Brooke Bennett, 12 yrs. old Randolph, VT

[vtgirl]

A 12 yr. old girl went missing yesterday from Randolph, VT. This is the link to the news story on WCAX.

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=8558608

[vtgirl]

Burlington Free Press link

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080626/NEWS02/80626017


WPTZ news link

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html

[concernedperson]

Police are saying they found items that may or may not be related. I think that is why they have the K-9 teams working in the area as it must be an item of hers. This doesn't sound good at all.

[SuziQ]

You're right CP. It doesn't sound good.

[RR0004]

Any idea how much time elapsed beyween being dropped off (at 9am) and the police receiving information that she was missing?

Praying for your safe return, Brooke.

[concernedperson]

Any idea how much time elapsed beyween being dropped off (at 9am) and the police receiving information that she was missing?

Praying for your safe return, Brooke.

I had the same thoughts about the timing. The articles don't say but for some reason I think it was quickly. LE had closed roads and set up a command center by the afternoon so something led to the urgency. I read that a pressor is set for 4 so maybe someone with TV can report back as to what was said.

[SuziQ]

The presser should start about now and I'm not seeing a link to it.

[concernedperson]

The presser should start about now and I'm not seeing a link to it.
Fox talked about it being at 4 but didn't provide a link in the article.

[vtgirl]

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306262008&ts=H

Updated news link at WPTZ, not much new reported. I am praying that they find this beautiful little girl soon!

[RR0004]

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306262008&ts=H

Updated news link at WPTZ, not much new reported. I am praying that they find this beautiful little girl soon!
Thanks, vtgirl...please let us know as soon as you hear.

[Beyond Belief]

Vermont State Police said that some "items of interest" possibly related to the missing child, Brooke Bennett, were found earlier Thursday.
Authorities

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372224,00.html

[SuziQ]

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306262008&ts=H

Updated news link at WPTZ, not much new reported. I am praying that they find this beautiful little girl soon!

Thanks for the link! I'm sure we'll find out that the girl from Myspace is actually a 48 year old sex offender and a career criminal.

(snips)
Police learned Thursday afternoon that the girl may have made up the story about meeting her friend at the Randolp convenience store. Investigators are concentrating on someone Bennett met online via the Web site Myspace.com.

According to police, an item that belonged to Bennett was found along Route 65 in Brookfield, but they would not say what the item was. Police also have surveillance video of the girl from the Randolph store.

Police have no suspects at this time and haven't identified the girl she met on myspace.com. A dive team is scheduled to search a nearby lake Friday and forensic experts are checking Bennett's computer for evidence, police said.

[RR0004]

Thanks for the link! I'm sure we'll find out that the girl from Myspace is actually a 48 year old sex offender and a career criminal.

(snips)
Police learned Thursday afternoon that the girl may have made up the story about meeting her friend at the Randolp convenience store. Investigators are concentrating on someone Bennett met online via the Web site Myspace.com.

According to police, an item that belonged to Bennett was found along Route 65 in Brookfield, but they would not say what the item was. Police also have surveillance video of the girl from the Randolph store.

Police have no suspects at this time and haven't identified the girl she met on myspace.com. A dive team is scheduled to search a nearby lake Friday and forensic experts are checking Bennett's computer for evidence, police said.
Oh, no! The fact that they hadn't released the name of the girl she was supposed to meet made me wonder. So how is it she was reported missing if there was never a "friend" who was taking her to the hospital? Did the father get suspicious when she didn't come home at a certain time? If one of my kids said they needed to be dropped off somewhere to meet someone, I would stay till that person arrived. That's just me, but maybe the dad tried to reach Brooke to make sure her ride came and never got a response back (?)

[SuziQ]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372224,00.html

(snips)
Surveillance camera footage from the Cumberland Farms store showed Brooke being dropped off by her uncle and cousin, who drove off, according to Covell.
The footage showed Brooke walking away from the store by herself, he said. That was the last time she was seen.
A family member searching for her Thursday in Brookfield — near her uncle's home, where she spent the night — found items belonging to her near Route 65 that were similar to what she had been wearing, prompting an intensive search by police and dogs in the area of the Floating Bridge.

Police have not identified the person she was communicating with, but Vermont State Police computer experts were analyzing the computer in a bid to learn more, authorities said. Police said they don't know if it was a woman or a man.

ETA: Nevermind! I see now that Cumberland Farms is a store not a city.

[RR0004]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372224,00.html

(snips)
Surveillance camera footage from the Cumberland Farms store showed Brooke being dropped off by her uncle and cousin, who drove off, according to Covell.
The footage showed Brooke walking away from the store by herself, he said. That was the last time she was seen.
A family member searching for her Thursday in Brookfield — near her uncle's home, where she spent the night — found items belonging to her near Route 65 that were similar to what she had been wearing, prompting an intensive search by police and dogs in the area of the Floating Bridge.

Police have not identified the person she was communicating with, but Vermont State Police computer experts were analyzing the computer in a bid to learn more, authorities said. Police said they don't know if it was a woman or a man.

ETA: Nevermind! I see now that Cumberland Farms is a store not a city.
Thanks, SuziQ! So it was the Uncle...so how did anyone know she was missing?
Pehaps it's not important....just trying to fill in the blanks.

[SuziQ]

Trying to make sense here. The attached map shows that Randolph where the store was located and Brooke last seen walking away is almost 11 miles and 21 minutes from Brookefield where her clothes were found on highway 65. Did her friend not show up and she tried to hitch hike home? I think though, that she would have called someone. Did she run away and leave the clothes as a cruel joke? Whatever happened required a car. It's not walking distance.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=brookfield,+vermont&daddr=Randolph&sll=43.895913,-72.934113&sspn=0.671929,1.203003&ie=UTF8&ll=44.044106,-72.612333&spn=0.167564,0.300751&z=12

[RR0004]

Trying to make sense here. The attached map shows that Randolph where the store was located and Brooke last seen walking away is almost 11 miles and 21 minutes from Brookefield where her clothes were found on highway 65. Did her friend not show up and she tried to hitch hike home? I think though, that she would have called someone. Did she run away and leave the clothes as a cruel joke? Whatever happened required a car. It's not walking distance.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=brookfield,+vermont&daddr=Randolph&sll=43.895913,-72.934113&sspn=0.671929,1.203003&ie=UTF8&ll=44.044106,-72.612333&spn=0.167564,0.300751&z=12
Odd that it was back in the direction of Brookfield...where it all began...that the items were found. Why would she be asked to be dropped off 11 miles away and then return...did the Uncle pick her back up?

[Busylady]

Think is one of her myspace accounts

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=354302841

[Busylady]

This one also pulls up when you type her name in - the state doesnt match up but posting it because of what it says -to see what others might think.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40183906

[SuziQ]

RR, it is weird isn't it?

Busylady, good find on the Myspace.

[RR0004]

Yikes...why do kids have to grow up so fast...I can't even imagine saying that when I was her age. She obviously has another account somewhere...that shows her last login back in March. Perhaps, she has a facebook acct. as well? I so wish these kids stayed off the internet!!

[concernedperson]

This case scares me for all the ramifications. I really am worried about Brooke.

[SuziQ]

This one also pulls up when you type her name in - the state doesnt match up but posting it because of what it says -to see what others might think.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40183906

"High and Dead?" ok, weird!!!

[SuziQ]

I am constantly reminded of why I hate myspace. And isn't 12 too young for a myspace account?

[Busylady]

Here is another one http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=270831610

[Busylady]

Ok maybe I have looked at too many of these - can not tell if the girl in the picture is Brooke or not - looks like it to me but I could be way off.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=358797754


Ok im thinking this is Brooke - after looking at the search page the url for the Randolph locations is ello2401 - the url for the page above is ello2341.

[Busylady]

All these pages are scary - I am really worried about this girl. Pray that she didnt meet up and run away with some stranger from myspace.

[evelyn24]

I saw this on NG tonight, and supposedly they found her clothes somewhere?

The police think she left to meet her myspace "friend."

I wonder if she ran away or was abducted?
It's hard to say..I have a feeling it's the latter.

[vtgirl]

Link to latest WCAX news about Brooke

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8558608

Unfortunately, it does look like she indeed went to meet someone that she met online. It really doesn't look good aand I am praying with all my heart that they find her alive.

[vermontn03]

I am constantly reminded of why I hate myspace. And isn't 12 too young for a myspace account?

Dear SuziQ,
Yes 12 is to young for a myspace account. I am on myspace, but I only talk to people that I litterally know the friends that I have on my myspace are friends and family, and music artists.

My Cousins daughter who just turned 13, her parents and brother found out that she had a myspace and made her delete it because of the stuff that they had found. Lets just say it wasn't nice. Remind you that this was 2 years ago that this happened.

I also knew someone that I am not proud of addmitting, that I know her but she had made a myspace for her 4 YR OLD SON. Give me a break what Parent in this whole world that calls her self the #1 mom would make a myspace for her 4 yr old son, for all pediphiles to see? His profile was not private it was public. I did not want to do what I did, but I had to do it, I reported his profile and it was deleted. I'm sorry but I was protecting that little boy.

