state police say he will be charged with kidnapping in connection to Brooke's disappearance.

According to the affidavit, the unnamed teen, also a relative of Jacques, told federal agents that she herself had been having sex with Jacques since she was 9, in a sex ring called Breckinridge.

The 14-year-old girl told authorities she helped Jacques, the missing girl's uncle, take the 12-year-old to Jacques' Randolph home on June 25 to be initiated into the ring. Brooke was missing ever since. The girl said she understood that as part of the initiation, Brooke "would have sex with adult males," according to the affidavit.

The girl said she and Brooke watched television for a while before Jacques told her to leave and took the Brooke upstairs. The witness said she left the house with her boyfriend and did not see the girl again.

MySpace page used in cover-up

Brooke's former stepfather, Raymond Gagnon, appeared in federal court Wednesday on an obstruction of justice charge in the case. He was denied bail and was held pending another hearing on Monday.

Police say Gagnon, 40, lives in Texas but often visited Vermont. According to the affidavit, he told police he accessed Brooke's MySpace page from a laptop computer at his home in San Antonio after getting login information from Jacques.

Police said they have evidence that postings to the account were altered to make it appear that Brooke had discussed a secret rendezvous with someone identified as "Skittlemeup" shortly before she disappeared.

Gagnon also told police he had downloaded child pornography onto the laptop, according to the affidavit.

Authorities said Gagnon was on a regular visit to Vermont from Texas when he was arrested Monday.

In Randolph before the announcement, Brooke's friends and family put up signs saying they missed her and were praying for her safe return. She lived in Braintree, a small town close to Randolph.

"To the community, thank you so much for all your support and help, and I hope I can keep continuing to get that," said Brooke's mother, Cassandra Gagnon. She wore a photo pin of her daughter on her T-shirt.

She said she was "very surprised" by her ex-husband's alleged involvement.

'Program for sex' allegation

On Monday, Jacques was arraigned on an aggravated sexual assault charge involving a different girl, who is quoted in court papers as saying Jacques told her he would be her trainer in a "program for sex." It was not immediately clear if that girl was the same one saying she helped Jacques.

The girl said she had met three men in the program, including Jacques, and that she was told two other girls also were in the program. "The first who does it lives and the second gets her throat cut," she told police, according to an affidavit filed in court Monday.

Jacques dropped Brooke off at a convenience store on June 25, and surveillance video shows they left in separate directions. She had told family members she was going to meet a friend and visit a hospitalized relative of the friend, but police believe that was a lie.

In the sex assault case, Jacques pleaded not guilty and was being held in lieu of $250,000 bail. His attorney called the evidence in the case "very sparse."

Jacques has 1993 convictions for kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. Prosecutors argued against bail, saying he posed a threat to the accuser and had violated probation.

James Bennett, Brooke's father, said Gagnon had been married to Brooke's mother, Cassandra Gagnon. He said they separated about four years ago and may have divorced.

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[size=12pt]Amber Alert issued for missing Braintree girl
12-year-old Brooke Bennett last seen 9 a.m. Wednesday[/size]

BROOKFIELD - Vermont State Police issued this state's first Amber Alert on Thursday afternoon as they searched for a missing 12-year-old girl from Braintree.

Brooke Bennett was last seen at 9 a.m. on Wednesday when her uncle dropped her off at a Cumberland Farms in Randolph. At 9 p.m. that night her grandmother reported her missing to the State Police barracks in Rockingham. After searching throughout the day Thursday, police issued an Amber Alert, a national all-points bulletin for a missing child, around 5:15 p.m.

Bennett is 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 98 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes and she was last seen wearing a pink sweater, blue jeans and a pair of white sneakers with pink lettering. Her hair has purple streaks and both of her ears are pierced on the top and bottom.

Bennett, who recently completed the seventh grade at Randolph High School, had told family members she was meeting a friend at the convenience store. She said the two were then going to visit the friend's ill relative at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Bennett had spent the previous night at her uncle's house, and when he dropped her off, a cousin was also in the vehicle. Video surveillance at the store shows Bennett being dropped off and then walking away from the store towards Randolph.

After interviews with family and friends, police believe the story of meeting a friend and traveling to the Hanover, N.H., medical center was a ruse, reported Capt. David Covell, the D-Troop Commander during an afternoon press conference in Brookfield at the elementary school.

Police have evidence that Bennett may have agreed to meet someone with whom she had been communicating through the computer social network MySpace. As part of their investigation, police are searching Bennett's computer for more information. They would not confirm whether the correspondent was a male or female.

"It is certainly our hope that Ms. Bennett is out there and has just failed to contact family and friends," said Covell during the press conference.

In an interview with the Associated Press, her father said his daughter established her first MySpace account under his supervision, but he later pulled the plug on it a couple of months ago after they learned about some of her activity on it, according James Bennett, 41, of Bethel.

"e told her when we set it up there that's things you're not gonna' do," he said. "We had a little respect problem after a month or so, so we shut it off. There was an issue, and we decided it was not appropriate for her to have it. We changed the password so she couldn't use it," he said.

