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As Randolph, VT lay 12 year old Brooke Bennett to rest there are further investigations into the death of Brooke. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 9, 2008 as the small town in Vermont paid their respects to 12 year old Brooke Bennett and tried to make sense out of the senseless.
Brooke Bennett, Rest in Peace
Thousands of miles away in Texas, Federal authorities were searching a landfill in San Antonio where they believe a laptop or hard drive owned by Brooke’s former step-father Raymond Gagnon containing evidence related to Brooke Bennett’s disappearance and death last month may be located. Raymond Gagnon has already facing obstruction of justice charges in the Brooke Bennett case and separate charges of child porn in AL.
Raymond Gagnon, sketch
Erik Vasys, a spokesman for the FBI’s regional office in San Antonio, Texas, said Friday that authorities are searching through trash and other waste at the Allied Waste Services Landfill off of Interstate 10 East.
That San Antonio landfill may be the dumping site for trash from a local apartment rented by Raymond Gagnon, Bennett’s former stepfather who is facing charges in Alabama for possession of child pornography.
The 40-year-old Gagnon allegedly instructed his landlord last month to throw away a safe containing a computer stored at his apartment that police say contained volumes of child pornography, including sexual photos of an underage female witness involved in Bennett’s disappearance.
“We are working to locate a hard drive or laptop computer that was disposed of at the instruction of Mr. Gagnon,” Vasys said early Friday afternoon. “Based on information we have received, this landfill is the dumping site for trash from his apartment.”
FBI Searches Texas Landfill For Safe That May Contain Child Porn
Gagnon rented a room in San Antonio from Kevin Grosenheider, who according to an affidavit told authorities he threw the safe into an apartment complex garbage bin near his home at Gagnon’s request.
Grosenheider is quoted in an affidavit as saying he didn’t know what was in the safe “but assumed it was child pornography.”
Federal prosecutors said Gagnon tried to access his ex-stepdaughter’s MySpace account “on or about” June 26 from a library computer in Cullman, Vt.
Authorities search landfill for safe
An FBI spokesman says investigators have searched for the safe over the past week.
Gagnon rented a room in San Antonio from Kevin Grosenheider, who according to an affidavit told authorities he threw the safe into an apartment complex garbage bin near his home at Gagnon’s request.
Grosenheider is quoted in an affidavit as saying he didn’t know what was in the safe “but assumed it was child pornography.”
July 13th, 2008 at 12:10am
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24 year old Holley Wimunc was reported missing Thursday morning, July 10, 2008 when she failed to show up for work at Womack Army Hospital at Ft. Bragg. Fayetteville police were dispatched to Wimunc’s apartment home on Thursday morning at the Morganton Place Apartments on Morganton Road near Bonaza Drive to find her apartment smoldering and a strong odor of gasoline. Holley Wimunc was not found at the scene and is considered a missing person.
Missing Lt. Holley Wimunc
When officers arrived on the scene it was determined that there was evidence of an arson,” Fayetteville Police Lt. David Sportsman said.
Investigators say two bedrooms were burned and a back window was broken out. Wimunc was missing, but her car was still in the parking lot.
All signs in this case point to a terrible situation. A missing 24 year old woman, a burned apartment of which the cause was arson, a messy divorce, reports of domestic violence and a retraining order in which according to documents claim that Holley Wiminc’s husband threatened her and threatened to commit suicide.
In a court filing for a protective order, Wimunc said that in May her husband had knocked her down, held a loaded gun to her head and then threatened to commit suicide, WRAL reported.
The court documents indicate that John Wimunc is a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, the station reported.
According to court documents, Lt. Holley Wimunc was going through a divorce with her husband, Marine Corporal John Wimunc. Holley Wimnuc previously had taken out a restraining order against him. documents report that on occasion, Corporal John Wimunc held a gun to his wife’s head and threatened to killer her.
The Fayetteville Police Department identified 24-year-old Holley Wimunc, a second lieutenant at the Womack Army Hospital at Fort Bragg, as missing and endangered Friday. A smoldering blaze was found Thursday morning at her apartment by a concerned colleague after Wimunc failed to show up for her nursing job in the military hospital’s maternity ward.