Does everyone think that I did the right thing?

[vtgirl]

wptz update

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html

[vermontn03]

Ok maybe I have looked at too many of these - can not tell if the girl in the picture is Brooke or not - looks like it to me but I could be way off.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=358797754


Ok im thinking this is Brooke - after looking at the search page the url for the Randolph locations is ello2401 - the url for the page above is ello2341.


Dear Busylady,
Great job on finding that. Yes that is her. If you look closely that last login was TODAY.
So basically she ran away and maybe into the wrong hands, I think she fell in love with a sick human being and he killed her.

this is her message on myspace. ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D
http://a876.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/114/m_027ce99d51cabb7e847130c1d4b912f3.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=358797754)http://x.myspacecdn.com/modules/common/static/img/clear.gif"i wanna leave stupid vermont and go to texas already!!! sorry to all my friends but i need to get away!?"

Female
14 years old
cullman,
Egypt



Last Login: 6/26/2008

Mood: excited http://x.myspace.com/images/blog/moods/iBrads/excited.gif

This is her Status Message: ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D Going insane i swear! :-) Please txt me!?

[vermontn03]

Seeing that her last login on myspace was today I just sent a friend request to her to see if I get accepted. when I sent the request it asked for her last name or email to get any further asking friendship I typed in BENNETT and it let me through so it has to be her. I will let everyone know if i hear anything about this or if it was accepted.

[englishleigh]

From that last MySpace link it looks as though she was trying to get to Texas...she says "I can't wait to get to Texas" or something like that. Maybe any clothing they found she left scattered on purpose to make them think she was abducted and hurt/killed...to buy herself more time?

[vermontn03]

Here is another one http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=270831610

Dear Busylady,

Yes that is her too. This is her staus message.
~BrOoKe~ thinks she has them fooled!

[vermontn03]

Dear Busylady,
Yes these are all her myspaces.
I really do not like this one. Especially the status message. this is what it says.


Brooke
http://a100.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/m_b9fc013eb82185c401d6d58184c671b3.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=40183906)http://x.myspacecdn.com/modules/common/static/img/clear.gif"Brooke has gone missing."

Female
14 years old
born and raised, Texas
United States



Last Login: 6/23/2008
Mood: scared http://x.myspace.com/images/blog/moods/iBrads/scared.gif
Brooke high and dead??

[Cheri_G]

If all of these are Brooke's accounts the last login being today is probably because LE has been looking at them. I'm kind of surprised given the circumstances they are still there for the general public to view.

[vermontn03]

Thanks, SuziQ! So it was the Uncle...so how did anyone know she was missing?
Pehaps it's not important....just trying to fill in the blanks.

Dear RR0004,
Cumberland Farms security cameras caught her on the camera. it caught her walking away from the store, and that she was to go to dartmouth hospital to visit a sick friend but never showed.

[vermontn03]

If all of these are Brooke's accounts the last login being today is probably because LE has been looking at them. I'm kind of surprised given the circumstances they are still there for the general public to view.

Possibly, but why just one of them with todays date, and not the others? I mean it would make sence to check all instead of one.

[RR0004]

Dear RR0004,
Cumberland Farms security cameras caught her on the camera. it caught her walking away from the store, and that she was to go to dartmouth hospital to visit a sick friend but never showed.
Ok...but her clothes (objects) were found back near the Uncle's house...do you think she staged this? Drat, I hate the "conditions" necessary for these Amber alerts.

[vermontn03]

Ok...but her clothes (objects) were found back near the Uncle's house...do you think she staged this? Drat, I hate the "conditions" necessary for these Amber alerts.


Dear RR0004,
I think she very well might have staged this according to her myspace's.

[RR0004]

Gosh...I do hope she's safe somewhere.

[vermontn03]

Gosh...I do hope she's safe somewhere.

Dear RR0004,
So do I, but if this is what she wanted, why would she even bother to broadcast it, even on myspace so to speak. There are a number of poeple on myspace that are pediphiles, murderer's, rapist's, ETC ETC. Anyone could have seen those messages and if she was talking to someone like that (im not saying she was) but if she was all they had to do was findout where she was and they could have gotton to her.

[Cheri_G]

Possibly, but why just one of them with todays date, and not the others? I mean it would make sence to check all instead of one.

Sorry, I didn't look at them carefully enough. I thought they all had todays date, but one is yesterday and the other the 23rd.

[vermontn03]

Sorry, I didn't look at them carefully enough. I thought they all had todays date, but one is yesterday and the other the 23rd.

and the other one has not been signed into since march
here qare the login dates
Last Login: 6/25/2008 ~BrOoKe~ thinks she has them fooled!
Last Login: 6/23/2008 "Brooke has gone missing."

Female
14 years old
born and raised, Texas
United States
Brooke high and dead??

Last Login: 3/20/2008 "I'm a b**** and that's why you love me!" BrookiePie in luv w/ cj

Last Login: 6/26/2008 ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D Going insane i swear! :-) Please txt me!? "i wanna leave stupid vermont and go to texas already!!! sorry to all my friends but i need to get away!?"

[RR0004]

Dear RR0004,
So do I, but if this is what she wanted, why would she even bother to broadcast it, even on myspace so to speak. There are a number of poeple on myspace that are pediphiles, murderer's, rapist's, ETC ETC. Anyone could have seen those messages and if she was talking to someone like that (im not saying she was) but if she was all they had to do was findout where she was and they could have gotton to her.
She's 12...she may THINK she knows all there is to know...but she's till only 12.

[vermontn03]

She's 12...she may THINK she knows all there is to know...but she's till only 12.

Dear RR0004,
In order to sign up on myspace you have to be 14. There is alot of 12 & 13 yr olds on myspace. They say they are 14 just to be on myspace.

[dark_shadows]

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8558608

James Bennett said there had been some tension a month ago regarding Brooke's MySpace page. He actually helped her set up the page originally, but then had taken it down due to some inappropriate language.


But he said overall she is really a good kid and had no reason to run away.


Brooke was missing for a day and a half before police issued the Amber Alert.



That's because there are certain regulations that authorities have to follow in order to issue the alert. There has to be evidence of an abduction. And police believe that they do now have that evidence, though they will not comment on what exactly that evidence is, so that is why they issued the alert late Thursday afternoon.

[vermontn03]

Sorry about the fonts guys but it would let me fix them. I don't know why its making them that big even when I fix them.

Let me put these dates in order ok.

Last Login: 3/20/2008 "I'm a b**** and that's why you love me!" BrookiePie in luv w/ cj

Last Login: 6/23/2008 "Brooke has gone missing. Brooke high and dead??
Brooke Didn't go missing until the 25th.

Last Login: 6/25/2008 ~BrOoKe~ thinks she has them fooled!

Last Login: 6/26/2008 ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D Going insane i swear! :-) Please txt me!? "i wanna leave stupid vermont and go to texas already!!! sorry to all my friends but i need to get away!?"

[dimples37398]

I am not sure if this is hers or not but some of the comments on the videos she has posted has a girl that is 14 but none of them have their real locations listed......

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.Channel&ChannelID=308675607

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=32263317

www.myspace.com/90228509 (http://www.myspace.com/90228509) girl in the video from the brooke bennett listed in the above myspace

[Busylady]

What I am afraid of is whomever she was talking to on myspace she entrusted them with her password, we have to remember she is twelve and they are logging in? I just don't feel good about this out all.

If all of these are Brooke's accounts the last login being today is probably because LE has been looking at them. I'm kind of surprised given the circumstances they are still there for the general public to view.

[Cheri_G]

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8558608

James Bennett said there had been some tension a month ago regarding Brooke's MySpace page. He actually helped her set up the page originally, but then had taken it down due to some inappropriate language.


But he said overall she is really a good kid and had no reason to run away.


Brooke was missing for a day and a half before police issued the Amber Alert.



That's because there are certain regulations that authorities have to follow in order to issue the alert. There has to be evidence of an abduction. And police believe that they do now have that evidence, though they will not comment on what exactly that evidence is, so that is why they issued the alert late Thursday afternoon.

It's good to know her father was monitoring her myspace account. So many parents don't. I wonder if the BrookPie one is the one he helped her with since it hasn't been accessed since March.

[vermontn03]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)
this myspace says this

Brooke Bennett is at haileys!


The girl in the picture is not Thee brooke Bennett

[RR0004]

Well, I for sure would be interviewing the heck out of her friends. She had to tell someone something IMO. Girls, especially 12 year old girls, like to talk.

[SuziQ]

Hmmmm, interesting. If it weren't for the fact that LE is so zeroed in on searching the lake, I would be apt to think Brooke is playing games. And god strike me down if I'm wrong. But I am so tired of people jerking the system when we have so many REAL missing people that need attention. The myspace quotes can't be denied. And if these pages are hoaxes by her friends, I say off with there heads!

[SuziQ]

Dear SuziQ,

Does everyone think that I did the right thing?

You did the right thing! I'm thinking my next step is to get rid of my own myspace once and for all. I'm done.

