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http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8618501

Tips on Talking to Kids About Brooke

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"If my child lived in Randolph right now, I would want them to know they are mostly safe and that they're cared for by loving parents," said Tronsgard-Scott.

99 percent of all sexual predators know their victims and 25 percent are actually family members.

Tronsgard-Scott says parents need to learn to spot sexual predators. She says parents should be leery of anyone who wants to be good friends with their child, especially someone who wants to take them places alone.

"Most sexual violence is happening in our homes, in our communities on a day to day basis in a very quiet, covert way," Tronsgard-Scott explained.

She says the key to stopping sexual violence is also better treatment for sex offenders, long-term, specific treatment that last years-- not months.


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http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...0706/NEWS/80705010&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL


The fleeting life of Brooke Bennett


BETHEL — Brooke Bennett’s smile beamed from at least two dozen photographs gracing a bulletin board in the home of Jim and Janet Bennett, the 12-year-old’s father and stepmother.

On Wednesday, a few hours before police announced the discovery Brooke’s body, a single red candle burned below the pictures. A slide show of photographs, most of them cheerful ones of Brooke and her step-siblings, played across the idle screen on Jim Bennett’s computer.


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dark_shadows
 
From 7/3/08 Investigation leads to Cullman

Couple snippets:

Gagnon's listing in the Cullman City Directory from 1998 to 2007 indicates that he lived in Cullman for almost a decade.

A spokesperson for REHAU where Gagnon is believed to have worked while residing in Cullman, could not be reached for employment confirmation.
 
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/na...ld_give_Vermont_second_look_at_death_penalty/

Brooke Bennett case could give Vermont second look at death penalty

Sunday, July 6, 2008

MONTPELIER, Vt. - It’s been more than 50 years since the state of Vermont sentenced anyone to death and 54 years since its last execution, but the man charged with abducting 12-year-old Brooke Bennett could become the second Vermonter to end up on federal death row in recent years.

Even though police haven’t released a cause of death for Brooke or even said she was murdered, federal prosecutors have said they might seek the death penalty against Michael Jacques, 42, of Randolph, the man charged with kidnapping her.

Vermont Law School professor Michael Mello, an expert on the death penalty, said it could be the first time federal prosecutors seek the death penalty using changes to federal law included in The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.

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Brooke's former stepfather due in court Monday
[SIZE=-1]Houston Chronicle - United States
Brooke's uncle Michael Jacques, 42, of Randolph is facing federal kidnapping charges.[/SIZE]

Gagnon is being held at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. Jacques is being held at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield.
 
Randolph Area Care Team

The Randolph Area Care Team is a consortium of community leaders who have come together for the purpose of helping this community through the crisis of Brooke Bennett's abduction and death.

The team is made up of mental health care providers, clergy, educators, counselors, business people and members of Bethany Church.

Tentatively scheduled for Monday, July 7th, at 7pm, at Randolph Union High School this team will be joined by members of various regional critical incident stress management teams for a community information and support gathering (pending notification of funeral arrangements).
 
Originally posted by Starr58:

Randolph Area Care Team

The Randolph Area Care Team is a consortium of community leaders who have come together for the purpose of helping this community through the crisis of Brooke Bennett's abduction and death.

The team is made up of mental health care providers, clergy, educators, counselors, business people and members of Bethany Church.

Tentatively scheduled for Monday, July 7th, at 7pm, at Randolph Union High School this team will be joined by members of various regional critical incident stress management teams for a community information and support gathering (pending notification of funeral arrangements). At this time there will be an introduction to the Randolph Area Care Team, an update on the investigation by the Vermont State Police as well as information on stress and resources to help manage it. Participants will also have a chance to talk together in smaller groups facilitated by persons trained in critical incident stress management if they so wish. Due to space limitations we respectfully ask that the media not attend this event.

We are thankful to the many agencies and individuals that have responded to this effort and firmly believe this tragedy will not define us, but our response to it will.

http://brookebennett.org (Bolded by Starr)
 
Best article so far on Ray Gagnon charges in Alabama.

Former Cullman Resident Charged with Possession of Child *advertiser censored*

Posted: July 7, 2008 11:33 AM

BIRMINGHAM, AL - "Raymond Alfred Gagnon, 40, formerly of Cullman Alabama, has been charged in a Criminal Complaint filed today in United States District Court in Birmingham for possession of child *advertiser censored*.

Gagnon, who presently owns a home in Cullman, Alabama, is alleged to have possessed child *advertiser censored* images on computer media which he stored in his former residence on or about June 26, 2008. The complaint also alleges that GAGNON attempted to access a missing twelve year-old Vermont girl's MySpace page through a Cullman library's public computer on or about June 26, 2008.

Gagnon is presently in federal custody in Vermont on Obstruction of Justice charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of 12 year-old Brooke Bennett of Braintree, Vermont.

The United States Attorney and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Northern District of Alabama are assisting federal authorities in Vermont in their ongoing investigation. Any media inquiries should be directed to the United States Attorney's Office in Vermont."
 
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69003

Brooke's blood stains Vermont

Posted: July 08, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

© 2008

The State of Vermont, its criminal justice system, its state legislators and the parents and family of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett have her blood on their hands.

Brooke Bennett is "alleged" (sometimes I really hate having to use that word) to have been murdered by her uncle, Michael Jacques. Jacques has a long history of sex crimes dating back to 1985 – when he was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl about 100 times. Prosecutors eventually dismissed the case. In 1993, he was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping. The affidavit in said case states that Jacques bound the victim and threatened to kill her while assaulting her. He was given a 6 to 20-year sentence but was released after only four years, based on Vermont's then "good time" policy.

As the former sex crimes prosecutor Wendy Murphy put it, "Vermont boasts the best sex treatment in the world – Jacques graduated in 2006 from their treatment program supposedly rehabilitated – but as we now tragically know, he was anything but.

Clinical psychologist Dr. George Zeo said, "there is a large body of research that says pedophiles cannot be rehabilitated." He added that pedophilia is an addiction – and just as a drug addict can relapse after a sustained drug-free period, so it is with pedophiles. Medication and sentencing guidelines may be able to keep their urges in check, but said urges are always there – any treatment must include keeping the pedophile away from children. That said, I submit that, in an open society, the only way to accomplish that is by life imprisonment. When they are paroled, it should be to the cemetery.


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Slain girl mourned amid flowers, snapshot collages and tears

Associated Press - July 8, 2008 6:15 PM ET
RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) - Today mourners remembered 12-year-old Brooke Bennett at a wake in the building where she just graduated from seventh grade.

Filing past a series of photo collages and the girl's open casket, friends and acquaintances shared condolences with her mother and other family members in an auditorium at Randolph Union High School.

Hundreds were expected to pay their respects tonight and at a funeral scheduled for tomorrow.

http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8643339
 
Grieving Community Pays Respects To Brooke Bennett

Hundreds filled Randolph Union High School's Auditorium Tuesday night to say goodbye to Brooke Bennett. Family, friends, classmates and police officers came to mourn the 12-year old's tragic death.

Calling hours officially started at 5p.m., but the high school parking lot was already full an hour before.

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An outdoor funeral is set for Brooke Bennett Wednesday morning at 11am at Randolph Union High School. To send a private condolence to the Bennett family, you can visit their website at the following web address:

http://www.dayfunerals.com/index.cfm

Garner says the Day Funeral Home has recieved a record number of emails in the past few days; both locally and from all over the country. All items recieved are reviewed by the funeral home before being sent to the family. Garner says, a hard copy of all condolences sent will be prepared for Brooke's family to keep.

More at link:
http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8644272
 
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