Authorities quickly ruled that the fire had been intentionally set with the help of an accelerant, Lt. David Sportsman, spokesman for the Fayetteville Police Department, told ABC News in an interview Friday. Investigators spent Thursday contacting Wimunc’s family and friends, hoping she’d intentionally taken off. Wimunc was nowhere to be found, and authorities identified her Friday so the public could possibly help in the investigation. (ABC News)
Soldier Missing After Apartment Fire
Wimunc was gone, but her car was still in the parking lot, police said. They towed the car — a white Dodge — to a site where it could be examined.
Houp said taking the car was a precautionary measure.
“We don’t want to leave any stone unturned,” he said.
Investigators with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies waited at a police command post outside the building most of the day for warrants to search the apartment. They entered the apartment about 7:15 p.m.
Another Fort Bragg soldier is under investigation, as her apartment is found destroyed by an allegedly set fire, and she is nowhere to be found.
Missing soldier’s children are safe
Americas Most Wanted: Ft. Bragg, North Carolina Soldier Holley Wimunc Missing
Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc
UPDATE I: Marine’s parents of Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc: Claims of violence against wife ‘unfounded’
- Full statement from parents can be read HERE
UPDATE II: Charred human remains found in Onslow on the south end of Camp Lejeune
Authorities are reporting a grisly discovery in what they suspect may be the body of missing Army 2nd Lt. Holley Lynn Wimunc. The remains discovered appear to have been burned and mutilated.
SNEADS FERRY, NC (WTVD) — Onslow Sheriff’s investigators and military authorities are investigating charred human remains found near Camp Lejeune.
Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said the human remains were found Sunday in a shallow grave off Old Folkstone Road in Sneads Ferry. Sneads Ferry is on the south end of Camp Lejeune.
Investigators believe someone set a fire in the area in an attempt to cover up a crime.
Neither the Onslow County Sheriff’s Officer or military authorities have confirmed whether this is connected to the disappearance of Fort Bragg soldier Holley Wimunc.
Charred remains found near Camp Lejeune
“We did in fact find human remains in what appeared to be a shallow grave. (The remains) are being guarded now by law enforcement officers. The crime scene will be processed first thing tomorrow morning,” Hudson said.
Remains found near Lejeune may be missing soldier
“There was physical evidence that indicated the body had been there for a substantial period of time,” Hudson said.
The body had been burned prior to the brush fire, Hudson said. There is reason to suspect it is Holley Wimunc, Hudson said, but he would not specify why. He said investigators left the body in place under guard Sunday night and plan to examine it closer today.
He would not discuss whether investigators have a suspect or suspects.
The Jacksonville Daily News, citing unnamed sources, reported Sunday that investigators found “bladed weapons” near the body and that it was mutilated.
UPDATE III: Father of Fort Bragg nurse: Our daughter is dead
To discuss the case and get updates go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons Forum: 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, 24, missing Fort Bragg
July 12th, 2008 at 12:07pm
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14 year old Julie Davis, a Mount Maunganui College student has been missing
since Wednesday, July 4, 20008 in New Zealand. Julie Davis is reportedly thought to have run of with 41 year old Craig Howard from Waingaro. Julie Davis went missing on July 4 after friends saw her walking along Topaz Drive in Papamoa at 3.45pm.
Missing Mount Maunganui schoolgirl Julie Davis was spotted at the Miranda Hot Springs near Thames on Wednesday with Waikato man Craig Howard. But police have not been able to track them since.
Detective Peter Sweeney, of Tauranga Police, said he had two phone calls overnight reporting possible sightings. But after a week, police had still not located Julie, 14, a Mount Maunganui College pupil, and Mr Howard, 41, from Waingaro.
Julie Davis was last seen wearing her school’s a red top and grey skirt. Mr Howard is understood to be driving a grey 1989 Subaru Legacy station wagon, registration UE 4661.