[vermontn03]

Hmmmm, interesting. If it weren't for the fact that LE is so zeroed in on searching the lake, I would be apt to think Brooke is playing games. And god strike me down if I'm wrong. But I am so tired of people jerking the system when we have so many REAL missing people that need attention. The myspace quotes can't be denied. And if these pages are hoaxes by her friends, I say off with there heads!


I am going to take screen shots of these status messages before they are taken down, Now if brooke is at haileys if its the real brooke wouldnt the friends parents watched the news and knew what was happening???

[Busylady]

Wish they had a current picture of her up with the purple highlights in her hair.

Physical Description
Person Eye Color Code : Blue
Person Hair Color Code : Brown
Height : 5FT3
Weight : 98LBS
Description : Purple highlights in hair, 3 inch long scar on calf, both ears are pierced top and bottom, usually wears earrings in rear hole, bottom front tooth of K9 very yellow, freckle on neck in front, freckle on top of 2nd toe on left foot, birthmark on upper left arm, bug bite above eyebrow

http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=56901

[SuziQ]

I am going to take screen shots of these status messages before they are taken down, Now if brooke is at haileys if its the real brooke wouldnt the friends parents watched the news and knew what was happening???

Thank you. It seems clues are being left no matter who the pages may belong to. That's what ties them together for me. What are the chances of these pages linked to the name Brooke would have a clue attached to it? Hinky as H*ll if you ask me. Unfortunately, I don't think their parents have a clue. One thing I keep in mind though, what started out as a funny game could have ended badly.

[Busylady]

I know it happens, but I just can't wrap my mind around a 12 yr old taking off by themselves and staying gone for more than a few hours.

[vermontn03]

I know it happens, but I just can't wrap my mind around a 12 yr old taking off by themselves and staying gone for more than a few hours.


put your mind to anything and you can do it

[vermontn03]

maybe the girl putting the status message up by saying that brooke is at her house, maybe its her way of letting LE know seeing how they have her computer, or even brookes family, with out calling them infront of Brooke.

[SuziQ]

maybe the girl putting the status message up by saying that brooke is at her house, maybe its her way of letting LE know seeing how they have her computer, or even brookes family, with out calling them infront of Brooke.

At their age, that would make sense.

[RR0004]

maybe the girl putting the status message up by saying that brooke is at her house, maybe its her way of letting LE know seeing how they have her computer, or even brookes family, with out calling them infront of Brooke.
Could be...sure hope they call her. Wish I knew why she was staying at the Uncle's...could be she wasn't getting along with her family...could be that it would be easier for her to leave from.

[gaia227]

I am confused about her myspace messages. I have to wonder if some of those are not hoaxes especially the one that say Brooke is High and Dead.

It sounds like she was pretty grown-up for her age. I was not the least bit interested in boys when I was 12 and I certainly did not have the nerve to lie to go meet someone (waited till I was 16 to start doing that!) and I would have never been allowed to have purple high-lights in my hair. I feel old saying this but kids really do grow up a lot faster now and I believe a lot of it has to do with media; computers, IPODS, blkberry's, myspace, etc. They have access to many things I would have never known about when I was that age. Geez, I was still playing with my Barbies.

I really hope she is okay and this is all a stunt pulled by an immature little girl trying to act much older than she is. However, finding her clothes is not a good sign.

If LE has her computer surely it won't take long for them to figure out who she was conversing with and went to meet.

[opme]

I am praying that this girl is ok.. but having found clothing of hers that she was wearing when she left if very alarming. I am praying this has a happy ending but its not sounding good..

[Spazkat9696]

On Friday, Vermont State Police divers will begin searching Sunset Lake, which is close to the place where the girl's belongings were found. On Thursday, a New England K-9 Search and Rescue dog walked a floating bridge that spans it, under the guidance of handler Nancy Lyons.

Police cordoned off the road that leads to the west side of the lake, and search dogs looked in that vicinity, too, to no avail.

"The floating bridge is a common place for teens to hang out," said Orange County Sheriff Bill Bohnyak. "It's very common for local kids from Randolph, Braintree, Brookfield, Chelsea to come over to the floating bridge."

http://www.sunjournal.com/story/272020-3/NewEnglandNews/Police_search_for_missing_12yearold_girl/


A water search is not a good sign. I hope she is found alive and well.

[barb0301]

This is so scary. I'm praying we get good news on Brooke today, but so far, it's not looking very good. Finding her clothes 10 miles from where she was last seen? WOW !! Not a good sign at all. Have they confirmed that they are her clothes?

[newshound81]

The video here was really informative:
http://www.wmur.com/news/16717177/detail.html (posted above already, just posting again!)

The father had pulled the plug on a myspace account she had previous to this (after "inappropriate activity") but she opened another one on another pc...probably at a friend's home. Just a guess on my part.

The clothing was found 10 miles from where she was last seen (the store?). :eek: That doesn't sound good to me either. :(

Are there any other mysterious missing cases in VT?
Good for her dad! Twelve is way too young an age to have a MySpace. It's scary though, because obviously her parents were monitoring her online behavior, but you can't be with your kids all the time.

[englishleigh]

There was just an interview on Fox News with Brooke's dad....the trip to Texas was supposed to be next week to visit relatives...it was something everyone knew about and was planned and had no apparent connection to what has happened to Brooke now.

[englishleigh]

I hope we hear more from the uncle that she convinced to drop her off. I don't get how a 12 yr old is dropped off somewhere to go visit a friend in a hospital that is 135 miles away (Lebanon, NH).

That part is really hinky to me. It really is. I don't suppose the uncle is a POI at this time? Did the mother know that Brooke was being dropped off like this? I also don't get how a child of that age is dropped off at a convenience store, of all places, to meet a friend to go that far away, when the dad says they knew of no friend at all she would be meeting like that. Is the uncle the mom's brother? I know they have surveillance video of her walking away from the store but do we know the uncle never saw Brooke again after that? So much is unanswered.

[Taximom]

Which side of the family is the Uncle from? Mom or Dad's?

[concernedperson]

Which side of the family is the Uncle from? Mom or Dad's?

The articles I have read don't say. This one from Fox said the uncle and the cousin dropped her off. She was reported missing about 12 hours after she was dropped off. Yet, the clothing was found near the uncle's house where she had spent the night before.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372224,00.html

I guess I am trying to make sense out of why the clothes she was wearing ended up right back where she started from. The only way this makes sense is if someone gave her a ride back to that location as the distance is too far to walk.

The 12 hour time frame is a lot of time between the convenience store and the reported missing.

[Taximom]

Thanks, cp.

I still don't get why anyone could be talked into letting a 12 yr old visit someone in a hospital that far away. If that was indeed her story. I'm just confused I guess.

[SewingDeb]

In one article it states that the surveillance video shows the uncle and her cousin driving away. If the uncle were involved, I don't think he would take someone else (his child?) with him.

[SuziQ]

I really hope she is okay and this is all a stunt pulled by an immature little girl trying to act much older than she is. However, finding her clothes is not a good sign.



It didn't take long for WS'ers to locate thos Myspace pages so I'm pretty sure LE has seen them as well. Finding her clothes and still planning to search Sunset Lake is not a good sign.

[Mygirlsadie]

This case is really scarey. In one way you want to think Ughhhh little teenage brat, what is SHE thinking?!?! On the other hand you are wondering if someone did something to her? Did her uncle? Did someone kidnap her from the store? Did she meet some strange man online who did the unthinkable? Teenage girls think they are immortal believe me I have one! I pray to God nothing bad happened to this girl and she is found safe and sound..

[Mygirlsadie]

and one more thing... my daughter is about to turn 15 and there is NO way in heck I would just drop her off at a store and leave before the ride got there first of all..second of all I have to talk to parents before my kid can go anywhere with anybody.

[concernedperson]

This case is really scarey. In one way you want to think Ughhhh little teenage brat, what is SHE thinking?!?! On the other hand you are wondering if someone did something to her? Did her uncle? Did someone kidnap her from the store? Did she meet some strange man online who did the unthinkable? Teenage girls think they are immortal believe me I have one! I pray to God nothing bad happened to this girl and she is found safe and sound..

Do you think it possible that she was being a brat and asked/got out of the vehicle because of an argument? Then proceeded to walk down the road and the uncle came back by and picked her up returning to Brookfield. I can't get pass the clothes being found near the uncle's house which is quite a distance away.

The clothes found were the clothes she was described to have been wearing when last seen.

[vtgirl]

latest WCAX update.

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8558608

I am so worried that this girl is going to be found in the lake! There are so many sexual predators on the internetposing as young guys. The girl lived with her Mom and her parents are divorced. There is a 17 year older sister who is pleading with her sister to call or come home. It breaks my heart. I saw the web site with Brooke and wondered. Hopefully, LE is narrowing in through the computer who lured Brooke to the store and why.

