Brooke Bennett

    • Date last seen: June 25, 2008
    • Time last seen: 9:00 a.m. EST
    • Place last seen: In front of a Cumberland Farms convenience store in Randolph, Vermont
    • Search began on June 26, 2008
    • Body was found on July 2, 2008 in shallow graveFOXNews: New Details of Uncle's Arrest Record... (July 4, 2008)
    • Bennett's uncle, Michael Jacques, arrested on June 29, 2008
    • Jacques originally charged with sexual assault involving a minor in an unrelated caseCNN: Uncle of Missing Vermont Girl Arrested (June 30, 2008)
    • Jacques is a registered sex offender and was one of the last people seen with Bennett before she vanished
    • Jacques charged with kidnapping Bennett on July 2, 2008
    • Could face death penalty depending on how Bennett died

  • Brooke Bennett disappeared in June 2008 and her body was found a week later. Bennett's uncle Michael Jacques was charged with the kidnapping. According to an affidavit, an unidentified minor told police that Bennett was being groomed by her uncle to join a sex ring called Breckinridge.

    On October 1, 2008, Jacques was indicted on charges of kidnapping resulting in murder and five counts of child pornography. It is alleged that he smothered Bennett with a plastic bag.CNN: Indictment: Girl, 12, Targeted for 'Termination' (October 1, 2008)

  • Michael Jacques and Ray Gagnon

    On June 29, 2008, Bennett's uncle, 42-year old Michael Jacques, was arrested on unrelated sex charges involving a minor. The minor was not Bennett but the evidence was revealed in the course of the investigation. On July 1, her stepfather, 40-year old Ray Gagnon, was also arrested with charges of obstruction of justice. Allegedly, both have been previously involved with sexual assault of minors.CNN: Uncle of Missing Vermont Girl Arrested (June 30, 2008) WCAX: Former Stepfather Implicated in Disappearance (July 1, 2008) WCAX: The Criminal Past of Brooke's Uncle (July 1, 2008)

  • Cover-Up

    Police say that Jacques posted fake messages on Bennett's MySpace page to make it appear as if she had been corresponding with someone she met online.FOXNews: New Details of Uncle's Arrest Record... (July 4, 2008)

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