Man on the run with teen a ‘loner’
Mr Howard was the father of about seven children, some the same age as Miss Davis, and was believed to have been from Huntly, Mrs Singh said.
The couple were reluctant to comment on Mr Howard’s predicament. “We’re not his employers, we cannot give him advice.”
Other Waingaro residents said Mr Howard was a bit of a loner. Police say Mr Howard is a 41-year-old Maori, 175cm tall, of medium build with a slight lisp. He drives a grey 1989 Subaru Legacy station wagon, registration UE4661.
Police say the teenager’s family are concerned for her safety and have urged her or Mr Howard to contact police.
Missing girl may be with man, 41
Craig Howard, also known as Andrew Kara, is Maori, 175cm tall and of medium build. He is believed to speak with a slight lisp and is known to drive a grey 1989 Subaru Legacy station wagon, registration UE4661. He is believed to be in the Coromandel, Waikato or Bay of Plenty area.
UPDATE I: Fears grow for missing teen schoolgirl who disappeared with a 41yearold man 10 days ago
July 11th, 2008 at 11:25pm
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Rachel Green, a 14 year old girl from Salem, WI is considered missing and endangered and thought to be in New York. She is believed to be with 23 year old Kyle DeWolf of of Binghamton, New York. Where else would a 14 year old and 23 year old meet in today’s society? The internet and MySpace of course.
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5 foot 3, and 125 pounds.
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She was last seen Monday, June 30 in her hometown of Salem, Wisconsin.
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DeWolf could be driving a 1998 Oldsmobile with New York plates EAH 1663
Rachel Green 14, of Salem, Wisconsin went missing on Monday June 30th. She is thought to be with 23 year old Kyle DeWolf of Binghamton, New York. Kyle was just released from the army in Ft. Stewart, Georgia after completing a 21 month tour in Iraq.
The two met over the Internet on myspace. Rachel was last seen Monday but never showed up for summer school. There is a strong belief they are in New York as they were spotted in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and Kyle has family in Ulster, PA and Endicott, NY.
Kyle is thought to be operating a green, 4 door, Oldsmobile with NYS Registration EAH1663.
UPDATE I: Mother Of Missing Girl Speaks Out
Hansen is overcome with worry, concern and fear of where her 14-year-old daughter may be.
Investigators believe Green met 23-year-old Kyle DeWolf through MySpace.
“I had no idea who this person was. None didn’t even know he existed and then all the sudden MySpace comes up again. This guy Kyle and she’s gone. She’s just gone,” Hansen said.
DeWolf was recently discharged from the army and was living in Georgia. Authorities tell the family the two may be headed toward New York where he has family.
TODAY’S TMJ4’s Melanie Stout: “You said she’s just your average teenage girl?”
“Yes who trusted someone she shouldn’t have,” Hansen said.
UPDATE II: 23 year old man suspected in the disappearance of a 14 year old Kenosha County girl has been arrested in New York
She had been reported missing by her mother Monday. Authorities say text messages on Green’s cell phone showed she was communicating with DeWolf about the time of her disappearance.
DeWolf is already charged with transferring obscene material to a minor and crossing state lines to have sex with a minor.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:26pm
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77 year old John J. MacDonald has been missing since the morning of July 3, 2008 in Bristol, CT. He left his home at 10 am and has not been seen or heard from since. MacDonald lives with his daughter and she says it is very unusual that he did not return home. According to Police, MacDonald is described as being in good physical condition with no known medical problems
Description and circumstances of missing John J. MacDonald
- He is a 77 year old white man
- 155 pounds, 5-foot-10
- hazel eyes
- gray hair
- He was wearing navy blue pants and a plaid shirt
- MacDonald was driving a gray 2003 Chevrolet Malibu with Connecticut plates AB7712.
John J. MacDonald left his home around 10 a.m. Wednesday and hasn’t returned, police said. He has no health problems, and no history of staying away from his home, according to what his daughter told police.