[Taximom]

The articles I have read don't say. This one from Fox said the uncle and the cousin dropped her off. She was reported missing about 12 hours after she was dropped off. Yet, the clothing was found near the uncle's house where she had spent the night before.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372224,00.html

I guess I am trying to make sense out of why the clothes she was wearing ended up right back where she started from. The only way this makes sense is if someone gave her a ride back to that location as the distance is too far to walk.

The 12 hour time frame is a lot of time between the convenience store and the reported missing. my emphasis

That is very weird to me too, cp.

Which way was she heading when she walked away from that store?

[concernedperson]

my emphasis

That is very weird to me too, cp.

Which way was she heading when she walked away from that store?

I don't know which way she was headed on the video. Maybe someone else knows.

[Busylady]

Surveillance camera footage from the Cumberland Farms store showed Brooke being dropped off by her uncle and cousin, according to Covell. The footage, which police would not release, showed Brooke walking away from the store by herself, headed toward the village of Randolph, they said.
She hasn't been seen since.
A family member searching for her Thursday in Brookfield — near her uncle's home, where she spent the night — found items belonging to her near Route 65 that were similar to what she had been wearing, prompting an intensive search by police and dogs in the area of the Floating Bridge. Police wouldn't say what the items were.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372726,00.html

I didnt realize the clothing had been found by a family member?

[Taximom]

If the store was in Randolph and she was headed towards Randolph Village (which I'm assuming is a smaller part of Randoph?), can someone local explain the direction? Could that also mean she was heading back towards Braintree, where she lived?

[angelwngs]

I'm wondering if maybe Brooke, herself ditched the clothing for some brought with her and that she changed into which she thought made her look older and more attractive.

If this is a possibility it at least makes the similar clothing which has been found already have a more 'positive' than 'negative' meaning, if she put them where they were found, rather than someone else doing so.

[ckwood32]

This article states they aren't ruling out the possibility she may be out of state by now. Hopefully she is alive.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/06/27/divers_search_for_12_year_old_girl_in_lake

[SuziQ]

Brookes father on daughters disappearance

http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=1813579&referralPlaylistId=949437d0db05ed5f5b9954dc049d70b 0c12f2749

[concernedperson]

I'm wondering if maybe Brooke, herself ditched the clothing for some brought with her and that she changed into which she thought made her look older and more attractive.

If this is a possibility it at least makes the similar clothing which has been found already have a more 'positive' than 'negative' meaning, if she put them where they were found, rather than someone else doing so.

But why would she go all the way back there to ditch the clothes instead of nearer to where she was dropped off? If she did go all the way back then this was a very planned runaway situation.

[dr dona]

local reporter on ?Greta's show versus Nancy Grace said she was headed in the direction of downtown which was 1/2 block away. No one know's
where she went after that. I take it that downtown isn't that big.

[SuziQ]

I had read that she was last seen going south to Randolph Village. Below is a link to a google map showing the towns of Braintree, Randolph and Brookfield. Braintree is walking distance from Randolph. Maybe she wasn't meeting with anyone, but wanted to get something from the store and walk home. Which still would not explain her clothes ending back up in Brookfield.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Randolph+vermont&daddr=braintree+vermont+to:Brookfield+vermont&mra=pi&mrcr=1&sll=43.933515,-72.68717&sspn=0.041969,0.075188&ie=UTF8&z=12

ETA: for all we know, she could have made it home.

[swanniee11]

This is awful. Is there a bus/train station that is local to this area?

[angelwngs]

But why would she go all the way back there to ditch the clothes instead of nearer to where she was dropped off? If she did go all the way back then this was a very planned runaway situation.

That's what I was thinking, CP, that maybe it was very planned out...

(I'm just seriously trying to figure out some positive way to explain why her clothing was found where it was, which could give hope that she may still be found unharmed.)

[murdershewrote]

the clothing was found near the uncle's home also...so he takes her to the store, drops her off...but her clothes are found near his property. Not accusing him of anything but just saying...I hope LE is looking at everybody.

This could go either way...that she left the clothes there as part of the runaway plan, a diversion and has gone off with somebody. Or, else, well, we know what the other possibility is.

I read her dad said she lied on MySpace and said she was 14...in her photos she does look older than 12, at least to me. Sounds like parents divorced, typical disciplinary stuff for a teen (pre-teen), small town, she wants some excitement.

Do her parents know if she took any money with her, I mean any substantial amount to get on a bus, for food, anything like that?

I do still have some hope she is out there alive somewhere...

[SuziQ]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372842,00.html

This is a rush transcript from "On the Record ," June 26, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

[SuziQ]

the clothing was found near the uncle's home also...so he takes her to the store, drops her off...but her clothes are found near his property. Not accusing him of anything but just saying...I hope LE is looking at everybody.



Where did the story about the hospital trip with a friend come from? I assume the uncle since he gave her a ride there. Can her cousin back up that story? Did she tell anyone else that? And which family member found her clothing? The location of the clothes and the fact that it just happened to be visible on the side of the road is suspect to me.

[SuziQ]

FBI Joins Search for Missing Massachusetts Girl Last Seen in Vermont

http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=8565267

[swanniee11]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372842,00.html

This is a rush transcript from "On the Record ," June 26, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.


they said that they're confirming at least 1 item belonged to Brooke. Not good. I would like to know what family member found the items to begin with.

[Beyond Belief]

I wonder where he was headed after he dropped her off. Town, maybe?

[swanniee11]

I wonder where he was headed after he dropped her off. Town, maybe?


I am wondering that as well. I would think the LE are checking out camera's to stores in the town to see if she went there and maybe got picked up there.

[vtgirl]

latest wptz update with slide show and videos

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306272008&ts=H

It is very odd that her clothes were found so close to her uncles place. How old was the cousin? Boy or girl and can they drive?

[concernedperson]

latest wptz update with slide show and videos

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306272008&ts=H

It is very odd that her clothes were found so close to her uncles place. How old was the cousin? Boy or girl and can they drive?

I can't find any info on the cousin. The clothes are the sticking point for me as well.

[SuziQ]

Director Of Vermont State Police James Baker's Statement From Friday Morning News Conference:

Scroll down to read:

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306272008&ts=H

[SuziQ]

Another presser today?

Vermont State Police announced that they will hold a news conference today at 3:30 p.m. to update the public on their search for missing 12-year-old Brooke Bennett of Braintree. It's not clear at this time if there has been any break in the case. The Times Argus will update the story with news from that press conference.
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS/422083530

[murdershewrote]

so she spent the night before at her uncles and then he drives her to the store/drops her off the next night. So, was she at her uncle's house all day or did she ever go home. Why was she spending the night at her uncle's...was her mom out of town or something?

[vtgirl]

Has the identity of the friend Brooke said was supposed to pick her up been disclosed and have they been interviewed? Perhaps it was actually an older boy who could drive and they had plans to go back to Brookfield and hang out for the day.

[SuziQ]

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS/331357055

(snip)
Police now believe that was a ruse, and that she may have been going to meet someone she'd been communicating online. Video from surveillance cameras at the store — released Friday — showed the girl walking away by herself, and she was seen about 45 minutes later inside the Randolph Village Laundromat, police said.

Baker wouldn't say whether she was alone at that point.

[swanniee11]

I wonder if she changed clothes in the bathroom at the laundromat, then dumped the clothes to offset people looking for her or even if the clothes they found was what she had on at the time she went missing. All they said is that 1 item was definitely hers, we don't know if it was clothing or what. I'm just thinking outloud here. Very concerned for this little girl.

Does the sister have an acct on myspace?

[swanniee11]

so she spent the night before at her uncles and then he drives her to the store/drops her off the next night. So, was she at her uncle's house all day or did she ever go home. Why was she spending the night at her uncle's...was her mom out of town or something?

She could have just been spending time with her cousin.

[SuziQ]

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306272008&ts=H

Missing Girl's Sneaker Found Near Lake

Search Of Water Complete, Nothing Found

[evelyn24]

Lebanon NH???!!! Ok, that makes less sense than the myspace meetup. Who in their right mind would think that would be ok for a 12 year old girl?

That's the story she told her uncle to get him to drop her off, but there is no friend in the hospital. At least that's the way I read the story, but yea, he thought it was true and why would he allow her to do that without permission from the mom?!
I've also heard Brooke was spending the night with her cousin and the uncle took her to the convenience store instead of home.
The fact she spent the night means she probably had clothes with her, so she could've ditched what she had on in the river, and changed into something else.
Possible, right?

I pray shes just being a brat and planned this ruse in order to hang out with friends or something.
I really don't want another tragedy.

[swanniee11]

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306272008&ts=H

Missing Girl's Sneaker Found Near Lake

Search Of Water Complete, Nothing Found


I can't find where it said about a sneaker being found?

[chicoliving]

Vermont police on Friday released a surveillance video of a missing 12-year-old girl believed to have vanished when she went to see someone she met on MySpace.

State troopers had previously refrained from publicizing the footage, which was the last time Brooke Bennett of Braintree, Vt., was seen alive.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372726,00.html

No link to the footage of the tape though. :confused:

[Taximom]

I can't find where it said about a sneaker being found?