She later set up an account from another computer, which Bennett said he didn't know until a week ago. The girl lives with her mother in Braintree, not with Bennett.

State police late Thursday evening said some 30 law enforcement officials had been marshaled for the search and would follow leads throughout the night. State police Sgt,. Tara Thomas said the FBI had also become involved in the case.

Family members were out searching for Bennett early in the morning and one member found an item of clothing on the side of Route 65 in Brookfield, police reported. They would not confirm what the item of clothing was, only that is was something Bennett was last seen wearing. Forensic evidence garnered from the clothing was what prompted police to issue the Amber Alert and led to the search in the rural town.

That Amber Alert was posted on the top of MySpace pages for members throughout Vermont on Thursday.

As far as officials attending the afternoon the briefing could determine, it was the first time the Amber Alert measure had been taken in the state. When asked why it was not issued until almost 24 hours after the girl was reported missing, police officials said certain criteria must be met in order to issue such an alert.

The search in Brookfield included the use of a K-9 Unit. Members of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, troopers from the Royalton barracks and detectives from throughout the state responded to the area to assist. The State Police Crime Scene Search Team processed the area on Route 65 where the clothing was found.

The area was also searched by the State Police Search and Rescue Team, but results were negative. Police reported they will implement a dive team in Sunset Lake early today if there are no new developments in the case.