After the family reported MacDonald missing, police supervisors notified patrol officers to keep watch for him. They’re asking that anyone who sees him call 860-584-3011.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:05pm
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued for a 9 year old, Lake Forest boy, Ryan Ramos in Orange County, CA. Authorities say a man, Lonnie Ramos, who allegedly shot his estranged wife and abducted their 9-year-old son may be driving a rented RV. Lonnie Ramos abducted Ryan on July 2, 2008.
Ryan Ramos, 9 year old abducted
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: Amber Alert
Circumstances: Ryan was abducted by his father, Lonnie Ramos, on July 2, 2008. A felony warrant for Kidnapping was issued for the abductor on July 2, 2008. They may be traveling in a red Porsche with license plates 4BWU827 or a white Chevrolet Suburban with license plates 5LTC712 or a 2005 Fleetwood Providence RV with California license plates 5EGW556 similar to the one pictured above. CAUTION IS ADVISED.
Description of father Lonnie Ramos:
A man who allegedly shot his estranged wife in the face and fled with his 9-year-old son may have switched his car for a motor home, authorities said Thursday.
An Amber Alert was in effect throughout California for Lonnie Ramos, 46. He was believed to be driving a rented 39-foot purple-and-gold Fleetwood Providence motor home with the license plate number 5EGW556, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.
Ramos was possibly in the San Diego area and Border Patrol agents were notified in case he tried to head for Mexico, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Amormino said Ramos was considered “armed and extremely dangerous.”
Ramos apparently jumped out from behind a car or bushes and shot his estranged wife in the face with a semiautomatic weapon about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when she drove to his home in the Portola Hills area to pick up their son, Ryan, for a custody exchange, Amormino said. (Fox News)
Police ask that anyone who has information on the shooting and abduction of Ryan Ramos please contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Office at 714-628-7170 or dial 911
UPDATE I: Lake Forest man accused of kidnapping son and shooting estranged wife had financial and personal problems
UPDATE II: Amber Alert issued for child who could be in Utah
Ramos was seen with his son trying to buy plane tickets out of John Wayne Airport after the incident occurred. Ramos has family in Texas and Washington, D.C. Police say he may also have ties to Utah, although they haven’t specified what those ties may be.
UPDATE III: Orange County authorities expected to make the announcement at a press conference later Saturday morning.
They think Ramos may have rented a purple and gold Fleetwood Providence motor home with license plate 5EGW556.
UPDATE IV: Utah Amber Alert no longer in effect for Ryan Ramos
UPDATE V: Father (Lonnie Ramos) who took boy (Ryan Ramos) likely in Mexico, say police
The Amber Alert went out to Utah late Friday because Ramos has a girlfriend in Draper, police said. It was canceled at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. A Wednesday sighting of the motor home in Utah was likely mistaken, Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Police are planning to search the motor home, a 2005 Fleetwood Providence, for possible clues and then work with Mexican authorities to pursue Ramos, Amormino said.
Mexican law prevents its citizens from being extradited to the United States for death penalty charges, but Ramos is neither a Mexican citizen nor a death
UPDATE VI: Ryan Ramos Found Safe in Mexico
Ryan Romas has been found safe in a church in Juarez Mexico. His father is still a fugative.
Authorities on Sunday announced that Ryan Ramos, allegedly kidnapped by his father last week, has been found safe in Mexico.
Lonnie Ramos, the boy’s father, allegedly shot his estranged wife and then kidnapped Ryan, according to Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Officials said that the boy will be reunited with his family shortly. His mother, Gynnae Ramos is recovering from the shooting.
Lonnie Ramos has not been found, according to authorities.
Kidnapped 9-year-old found in Mexican church
A 9-year-old boy missing from Southern California has been found at a church in Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas.
Ryan Ramos was found alone but safe in Juarez Sunday afternoon and is now with U.S. officials there. He’s said to be in “excellent condition”.
UPDATE VII: Fugitive Dad Killed By Bus
A desperate five-day search for a 9-year-old boy abducted by his father in Southern California ended in Mexico, where the man died after being hit by a bus and the boy was found safe in a Mormon church building, authorities said Monday.