That link worked for me:
RANDOLPH, Vt. -- The sneaker of a 12-year-old girl who vanished after being dropped off at a Cumberland Farms in Randolph on Wednesday morning was found near Sunset Lake in Brookfield, Vt., Vermont state police said.

Police announced that the sneaker had been found at a press conference Friday afternoon. (more)

:(

[Taximom]

You can't really go far without your sneakers. Her family should know if she may have taken extra clothes or shoes, but if she staged this...it seems quite advanced for someone turning 13. Unless she had help from the myspace "friend".

[Taximom]

That video tape could show whether she had extra clothing etc if she's carrying something.

[swanniee11]

Thanks taximom, I just went back and now theres a new article that was not there before.

[Talisman]

Hoping this young girl isn't in any danger. It sounds like she did have a plan to meet up with someone.
She was seen in a laundromat ... I also wonder if she changed her clothes there.
I pray that she is found safe and sound.

[SuziQ]

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/card062708.htm

The FBI has dispatched five FBI agents from its Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) team to assist the Vermont State Police and our Albany Division in the search for missing 12-year-old Brooke Bennett. Additionally, two special agents from our Behavior Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia are en route to help (more at link)

[dark_shadows]

It was just said on my local news that Brooke was also seen at the Dunkin Donuts. The news also said that the FBI is involved. That is also in this newspaper article;
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS/80626034&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

BROOKFIELD — The search for a missing 12-year-old girl broadened Friday, as divers searched a lake, the FBI joined in and police investigators turned to officials at MySpace.Com, the online social networking site through which she had been communicating with an unknown person prior to her disappearance

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[dark_shadows]

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html

There is video on that link.


Instead, investigators suspect Bennett may have met up with someone she met online via the Web site Myspace.com.


They said Web site representatives have been cooperative in the investigation and that it is unclear if the person she may have met is a man or a woman.

Bennett was last seen at at the village laundromat or the Dunkin Donuts in Randolph, Vt., between 9:30 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, state police said.

Vermont state police colonel James Baker said he is "gravely" concerned about Bennett's wellbeing and that two agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations are now working on the case full time. "We remain optimistic we will be able to find her safe," Baker said.



A five-person team of FBI agents who specialize in finding missing children have also been sent to Vermont to work on the case.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[dark_shadows]

Here is another link to my local FOX44 news station there is a video to the left of the press conference from this afternoon;

http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8562479



Vermont State Police are getting more help from the FBI in the search for missing 12-year old Brooke Bennett.
Five FBI agents from its Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) team are already on the scene. Also, two agents from the Albany, NY office are working full time in the investigation. Now, two special agents from the FBI Behavior Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia are en route to help.
The CARD team is made up of four to six FBI agents trained in kidnapping and child abduction investigations. Their expertise, working in combination with local and state police adds needed eyes on the case in the early crucial hours of an investigation.


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

Here is Greta's Thursday's Interview Transcript

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372842,00.html

[swanniee11]

[quote=dark_shadows;2332815]Here is another link to my local FOX44 news station there is a video to the left of the press conference from this afternoon;

http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8562479


This shows the serveilance video. If what i'm seeing is right, then a guy holds the door open for her, she walks in, she stands next to him while he buys something, she walks out empty handed and they leave in opp. directions then when they walked in. He came in from the left side and when he left he went to the right.

[dark_shadows]

[quote=dark_shadows;2332815]Here is another link to my local FOX44 news station there is a video to the left of the press conference from this afternoon;

http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8562479


This shows the serveilance video. If what i'm seeing is right, then a guy holds the door open for her, she walks in, she stands next to him while he buys something, she walks out empty handed and they leave in opp. directions then when they walked in. He came in from the left side and when he left he went to the right.


Dearest Swanniee,:)
That was her uncle. He bought cigarettes and a coffee. The news said that they went there seperate ways. They also said that she would not have walked to where her clothes were found due to the fact that it is miles away from that store.
Also on the news just now, Mike Touchette is the one that is reviewing the hard drive. He said it could take weeks or months. Also that people hid their identity well on the net. He is working on an international case that he has no clues on and he said that he has been on that case for 2 years.
That was just said on the 6 o'clock news.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[murdershewrote]

so she was dropped off by the uncle sometime in the late afternoon but was seen at laundromat/Dunkin Donuts around 10 am the next day...is that right?

[swanniee11]

[quote=swanniee11;2332834]


Dearest Swanniee,:)
That was her uncle. The news said that they went there seperate ways. They also said that she would not have walked to where her clothes were found due to the fact that it is miles away from that store.
Also on the news just now, Mike Touchette is the one that is reviewing the hard drive. He said it could take weeks or months. Also that people hid their identity well on the net. He is working on an international case that he has no clues on and he said that he has been on that case for 2 years.
That was just said on the 6 o'clock news.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows


THANK YOU so much for clearing that up, I had read that the uncle dropped her off there, I didnt read that he went in. Whew! Here i'm thinking HELLO PEOPLE. it's right there. haha. So sorry to alarm anyone. Thanks again darkshadows.

[concernedperson]

[quote=dark_shadows;2332815]Here is another link to my local FOX44 news station there is a video to the left of the press conference from this afternoon;

http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8562479


This shows the serveilance video. If what i'm seeing is right, then a guy holds the door open for her, she walks in, she stands next to him while he buys something, she walks out empty handed and they leave in opp. directions then when they walked in. He came in from the left side and when he left he went to the right.

Very odd tape. And, I saw exactly the same thing as you. They do appear to be together coming in and while at the store. He takes that quick right leaving. What I am thinking is possibly he said something along the lines that he was going to the men's room and she headed back to the vehicle. She has her arms folded while in the store so I don't think she was 100% comfortable.Also she didn't buy anything so it appears more like they were together. I can't make out any features on this guy though.

[swanniee11]

[quote=swanniee11;2332834]

Very odd tape. And, I saw exactly the same thing as you. They do appear to be together coming in and while at the store. He takes that quick right leaving. What I am thinking is possibly he said something along the lines that he was going to the men's room and she headed back to the vehicle. She has her arms folded while in the store so I don't think she was 100% comfortable.Also she didn't buy anything so it appears more like they were together. I can't make out any features on this guy though.


So sorry, It has been pointed out to me that the man is her uncle and after he bought coffee/cigs they went their seperate ways. My fault for confusing anyone.

[dark_shadows]

[quote=dark_shadows;2332843]


THANK YOU so much for clearing that up, I had read that the uncle dropped her off there, I didnt read that he went in. Whew! Here i'm thinking HELLO PEOPLE. it's right there. haha. So sorry to alarm anyone. Thanks again darkshadows.
Dearest Swanniee,:)
You are very welcome.


Love and Respect,
dark_shadows

[murdershewrote]

gosh, sorry, I was totally confused there...I see she was dropped off at 9 am (not in the afternoon) and then spotted at laundry/donut shop.

She had this trip to Texas planned that she was very much looking forward to, so if she had set up this secret meeting, I think she thought it would just be for the day and probably felt safe meeting during the day...and had no intention of running away with this person.

Vermong is so heavily wooded, alot of remote places....I'm not feeling real good about this.

[dark_shadows]

If you watched the video I posted of the press conerence and missed anything, here is the transcript;

http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vtsp/press/press_062708_royalton.html



Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[concernedperson]

I sound like a broken record but we can't get past that her tennis shoe was found closer to her uncle's residence than to Randolph.

The only other thing I can come up with is that whoever this person is was bringing her back home. That some kind of altercation occurred and she lost her shoe. It isn't likely that you would lose your shoe willingly.

[dark_shadows]

More links for you pertaining to Vermont State Police transcripts and reports;

STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
PRESS BRIEFING
SPEAKERS: Captain David Covell, Major Thomas L’Esperance
WHEN: TODAY (6/26/08) at 4:00pm
WHERE: Brookfield Elementary School, Ridge Road, Brookfield
http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vtsp/press/press_062608b_royalton.html


STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
PRESS RELEASE
**MISSING PERSON**
For Release: June 26, 2008
Contact: Sgt. Tara Thomas – Public Information Officer at (802) 999-5043 – Command Post Line

http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vtsp/press/press_062608d_royalton.html


This is the one I already posted, I am putting it here also so that the press releases are in one post to make it easy for people viewing;

http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vtsp/press/press_062608_royalton.html


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Sleuthster]

Dear Busylady,
Great job on finding that. Yes that is her. If you look closely that last login was TODAY.
So basically she ran away and maybe into the wrong hands, I think she fell in love with a sick human being and he killed her.

this is her message on myspace. ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D
http://a876.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/114/m_027ce99d51cabb7e847130c1d4b912f3.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=358797754)http://x.myspacecdn.com/modules/common/static/img/clear.gif"i wanna leave stupid vermont and go to texas already!!! sorry to all my friends but i need to get away!?"

Female
14 years old
cullman,
Egypt



Last Login: 6/26/2008

Mood: excited http://x.myspace.com/images/blog/moods/iBrads/excited.gif

This is her Status Message: ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D Going insane i swear! :-) Please txt me!?