At least 14 detectives were out searching the Brookfield area. A few were seen talking to motorists in the neighborhood of Brookfield's famed floating bridge on Route 65. By early evening local police, friends and family had scattered fliers throughout the region of Randolph, Brookfield, Braintree and beyond.
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	map :: contact us :: submit a death Brooke Bennett (12) was murdered the night she was initiated into a sex ring Filed Under: Undetermined Published: Jul 03, 2008 @ 11:05 PM Your Ad Here Brooke Bennett (12) Date: Jun 25, 2008 Cause of Death: Undetermined Location: Randolph, Vermont URL: go to their myspace Advertise on this site A body found Wednesday is believed to be that of a missing 12-year-old whose uncle allegedly planned to force her into a sex ring, Vermont State Police said. Col. James Baker said Brooke Bennett's body was found in Randolph, where the uncle lives, about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. She was last seen alive with the uncle, Michael Jacques, 42, at a convenience store a week ago. "The painful discovery of Brooke's body today is tragic and heartbreaking," the state police director said at a news conference. He called the death "clearly suspicious" but declined to give details before a news conference scheduled for Thursday morning. Sex ring initiation alleged But in an affidavit unsealed earlier in U.S. District Court, an unidentified teenager said she was present on June 25 when Jacques tricked Brooke into thinking she was going to a party and took her too his Randolph home to be initiated into a sex ring. Jacques was in jail awaiting trial on sex charges unrelated to the disappearance of Brooke Wednesday. Vermont state police say he will be charged with kidnapping in connection to Brooke's disappearance. According to the affidavit, the unnamed teen, also a relative of Jacques, told federal agents that she herself had been having sex with Jacques since she was 9, in a sex ring called Breckinridge. The 14-year-old girl told authorities she helped Jacques, the missing girl's uncle, take the 12-year-old to Jacques' Randolph home on June 25 to be initiated into the ring. Brooke was missing ever since. The girl said she understood that as part of the initiation, Brooke "would have sex with adult males," according to the affidavit. The girl said she and Brooke watched television for a while before Jacques told her to leave and took the Brooke upstairs. The witness said she left the house with her boyfriend and did not see the girl again. MySpace page used in cover-up Brooke's former stepfather, Raymond Gagnon, appeared in federal court Wednesday on an obstruction of justice charge in the case. He was denied bail and was held pending another hearing on Monday. Police say Gagnon, 40, lives in Texas but often visited Vermont. According to the affidavit, he told police he accessed Brooke's MySpace page from a laptop computer at his home in San Antonio after getting login information from Jacques. Police said they have evidence that postings to the account were altered to make it appear that Brooke had discussed a secret rendezvous with someone identified as "Skittlemeup" shortly before she disappeared. Gagnon also told police he had downloaded child pornography onto the laptop, according to the affidavit. Authorities said Gagnon was on a regular visit to Vermont from Texas when he was arrested Monday. In Randolph before the announcement, Brooke's friends and family put up signs saying they missed her and were praying for her safe return. She lived in Braintree, a small town close to Randolph. "To the community, thank you so much for all your support and help, and I hope I can keep continuing to get that," said Brooke's mother, Cassandra Gagnon. She wore a photo pin of her daughter on her T-shirt. She said she was "very surprised" by her ex-husband's alleged involvement. 'Program for sex' allegation On Monday, Jacques was arraigned on an aggravated sexual assault charge involving a different girl, who is quoted in court papers as saying Jacques told her he would be her trainer in a "program for sex." It was not immediately clear if that girl was the same one saying she helped Jacques. The girl said she had met three men in the program, including Jacques, and that she was told two other girls also were in the program. "The first who does it lives and the second gets her throat cut," she told police, according to an affidavit filed in court Monday. Jacques dropped Brooke off at a convenience store on June 25, and surveillance video shows they left in separate directions. She had told family members she was going to meet a friend and visit a hospitalized relative of the friend, but police believe that was a lie. In the sex assault case, Jacques pleaded not guilty and was being held in lieu of $250,000 bail. His attorney called the evidence in the case "very sparse." Jacques has 1993 convictions for kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. Prosecutors argued against bail, saying he posed a threat to the accuser and had violated probation. James Bennett, Brooke's father, said Gagnon had been married to Brooke's mother, Cassandra Gagnon. He said they separated about four years ago and may have divorced. Related Article(s): Police: Missing Vermont girl's body found Read what people are saying about this article... Brooke Bennett (12) was murdered the night she was initiated into a sex ring http://mydeathspace.com/article/2008/07/03/Brooke_Bennett_(12)_was_murdered_the_night_she_was_initiated_into_a_sex_ring June 27, 2008 [size=12pt]Amber Alert issued for missing Braintree girl 12-year-old Brooke Bennett last seen 9 a.m. Wednesday[/size] BROOKFIELD - Vermont State Police issued this state's first Amber Alert on Thursday afternoon as they searched for a missing 12-year-old girl from Braintree. Brooke Bennett was last seen at 9 a.m. on Wednesday when her uncle dropped her off at a Cumberland Farms in Randolph. At 9 p.m. that night her grandmother reported her missing to the State Police barracks in Rockingham. After searching throughout the day Thursday, police issued an Amber Alert, a national all-points bulletin for a missing child, around 5:15 p.m. Bennett is 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 98 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes and she was last seen wearing a pink sweater, blue jeans and a pair of white sneakers with pink lettering. Her hair has purple streaks and both of her ears are pierced on the top and bottom. Bennett, who recently completed the seventh grade at Randolph High School, had told family members she was meeting a friend at the convenience store. She said the two were then going to visit the friend's ill relative at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Bennett had spent the previous night at her uncle's house, and when he dropped her off, a cousin was also in the vehicle. Video surveillance at the store shows Bennett being dropped off and then walking away from the store towards Randolph. After interviews with family and friends, police believe the story of meeting a friend and traveling to the Hanover, N.H., medical center was a ruse, reported Capt. David Covell, the D-Troop Commander during an afternoon press conference in Brookfield at the elementary school. Police have evidence that Bennett may have agreed to meet someone with whom she had been communicating through the computer social network MySpace. As part of their investigation, police are searching Bennett's computer for more information. They would not confirm whether the correspondent was a male or female. "It is certainly our hope that Ms. Bennett is out there and has just failed to contact family and friends," said Covell during the press conference. In an interview with the Associated Press, her father said his daughter established her first MySpace account under his supervision, but he later pulled the plug on it a couple of months ago after they learned about some of her activity on it, according James Bennett, 41, of Bethel. "e told her when we set it up there that's things you're not gonna' do," he said. "We had a little respect problem after a month or so, so we shut it off. There was an issue, and we decided it was not appropriate for her to have it. We changed the password so she couldn't use it," he said. She later set up an account from another computer, which Bennett said he didn't know until a week ago. The girl lives with her mother in Braintree, not with Bennett. State police late Thursday evening said some 30 law enforcement officials had been marshaled for the search and would follow leads throughout the night. State police Sgt,. Tara Thomas said the FBI had also become involved in the case. Family members were out searching for Bennett early in the morning and one member found an item of clothing on the side of Route 65 in Brookfield, police reported. They would not confirm what the item of clothing was, only that is was something Bennett was last seen wearing. Forensic evidence garnered from the clothing was what prompted police to issue the Amber Alert and led to the search in the rural town. That Amber Alert was posted on the top of MySpace pages for members throughout Vermont on Thursday. As far as officials attending the afternoon the briefing could determine, it was the first time the Amber Alert measure had been taken in the state. When asked why it was not issued until almost 24 hours after the girl was reported missing, police officials said certain criteria must be met in order to issue such an alert. The search in Brookfield included the use of a K-9 Unit. Members of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, troopers from the Royalton barracks and detectives from throughout the state responded to the area to assist. The State Police Crime Scene Search Team processed the area on Route 65 where the clothing was found. The area was also searched by the State Police Search and Rescue Team, but results were negative. Police reported they will implement a dive team in Sunset Lake early today if there are no new developments in the case. At least 14 detectives were out searching the Brookfield area. A few were seen talking to motorists in the neighborhood of Brookfield's famed floating bridge on Route 65. By early evening local police, friends and family had scattered fliers throughout the region of Randolph, Brookfield, Braintree and beyond. http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS/901012903/1002/NEWS01&template=printart I'm looking for myspaces now. I believe these are possible myspaces: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=354302841 http://www.myspace.com/beedeekay http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=270831610 « go back to article archive list This website is not endorsed or affiliated with MySpace in any way.