The Alabama Department of Public Safety Issues a Missing Child Alert for 17 Year Old Benjamin (Ben) Stanford (UPDATE: Found Deceased, Autopsy: Suicide)
A “Missing Child Alert” has been issued by the Alabama Department of Public 
Safety for missing 17 year old Benjamin Stanford. Ben Stanford has been missing since November 5, 2007 when he was last seen on Monday in Anniston and his vehicle was later found in Villa Rica, GA. Stanford is a senior at the Donoho school in Anniston. Benjamin Stanford is the grandson of Alabama State Senator Jim Preuitt. Law enforcement in both Alabama and Georgia are looking for the missing teen.
Benjamin Stanford Description:
- weight 140 pounds
- brown hair
- green eyes
- He was last seen wearing a white ball cap, rust colored jeans and a long-sleeved fleece shirt that was dark gray and purple.
- Another report states that he was wearing rust colored Carhartt jeans, a long sleeve dark gray and purple shirt and a white Polo ball cap.
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — Law enforcement in Alabama and Georgia are searching for the 17-year-old grandson of an Alabama state senator.
The Alabama Department of Public Safety issued a missing child alert Wednesday for Benjamin Stanford, who was last seen Monday morning in Anniston. His vehicle, a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, was later found on Interstate 20 in Villa Rica, Ga., police said.
Stanford is a senior at Donoho School in Anniston and is the grandson of state Sen. Jim Preuitt, D-Talladega.
If anyone has any information regarding Ben Stanford’s disappearance, please call the Lincoln Police Department at 205-763-7777.
UPDATE I: Reward offered as 2-state search continues for missing Lincoln teen
ERA King Real Estate, where his mother, Lynne Stanford, works, has announced a $20,000 reward for valid information “leading to Ben’s safe return,” according to a mass e-mail that went out Thursday evening.
UPDATE III: Body Fitting Description Of Ben Stanford Found
Authorities have recovered a body fitting the description of the grandson of Senator Jim Preuitt.
The body was located about one mile away from his vehicle in the woods near Interstate 20 in Villa Rica, Ga.
Authorities are waiting on the Medical Examiner to release the identity of the body.
UPDATE IV: Body of Alabama senator’s grandson identified
The body of the teenage grandson of an Alabama state senator has been found about 1,000 feet from where his vehicle was located last week along Interstate 20, the senator said Tuesday.
State Sen. Jim Preuitt said Alabama state trooper officials have notified him that the body found Tuesday was that of his 17-year-old grandson, Benjamin Stanford.
“Bless his heart. He was the apple of my eye. He was just so lovable. We can’t believe it has happened,” Preuitt told The Associated Press.
UPDATE V: Report: Autopsy Rules Stanford Death Suicide
WSFA 12 News has learned through published reports that the Carroll County, Georgia coroner and Georgia Bureau of Investigation have concluded an autopsy of Benjamin Stanford’s remains.
The report indicates Stanford died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
For more updates and discussion regarding missing Ben Stanford, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Person forum.
[...] 17 year old Benjamin “Ben” Stanford, who has been missing since November 5, 2007. A “Missing Child Alert” has been issued by the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Ben Stanford’s Jeep Grand Cherokee was found [...]
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Missing Teen Found Dead In Georgia….sad to have read this report.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14585408/detail.html
Comment by April | November 13, 2007
Sadly, his body has been found.
Comment by Sam | November 13, 2007
[...] is sad news to report in the search for missing 17 year old Ben Stanford. The body of Ben Stanford was found Tuesday afternoon. Just last evening on Scared Monkeys radio, TES founder Tim Miller was interviewed and discussed [...]
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GRANDSON OF ALABAMA STATE SENATOR NOT FL…..
Comment by ELIZABETH | November 14, 2007
You guys aren’t seriously buying this story are you?
No one drives to the next state over, parks on a busy highway, leaves their door open, loses their keys, walks a mile into the woods, covers their body with brush, and then shoots themselves.
Do they?
Comment by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | November 21, 2007
This investigation is not over and there is a “$100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for his death.” His cell phone, keys and money clip have not been recovered to this day.
Comment by Another mom | November 27, 2007