The only Cullman I could find is Alabama. Also she disapeared on 6-25 so she must have been alive atleast on 6-26, yesterday or else someone has her password and could have put the whole going to TX thing on there to throw LE off.

[murdershewrote]

If LE is sure that at least one item of clothing is hers...why not the other items of clothing? Either they are clothes that her parents can't ID (maybe stuff she may have taken from say a dryer in the laundromat?) or clothing belonging to another person. Seems odd to me that just one of the items could be ID'd as definitely hers.

Course it could be this mystery person could be dropping her items in different places just to confuse LE.

[murdershewrote]

the Texas trip was planned and confirmed by her father...she was going to visit one of her relatives there. so that was for real.

[dark_shadows]

The link I posted states that the clothing is Brooke's clothing, that is what lead to the Amber Alert.


Here is the link again;
http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vtsp/press/press_062708_royalton.html


This is from that link;
Yesterday morning items of clothing were recovered off of Rt. 65 in Brookfield in the vicinity of the floating bridge. After further development in the investigation, the State Police was reasonably assured that one of the items belonged to Brooke. As a result, Vermont’s first Amber Alert was issued at approximately 5:25 PM. Detectives have been following up on leads generated by the Amber Alert throughout the night.

[SuziQ]

The only Cullman I could find is Alabama. Also she disapeared on 6-25 so she must have been alive atleast on 6-26, yesterday or else someone has her password and could have put the whole going to TX thing on there to throw LE off.

LE has been into her account. It's being forensically analyzed.

[Sleuthster]

the Texas trip was planned and confirmed by her father...she was going to visit one of her relatives there. so that was for real.

I am suspicious of this whole thing. Something doesnt seem right, the shoe the website being accessed the day after she disapeared. Where would she have gone with one shoe???? I doubt she went to the library or a friends with one shoe to access her myspace the next day. Something is not adding up and I really wonder if it was her on myspace yesterday. Call me cynical cindi but thats me :waitasec:

[Sleuthster]

LE has been into her account. It's being forensically analyzed.

I guess they don't need a password :)

Well I guess I was too cynical there.

[SuziQ]

Here is a direct link to the video surveillance video:

http://www.fox44.net/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=2636512&at1=News&h1=Surveillance Video from Convenience Store

[murdershewrote]

ds...the article says one of the items of clothing has been ID's as hers, hence the Amber alert...but they don't know about the other items.

[swanniee11]

If LE is sure that at least one item of clothing is hers...why not the other items of clothing? Either they are clothes that her parents can't ID (maybe stuff she may have taken from say a dryer in the laundromat?) or clothing belonging to another person. Seems odd to me that just one of the items could be ID'd as definitely hers.

Course it could be this mystery person could be dropping her items in different places just to confuse LE.


I keep thinking about the clothing as well however, my dd borrows her cousins clothes etc, they switch all the time so I was thinking if the cousin is a girl maybe the clothes were borrowed. Just thinking out loud. My real confusion is how did all of this happen 10-11 miles away from where she was dropped off. I also thought of her not seeing the person she was going to meet and then hitched a ride back to the Uncles and thats where she got into trouble. Also, if the myspace said to "text" then would she have a cell phone? Again, very confused and sick about this little girl.

[SuziQ]

It's apparent after watching the video that Brooke did not have additional clothing or shoes with her. She's not even carrying a purse. They both appear to come in from the reddish vehicle. He leaves towards it and she walks the opposite way.

[SuziQ]

Course it could be this mystery person could be dropping her items in different places just to confuse LE.

I think that is a good possibility.

[murdershewrote]

why would she go to the laundromat...it had to be the meeting place. Maybe the mystery person didn't show on time and she starts walking back toward home and he comes along and picks her up

[dark_shadows]

ds...the article says one of the items of clothing has been ID's as hers, hence the Amber alert...but they don't know about the other items.
Dearest Murdershewrote,:blowkiss:
They did not want the items disclosed to the public until today.
This is on the link and it is right after what I snipped from the link in my post when they explained what lead to the alert;

In an effort to not compromise the case, I cannot discuss at this time the items that were found that are believed to belong to Brooke.


This is from my local news;
Police also aren't saying exactly what they found along Route 65-- they say releasing any more details would compromise their entire investigation.
Link;
http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8565435


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[SuziQ]

why would she go to the laundromat...it had to be the meeting place. Maybe the mystery person didn't show on time and she starts walking back toward home and he comes along and picks her up

Or someone she knew came along and picked her up.

ETA: home was less than three miles away.

[evelyn24]

The only Cullman I could find is Alabama. Also she disapeared on 6-25 so she must have been alive atleast on 6-26, yesterday or else someone has her password and could have put the whole going to TX thing on there to throw LE off.

I bet that is the police or investigators who logged in, I'm sure they contacted Myspace admin and got the password, or got it through computer forensics.

[Littledeer]

Jumping in real quick without having read all the posts. I know, not good! But with what I have read so far, I have a couple of quetions.

Was Brooke living with the Uncle's family?
Did the cousin know anything?

In the articles I have read, it said that she was not reported missing until 12 hours later at 9:00 p.m. which would mean 7:00 a.m. But yet, what few posts I have read so far are saying 9:00 a.m. Why the 2 hour difference?

LE has only released that a "shoe" was found, but can't release the other items because it may compromise the investigation. Does that mean more clothing or items of the "other person"?

Sorry, if these have already been answered!! (p.s. Hi DS!)

O/T: Also, Where the heck has Vermont been? Amber Alert has been around for a few years and I find it hard to believe that Brooke is the first young person that has gone missing!

[SuziQ]

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=8567911&nav=menu183_2

As police search for a missing 12-year-old from Brookfield, they are focusing on her internet communications as potentially critical evidence that could help find her.
Specially trained investigators are already analyzing computers that they suspect Brooke Bennett may have used in recent months for online chatting that could have been with her pals-- or with a predator. (more at link and a good explanation as to what the techies will be doing)

[SuziQ]

I'll see if I can answer these (in bold), someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Jumping in real quick without having read all the posts. I know, not good! But with what I have read so far, I have a couple of quetions.

Was Brooke living with the Uncle's family?
I believe she was just visiting her Uncle.

Did the cousin know anything?
All we know about the cousin is they were in the car when Brooke was dropped off at the store.

In the articles I have read, it said that she was not reported missing until 12 hours later at 9:00 p.m. which would mean 7:00 a.m. But yet, what few posts I have read so far are saying 9:00 a.m. Why the 2 hour difference?
I wonder about that too and have no idea why the difference.

LE has only released that a "shoe" was found, but can't release the other items because it may compromise the investigation. Does that mean more clothing or items of the "other person"?
Indications are, they are items that may belong to Brooke.

Sorry, if these have already been answered!! (p.s. Hi DS!)

O/T: Also, Where the heck has Vermont been? Amber Alert has been around for a few years and I find it hard to believe that Brooke is the first young person that has gone missing!

[SuziQ]

I had read that she was last seen going south to Randolph Village. Below is a link to a google map showing the towns of Braintree, Randolph and Brookfield. Braintree is walking distance from Randolph. Maybe she wasn't meeting with anyone, but wanted to get something from the store and walk home. Which still would not explain her clothes ending back up in Brookfield.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Randolph+vermont&daddr=braintree+vermont+to:Brookfield+vermont&mra=pi&mrcr=1&sll=43.933515,-72.68717&sspn=0.041969,0.075188&ie=UTF8&z=12

ETA: for all we know, she could have made it home.

I'm bumping up an earlier post that shows Braintree where Brooke's mothers house is and probably where Brooke lived. Randolph is where the last sighting at the Laundrymat/donut shop is and Brookfield is where her uncle lived.

[Busylady]

Ok watched the survillance tape and have a few questions. The Uncle and Brooke go in the store together he buys coffee and cigs they leave he goes one direction back to the car she goes the other. If he was dropping her off there to meet someone did he not think twice about the person was not there and that Brooke left the store at the same time he did? Did he think she was just going to wait outside for her friend? I cannot imagine leaving a 12 yr old alone in a parking lot waiting for a friend to show up. I feel like I am missing something.

[englishleigh]

Ok watched the survillance tape and have a few questions. The Uncle and Brooke go in the store together he buys coffee and cigs they leave he goes one direction back to the car she goes the other. If he was dropping her off there to meet someone did he not think twice about the person was not there and that Brooke left the store at the same time he did? Did he think she was just going to wait outside for her friend? I cannot imagine leaving a 12 yr old alone in a parking lot waiting for a friend to show up. I feel like I am missing something.

Me, too...I'm probably wrong but I'm feeling a little hinky about the uncle and I have been since this whole thing started.

[cricket]

ds...the article says one of the items of clothing has been ID's as hers, hence the Amber alert...but they don't know about the other items.


This is just my impression, but I think LE knows all the items of clothing they found are hers, but that they are only confirming one item as being hers because they only needed to confirm one item to meet the conditions for the Amber Alert to be issued. They are keeping whatever else they actually know about the clothing a secret in order to not give away info about the investigation.

