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Tag: Ray Gagnon

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Brooke Bennett’s ex-stepfather receives new charges

    Vt girl’s ex-stepdad charged in Ala. w/ child porn:

    Ray Gagnon, Brooke Bennett’s former stepfather, has been charged with possession of child porn, but not in Texas where he lives. He was charged by the state of Alabama.

    Alabama is saying that Gagnon stored child porn in a house where he used to live in Cullman, Alabama.

    It seems that the mother’s side of Brooke Bennett’s family has a problem with pedophiles. Brooke’s mother married Gagnon, Brooke’s aunt married Michael Jacques.

    I’m not saying it’s the women’s fault but what are the odds that two sisters would both marry pedophiles?

  • Timeline in Brooke Bennett’s disappearance

    Details in police’s case reveal chilling, devious planning by victim’s uncle:

    This is an article from the Barre Montpelier Times Argus that details the timeline of Michael Jacques planned kidnapping of Brooke Bennett. It also shows what kind of scumbag Jacques really is.

    First Jacques was using two different online personas to communicate with an underage girl that he was abusing. The first one was simply ‘E’ and the second one was Rauel Domingo. Domingo is not a third suspect as some blogs would have you believe. One of the things he told the girl was he was hunting wild zebra in Africa. To me, that sounds like some kind of code.

    Jacques and the juvenile plotted on how to lure Bennett away.

    Jacques ordered $1,033.45 in sex toys.

    Another underage female says that she will participate in the ‘tie down’.

    Jacques emailed one of the girls asking her to collect her boyfriend’s semen in order to throw police off the trail once Brooke disappears.

    According to the report, Jacques altered Brooke’s MySpace before she was abducted.

    Ray Gagnon then logged into Brooke’s MySpace and changed the password.

    When Jacques reported that he found some of Brooke’s clothes police also found blood and semen which they now believe Jacques planted.

    Those are just some of the lowlights that Jacques and Gagnon are accused of committing.

    How elaborate this whole scheme was just sickens me and anything less than the death penalty for Jacques would be an injustice.

  • More on Brooke Bennett

    In court papers, Jacques accused of falsifying Web posts:

    Yesterday when I posted about the discovery of Brooke Bennett’s body I wasn’t sure if her body was found on her uncle’s property or not. It turns out a fresh grave was discovered on a rural road just off of Michael Jacques’ property.

    Now here’s the reason I didn’t want to post Brooke Bennet’s MySpace, it was, in fact, a fake. Police say that Jacques is the one who changed Brooke’s account to make reference to how she was supposedly leaving Vermont for Texas to meet someone. Jacques even told police about the MySpace in an attempt to throw them off the track.

    By the time I post this (as I am writing it Thursday morning), Jacques may have already been charged with federal kidnapping. If also charged with federal murder Jacques could be looking at the death penalty. The feds may have jurisdiction since I believe tampering with someone’s MySpace like that in order to hide a crime may be a federal offense.

    Now on to Brooke’s former stepfather Ray Gagnon. He’s been arrested for destroying evidence. That evidence turned out to be a laptop filled with child porn. Gagnon called his landlord back in Texas and asked him to destroy the computer. Gagnon also had a hand in altering Brooke’s MySpace after speaking with Jacques. Gagnon is also looking at federal charges but as of now those charges aren’t clear but I would assume they would also be for tampering with Brooke’s MySpace.

  • Brooke Bennett’s stepfather arrested

    First, before I get into the post I want to make one thing clear to my readers and commenters.

    Stop posting links to Brooke Bennett’s MySpace. I have a rule about posting the MySpaces of victims. I don’t. End of discussion.

    Former Stepfather Implicated in Disappearance:

    40-year-old Ray Gagnon of Texas was arrested during the same investigation that netted Brooke’s uncle Michael Jacques. Neither has been named as a suspect in Brooke’s disappearance.

    Gagnon is accused of destroying evidence and sexually assaulting a minor last summer in Vermont.

    Now here’s where it gets really scary. Michael Jacques belonged to a child sex ring called Breckenridge. Police aren’t saying if Gagnon was involved.

    In my opinion, these two investigations are now linked but that’s just a hunch. There’s just way too many coincidences.

    If you can stomach the details the police affidavit against Jacques is here in PDF format. (Source)