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  • 3rd arrest in Brooke Bennett case

    S.A. man tied to Vermont sex assault case:

    A 3rd man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett of Vermont.

    58-year-old Kevin D. Grosenheider of San Antonio, Texas was arrested for helping Brooke’s former stepfather, Ray Gagnon, dispose of evidence. Gagnon rented a room from Grosenheider and had asked him to dispose of Gagnon’s computer which is alleged to have contained child porn.

    Now here’s where it gets into Whiskey Tango Foxtrot territory…

    Gagnon had showed him and a co-worker images of child pornography that Gagnon had received on his cell phone. The affidavit said the images were of a girl in Vermont whom Gagnon claimed to have had sex with. Grosenheider also told agents he later saw the images on Gagnon’s computer at the home on Timber Pond Road, and that Gagnon detailed the sexual assault of the girl to Grosenheider.

    Why the hell didn’t Grosenheider go to the police then? If I was renting a room out to someone who turned out to be a pedophile the cops would be there so fast he wouldn’t have known what hit him. Maybe if he called the police Jacques would have heard about Gagnon’s arrest and would have been scared off from kidnapping and killing Brooke Bennett.

  • Jacques pleads not guilty

    Jacques Pleads Not Guilty:

    Michael Jacques, the accused killer of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, had his lawyers plead not guilty for him yesterday. The scumbag couldn’t even man up and show his face in court.

    It could be six months before the feds decide on pursuing the death penalty or not.

  • Michael Jacques got away with rape

    Michael Jacques’ Other Victim:

    If you’ve been reading this site for a while you’ll know that one of the stories regularly featured here is the story of Brooke Bennett.

    12-year-old Brooke disappeared and was allegedly raped and killed by her uncle Michael Jacques. Jacques was a sex offender who went through Vermont’s ‘treatment’ for sex offenders and was released early from his sentence.

    Now Channel 3 in Burlington, Vermont have uncovered information that there was a victim of Jacques that he never went to jail for.

    At the time of her rape in 1987, the woman was only 13 years old. Jacques was 20 at the time. According to her, Jacques used to lure girls to his place all the time with booze and drugs.

    However, the records of this mysteriously disappeared and public officials weren’t saying anything about it.

    I highly recommend reading the entire article. It just goes to show how some people are more worried about the feelings of a repeat sex offender than they are the safety of the public at large.

  • Indictments handed down in Brooke Bennett’s disappearance

    Jacques indicted: Brooke Bennett assaulted, strangled, smothered

    Michael Jacques was indicted yesterday in the disappearance of his niece 12-year-old Brooke Bennett. Jacques is facing federal charges so that makes him oh so eligible for the death penalty.

    A grand jury says convicted rapist Michael Jacques, 42, of Randolph drugged, sexually assaulted, strangled and smothered Brooke and placed a plastic bag over her head. The six-count indictment calls the killing premeditated, intentional and “especially heinous, cruel, or depraved.”

    This article states that Jacques has also been charged with her murder.

    To read the PDF of the indictment you can go here.

    Speaking of indictments, Jacque’s cohort, Ray Gagnon who is also Brooke Bennett’s ex-stepfather, has also been indicted. He was indicted in the state of Texas, where he lives on child porn charges. The U.S. District Attorney has dropped the obstruction charges against Gagnon so he could be easily extradited to Texas.

    Have fun in Texas prison, Ray.

  • More on Michael Jacques new legal team

    Death Penalty Experts Join Jacques’ Defense Team:

    The fancy pants lawyers that will be advising Michael Jacques are David Ruhnke and Jean DeSales Barrett of the New Jersey law firm of Ruhnke & Barrett.

    After slogging through the spam that most lawyer pages are I did find out that they are specialists in federal death penalty cases. Jacques is facing federal charges of kidnapping on the death of his niece Brooke Bennett. Jacques is also a convicted sex offender.

    Allegedly Ruhnke & Barrett have never had a client executed. If Jacques is guilty of Brooke’s death here’s hoping their streak comes to an end.

  • Michael Jacques gets hot shot legal team

    Jacques Assigned More Lawyers:

    The accused kidnapper and possible killer of Brooke Bennett has been assigned some more legal assistance. Michael Jacques will be receiving legal counsel from a husband and wife team of lawyers from New Jersey. It’s alleged that none of their clients have ever been put to death.

    If they usually practice in New Jersey that’s no big feat. Jersey hasn’t executed anyone since before I was born and they did away with the death penalty this year.

    So will the prosecution now get a legal team that has had everyone they’ve prosecuted executed? I hope so. If Jacques is guilty of the crimes he’s accused of he needs to be put down like a dog.

    Vermont does not have the death penalty but Jacques is more than likely looking at federal charges.

  • Gagnon’s computer still missing

    Search Continues For Computer Belonging To Child Sex Ring Suspect:

    The search for Ray Gagnon’s computer continues. Gagnon is the ex-stepfather of Brooke Bennett and instructed a friend of his to dispose of his computer at the time of Brooke’s disappearance.

    Originally investigators believed that it was it a San Antonio landfill since that where Gagnon lives. However, they were unable to find the computer in the landfill. Now they’re posting fliers in Gagnon’s neighborhood hoping that someone picked it up out of the trash.

    The computer allegedly contains a vast amount of child porn and could possibly contain evidence regarding Brooke’s disappearance.

  • Gagnon racks up more charges

    Former stepfather of Vermont girl indicted:

    I’m sure by now those of you who are following the Brooke Bennett story already know that her ex-stepfather has been indicted in San Antonio. Ray Gagnon was indicted on child porn charges there yesterday.

    Gagnon admitted to police that he had a friend/roommate/landlord dispose of his safe which contained a computer which contained a massive cache of child porn.

    Gagnon was already facing obstruction charges for disposing of said laptop while police were still looking for Brooke Bennett.

    For current up to the minute news on this subject, you can usually find it in this comment thread where the commenters are doing a great job of posting up to the minute updates.

  • Search is on for Gagnon’s computer

    Texas Search in Brooke Bennett Murder:

    Federal Agents in Texas are scouring a landfill looking for the computer of Ray Gagnon. As you know Ray Gagnon is the former stepfather of Brooke Bennett and a possible accomplice in her disappearance. before his arrest, he instructed his roommate to dispose of a computer that allegedly contained child porn.

    I wonder if it also holds any evidence of Brooke’s disappearance or murder.

  • Vermont released Jacques early

    State wanted suspect’s early probation release:

    The state government of Vermont is really earning their reputation as being child molester friendly.

    It was released yesterday that the Department of Corrections in Vermont recommended an early release for Michael Jacques. The same Michael Jacques who in 1993 kidnapped and sexually assaulted an underage girl. The same Michael Jacques who is Brooke Bennett’s uncle and the prime suspect in her disappearance.

    Judge Amy Davenport approved the early release for Jacques in 2006, seven years early.

    Now I know hindsight is 20/20 and all that but you would think that any state government in this country would want a violent sex offender like Jacques to serve out his entire sentence.