[Amster]

I wonder why Brooke was even in the store with him....she didn't buy anything and he didn't give her anything that I could see.

And, a relative found items belonging to Brooke near the uncles house. Early in the morning, according to articles. Why was Brooke being searched for near the uncles house?

[Littledeer]

Hello, it's me again.

Everyone is talking about Brooke and her Uncle. Can I ask where the "cousin" was during all this time???

Certainly, not trying to say she had anything to do with this, but why didn't she going into the store with her Dad and Brooke?? Was she just sitting in the car?

I really am confused about the cousin.

[RR0004]

I wonder why Brooke was even in the store with him....she didn't buy anything and he didn't give her anything that I could see.

And, a relative found items belonging to Brooke near the uncles house. Early in the morning, according to articles. Why was Brooke being searched for near the uncles house?
Well, besides the fact that she stayed there the night before...I don't know. And it's bothering me...

[RR0004]

Me, too...I'm probably wrong but I'm feeling a little hinky about the uncle and I have been since this whole thing started.
Thank you!! I thought it was just me!

[Littledeer]

I'm also wondering about the Uncle. But it would help to either dismiss him or not if I knew where the cousin was??

[concernedperson]

I'm also wondering about the Uncle. But it would help to either dismiss him or not if I knew where the cousin was??

We don't even know if the cousin is a young child or a teen. Lots more info needed to really look at this situation.

[SuziQ]

I wonder why Brooke was even in the store with him....she didn't buy anything and he didn't give her anything that I could see.

And, a relative found items belonging to Brooke near the uncles house. Early in the morning, according to articles. Why was Brooke being searched for near the uncles house?

Brooke was being searched for at a lake where a sneeker was found in Brookfield. Brookfield is where the uncle lives. Not sure how close it was to his house. ETA: nevermind, I get what you are saying, good point!

http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/de...306272008&ts=H (http://www.wptz.com/news/16716971/detail.html?treets=pla&tid=2659117848813&tml=pla_12pm&tmi=pla_12pm_1_10550306272008&ts=H)

Missing Girl's Sneaker Found Near Lake

Search Of Water Complete, Nothing Found

[SuziQ]

I found some lakes on Hwy 65:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Randolph+vermont&daddr=braintree+vermont+to:Brookfield+vermont&mra=pi&mrcr=1&sll=43.933515,-72.68717&sspn=0.041969,0.075188&ie=UTF8&ll=44.044198,-72.614222&spn=0.020946,0.037594&t=h&z=15

[SuziQ]

I'm bothered that LE and the FBI is so focused on the Myspace angle in this. This may not have anything to do with Myspace at all. I hope LE is taking a good look at the source of their information, ie; the reason Brooke was taken to the store, the story about going to visit a friend 35 miles away. Then, oh yeah, it was probably a supposed Myspace meeting. A perp could say those things to throw off investigators. Also clothing and evidence can be placed for the same reason.

[SuziQ]

I wonder why Brooke was even in the store with him....she didn't buy anything and he didn't give her anything that I could see.

And, a relative found items belonging to Brooke near the uncles house. Early in the morning, according to articles. Why was Brooke being searched for near the uncles house?

Duh, I get you now. You mean why were relatives searching for Brooke by the uncles house when she was last seen 10 miles away. No kidding! Good point! And who is this relative? If it happens to be the uncle or cousin I'm going to be real suspicious.

[KR2tonenow]

"High and Dead?" ok, weird!!!

really strange, the girl in the pic is not her.

[byomoi]

Sorry if I missed this: but what is the Uncle's name?

[concernedperson]

I'm bothered that LE and the FBI is so focused on the Myspace angle in this. This may not have anything to do with Myspace at all. I hope LE is taking a good look at the source of their information, ie; the reason Brooke was taken to the store, the story about going to visit a friend 35 miles away. Then, oh yeah, it was probably a supposed Myspace meeting. A perp could say those things to throw off investigators. Also clothing and evidence can be placed for the same reason.

I really can't disagree with you right now. Maybe the myspace angle is to rule out that there was suspicious online activity and the suspicious activity is closer to home.

I can't get over her belongings being found closer to her uncle's than the location where she was dropped off. Most predators wouldn't be so accommodating to give the child the inclination that he was taking her home.They would have molested her or murdered her at the site of their own choosing.

I am very worried about this little girl. I also didn't like the body language she had in the video.

[vermontn03]

new updates from fox44 @ 10:00 pm

NEW: FBI CARD Team Aids in Search For Missing Child


Vermont State Police are getting more help from the FBI in the search for missing 12-year old Brooke Bennett.
Five FBI agents from its Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) team are already on the scene. Also, two agents from the Albany, NY office are working full time in the investigation. Now, two special agents from the FBI Behavior Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia are en route to help.
The CARD team is made up of four to six FBI agents trained in kidnapping and child abduction investigations. Their expertise, working in combination with local and state police adds needed eyes on the case in the early crucial hours of an investigation.
The FBI can also provide technical support with electronic communications, aerial surveillance, polygraph examinations, evidence collection and behavioral analysis

http://fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8562479

The officer speaking on the news thinks that it is NOT an ABUDUCTION

[Sleuthster]

really strange, the girl in the pic is not her.

I just looked at the myspace and the caption now reads Brooke has gone missing. There is a person holding a naked doll (not sure if person is male or female body looks like male but long dreadlocks) blocking their face.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40183906

What the heck????

[vermontn03]

On the news they showed the footage from the store cameras,
when she was in the store with her uncle she did not buy anything her uncle did and when they went out the doors she went one way he went the other no hug nothing, weird to me.

[vermontn03]

I just looked at the myspace and the caption now reads Brooke has gone missing. There is a person holding a naked doll (not sure if person is male or female body looks like male but long dreadlocks) blocking their face.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40183906

What the heck????

yes we saw that last night, there are messages on at least 5 myspaces. one was saying that she was at Hailey's house. who ever hailey is might be a friend.

[Sleuthster]

Hey what is really strange is that the last date this person logged in was 6-23, 2 days before she disapeared. So how did they know that she was going to be missing??

[gaia227]

I am beginning to think something is up with the Uncle. He takes her to a parking lot to met her friends mom to go visit her friend's relative who is in the hospital. He just drops her off, doesn't wait until she is picked up to ensure she is safe and then her shoe is found in the direction you would travel to go back to her uncle's.
Who just leaves a 12 yr old girl alone in a parking lot? Were her parents aware her uncle was giving her a ride somewhere or is this info just coming from him?

I have looked through several of the articles and cannot find a name for her uncle - anyone heard his name mentioned? I would be interested to see if he has any record.

[KR2tonenow]

I just looked at the myspace and the caption now reads Brooke has gone missing. There is a person holding a naked doll (not sure if person is male or female body looks like male but long dreadlocks) blocking their face.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40183906

What the heck????

Right!! This Myspace isn't a joke. These kids are scary.

[concernedperson]

On the news they showed the footage from the store cameras,
when she was in the store with her uncle she did not buy anything her uncle did and when they went out the doors she went one way he went the other no hug nothing, weird to me.

I agree. Why does the LE officer think there was no abduction? I should have quoted your other post but you know what I mean. Or wasn't it elaborated on any?

[vermontn03]

Hey what is really strange is that the last date this person logged in was 6-23, 2 days before she disapeared. So how did they know that she was going to be missing??


this is what i posted last night
www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)
this myspace says this

Brooke Bennett is at haileys!


The girl in the picture is not Thee brooke Bennett


Let me put these dates in order ok.

Last Login: 3/20/2008 "I'm a b**** and that's why you love me!" BrookiePie in luv w/ cj

Last Login: 6/23/2008 "Brooke has gone missing. Brooke high and dead??
Brooke Didn't go missing until the 25th.

Last Login: 6/25/2008 ~BrOoKe~ thinks she has them fooled!

Last Login: 6/26/2008 ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D Going insane i swear! :-) Please txt me!? "i wanna leave stupid vermont and go to texas already!!! sorry to all my friends but i need to get away!?"

[KR2tonenow]

Hey what is really strange is that the last date this person logged in was 6-23, 2 days before she disapeared. So how did they know that she was going to be missing??

Good catch, let's hope this CARD team sees this Myspace, could be what they are forensically investigating.

[KR2tonenow]

this is what i posted last night
www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)
this myspace says this

Brooke Bennett is at haileys!


The girl in the picture is not Thee brooke Bennett


Let me put these dates in order ok.

Last Login: 3/20/2008 "I'm a b**** and that's why you love me!" BrookiePie in luv w/ cj

Last Login: 6/23/2008 "Brooke has gone missing. Brooke high and dead??
Brooke Didn't go missing until the 25th.

Last Login: 6/25/2008 ~BrOoKe~ thinks she has them fooled!

Last Login: 6/26/2008 ;-)bmb loves u so much:-D Going insane i swear! :-) Please txt me!? "i wanna leave stupid vermont and go to texas already!!! sorry to all my friends but i need to get away!?"

I thought her Uncle said she didn't have a cell phone??:waitasec:

[englishleigh]

Do we know ANYTHING about this uncle yet? His name, if he is the mom's or the dad's brother? Could be the husband of one of the parents' sister, for all we know, and not even blood-related to Brooke. I just feel really weird about the uncle, I don't think Brooke was meeting anyone at all, not a friend, not a stranger from MySpace...no one at all. The last thing you see of Brooke is her walking away from the uncle in the opposite direction. Someone pointed out her standing with her arms crossed in the store, body language that can show someone being ill at ease. Suppose he and Brooke had had words before they went into the store and when they left she was angry with him and stalked off in the other direction...what you don't see is if he got into his car and went after her at that point, picked her up outside somewhere...and is there any proof at all that a cousin or anyone else was waiting in the vehicle, or is this just hearsay?

[vermontn03]

Good catch, let's hope this CARD team sees this Myspace, could be what they are forensically investigating.

Yes they are investigating all 5 of the myspaces, I called the vermont state police last night to let them know what we had found. They only knew of one myspace. The investigating officer sounded like she was very serious in hearing about these so i told her everything that we found word for word and i gave her the addresses.

On tonights news the father stated that he shut it down on brooke becuase of the language and the people that were asking to be friends. But he also said that he could have made another one.

[vermontn03]

I thought her Uncle said she didn't have a cell phone??:waitasec:

That's what I thought.

[Sleuthster]

Right!! This Myspace isn't a joke. These kids are scary.

I agree, there is something going on with this. What if she was planing to take off before she went to Texas and all her little myspace friends posted these weird things to annoy who ever went looking for her on her friends list and something happened like others have said on this website and who ever was picking her up was late or didnt show and instead she started back to her uncles and really disapeared?

But I still do not understand why the family went looking near the uncles house unless she called and said that she was on her way back because the friend didnt show. But we dont know if she had a cell phone, she could have used a pay phone also at the laundrymat. They always have payphones at laundrymats for some strange reason.

What are the other myspaces? Forgive me if they where posted before. I saw the one that was brookes already. The one with the doll that I saw also said the person was scared, what are they scared of?

[vermontn03]

I agree. Why does the LE officer think there was no abduction? I should have quoted your other post but you know what I mean. Or wasn't it elaborated on any?


he really didnt say why it just showed him saying it. it looked like he was in a press conference.

[KindraLore]

Hi all. I would just like to chime in here for a minute.

On an article I read, the place where her clothing was found was some hang out for teens. That is why it was searched. Its called the Floating Bridge and is apparently a popular teen hang out where kids from around the immediate area came to hang out. I cant provide the link because I have read too many news reports and dont remember where I saw it, but I did read that.

I really believe that this child was abducted from someone she met on myspace and I think that LE believe that as well or they would not have at least 30 investigators including 5 FBI agents (I read that in another article) on this case. I do not think the family is involved what so ever and I dont think LE believe that either.

I hope this child is found soon and alive and well, but with the clothing found, its not looking good.

Oh, and I also read that where her clothing was found was a good bit away from where she was dropped off (I think they said 7 or 8 miles away) and that LE think she did NOT walk there. Scary scary.

Respectfully,
KindraLore

[concernedperson]

he really didnt say why it just showed him saying it. it looked like he was in a press conference.

Thanks. I got a 100% bad feeling about this. We need to know the uncle's name as some here are very good at tracking criminals and such. It would be best to rule him out and be able to look for Brooke in case she did stage a runaway situation. Or there is a predator with prior knowledge of her relative's homes.

[Idaho4Groenes]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

So this MySpace page has been changed, today...maybe just now, I'm not sure. But it now says "Brooke Bennett is playin wii with heath, hayden, chandler, erica, hailey, and ashley at my house! :D" and "i will never forget you". These kids are sick. Someone is sick.

ETA: This just occurred to me. But MAYBE...and I do repeat MAYBE, when they said earlier that the girl in the picture was not "Thee Brooke Bennett", maybe they meant that their friend or whoever is named Brooke Bennett, but they were trying to say that it isn't the same girl that is missing. Just a thought. Either way, it's still really weird.

[vermontn03]

Hi all. I would just like to chime in here for a minute.

On an article I read, the place where her clothing was found was some hang out for teens. That is why it was searched. Its called the Floating Bridge and is apparently a popular teen hang out where kids from around the immediate area came to hang out. I cant provide the link because I have read too many news reports and dont remember where I saw it, but I did read that.

I really believe that this child was abducted from someone she met on myspace and I think that LE believe that as well or they would not have at least 30 investigators including 5 FBI agents (I read that in another article) on this case. I do not think the family is involved what so ever and I dont think LE believe that either.

I hope this child is found soon and alive and well, but with the clothing found, its not looking good.

Oh, and I also read that where her clothing was found was a good bit away from where she was dropped off (I think they said 7 or 8 miles away) and that LE think she did NOT walk there. Scary scary.

Respectfully,
KindraLore

Its kinda weird how when she parted from her uncle at the store that they didn't give each other a hug kiss, wave nothing. they went through the doors he went one way she went the other way no looking back i find that very weird.

[vermontn03]

Thanks. I got a 100% bad feeling about this. We need to know the uncle's name as some here are very good at tracking criminals and such. It would be best to rule him out and be able to look for Brooke in case she did stage a runaway situation. Or there is a predator with prior knowledge of her relative's homes.


I think that, that is all this is, is a runaway situation.

[englishleigh]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

So this MySpace page has been changed, today...maybe just now, I'm not sure. But it now says "Brooke Bennett is playin wii with heath, hayden, chandler, erica, hailey, and ashley at my house! :D" and "i will never forget you". These kids are sick. Someone is sick.

Uh, yeah...and check out the photo there, as well. :eek:

[Sleuthster]

Another possibility. She could have met up with the person from myspace and found out that they where not what they had portraited on line ie: they said they where 19 and where actually 50, and she asked them to drive her to her uncles house because she forgot something and really just wanted to bail. BUT, this still leaves the question, why was the family looking for her by some lake that happened to be near her uncles house when he was supposed to have droped her off 10 miles away?

[concernedperson]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

So this MySpace page has been changed, today...maybe just now, I'm not sure. But it now says "Brooke Bennett is playin wii with heath, hayden, chandler, erica, hailey, and ashley at my house! :D" and "i will never forget you". These kids are sick. Someone is sick.
Have seen a lot of sick activity where missing people are involved on myspace. My children are grown but if you have young children please be aware. The only other thing is that the myspace egos are large in some cases and stupid in most cases and people follow the words written. Great info to send to LE.

[vermontn03]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

So this MySpace page has been changed, today...maybe just now, I'm not sure. But it now says "Brooke Bennett is playin wii with heath, hayden, chandler, erica, hailey, and ashley at my house! :D" and "i will never forget you". These kids are sick. Someone is sick.

ETA: This just occurred to me. But MAYBE...and I do repeat MAYBE, when they said earlier that the girl in the picture was not "Thee Brooke Bennett", maybe they meant that their friend or whoever is named Brooke Bennett, but they were trying to say that it isn't the same girl that is missing. Just a thought. Either way, it's still really weird.

like i said nothing but a runaway situation. One of her friends is hiding her. I think i need to re call the VSP. and let them know that it just changed.

[Sleuthster]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

So this MySpace page has been changed, today...maybe just now, I'm not sure. But it now says "Brooke Bennett is playin wii with heath, hayden, chandler, erica, hailey, and ashley at my house! :D" and "i will never forget you". These kids are sick. Someone is sick.

ETA: This just occurred to me. But MAYBE...and I do repeat MAYBE, when they said earlier that the girl in the picture was not "Thee Brooke Bennett", maybe they meant that their friend or whoever is named Brooke Bennett, but they were trying to say that it isn't the same girl that is missing. Just a thought. Either way, it's still really weird.

The pic on this myspace says it was taken on 6-25-08 this is also weird.
You'll have to forgive me I have MS and my eyesite is going and I can tell that the girl in the middle is blond but could she be Brooke?

[KindraLore]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

So this MySpace page has been changed, today...maybe just now, I'm not sure. But it now says "Brooke Bennett is playin wii with heath, hayden, chandler, erica, hailey, and ashley at my house! :D" and "i will never forget you". These kids are sick. Someone is sick.

ETA: This just occurred to me. But MAYBE...and I do repeat MAYBE, when they said earlier that the girl in the picture was not "Thee Brooke Bennett", maybe they meant that their friend or whoever is named Brooke Bennett, but they were trying to say that it isn't the same girl that is missing. Just a thought. Either way, it's still really weird.

How do yall know this is the same girl? Not being snippy or anything, just asking. Are you sure this is HER myspace?

[concernedperson]

like i said nothing but a runaway situation. One of her friends is hiding her. I think i need to re call the VSP. and let them know that it just changed.

Please call since you are local.

[Sleuthster]

Well who ever they are they are online right now. Anyone want to ask if um Brooke is there? ;)

[vermontn03]

www.myspace.com/308675607 (http://www.myspace.com/308675607)

we need to find out who this person is. they are online right now. I have sent a friend request to see if they accept to see if i can get in and take a look around.