Ryan Ramos was found alone Sunday in a Mormon church building in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and arrived in Orange County early Monday, where he was reunited with his family, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.
To further discuss the case or get updates go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum: Amber Alert Issued for 9 Year Old Ryan Ramos
July 3rd, 2008 at 09:59pm
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15 year old Jeffrey Blake Stone had been missing since March 24, 2008 when he disappeared from his home Attalla, AL. Now comes the grizzly find … the body of 15 year-old Jeffrey Blake Stone was found in a freezer. The sad news of the discovery of Jeffrey Blake Stone’s body was only made worse by the manner in how he was killed. It appears from all accounts that Jeffrey Blake Stone was murdered as a thrill kill by Nathaniel Wayne Lee and Troy Andrew Smiley.
“It appears this senseless murder of this 15-year-old had been planned for weeks,” Sheriff Todd Entrekin said.
“And once they got him over there, they executed their plan for no other reason than to get the rush from killing somebody.”
Entrekin said it is believed Stone, who had been reported missing on March 24, was killed the day he went missing.
What is this world coming to? What a senseless murder.
Stone was reported missing in late march. Two young men are being questioned by deputies, and charges are expected later today.
The Etowah County Sheriff says the body was found in a chest-type freezer at a home in the Littleton community.
Investigators say they believe Stone was killed and initially buried somewhere else, and then moved to the freezer sometime last week.
The freezer found just down the road from where Stone lived.
Two Etowah County men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Missing Jeffrey Blake Stone
Nathaniel Wayne Lee, 19, of 1176 Littleton Cut-off Road, Attalla, and Troy Andrew Smiley, 22, of 1084 Anna Drive, Attalla, have been served with warrants and are being held in the Etowah County Detention Center.
No bond was set.
Stone had been missing since March 24, and it’s believed he was killed that day. Stone was fatally shot.
Investigators received a new lead Tuesday morning that pointed them to a shallow grave on a logging road, Sheriff Todd Entrekin said. He said evidence at that site prompted investigators to obtain a search warrant for a home not far from where Stone lived with his father and stepmother, Jeff and Lynn Stone.
Etowah Thrill Kill Arrests
Wednesday night: 19-year-old Nathaniel Wayne Lee and a 22-year-old Troy Andrew Smiley are in custody, charged with murder. Detectives say the pair lived just down the road from the Stone family, where they did not work, but instead the Sheriff says they “smoked dope together” and hatched a plan to kill someone: just for the rush of killing, according to the DA. “For a 15-year-old child to be taken out of the world for two folks to have a thrill is just very disturbing to me and I think I speak for all the investigators in the Sheriff’s Department as well,” Harp said.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:26pm
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The news is not unsuspected, but tragic none the less. There is sad news tonight out of the state of Vermont. The body of 12 year old Brooke Bennett was found dead at approximately 4:45 EDT. The police called the death “clearly suspicious” but declined to give details before a planned briefing Thursday morning. With the news of the arrest of Brooke Bennett’s uncle, step father and talk of a sex ring … one suspected that this would not be a pleasant outcome.
Rest in peace Brooke, from all that we have heard with arrests and sick behavior in this family … Brooke is finally at peace and safe.
BETHEL, Vt. – The body of a missing 12-year-old whose uncle allegedly planned to force her into a sex ring the day she disappeared was found Wednesday in Randolph, not far from his house.
State Police Director Col. James Baker said Brooke Bennett’s body was found about 4:45 p.m. and her family had been notified.
The uncle, Michael Jacques, has been in custody since Sunday on charges of aggravated sexual assault against a different underage girl. He has pleaded not guilty.
Brooke Bennett’s body was found a few miles from the home of her uncle, Michael Jacques who was arrested on June 29, 2008 and charged with the sexual assault of another minor. Michael Jacques was the last person seen with Brooke Bennett on June 25 prior to her disappearance.
July 2nd, 2008 at 08:54pm
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SICK … TRULY SICK!!! Affidavit discussing Michael Jacques and the Breckenridge Program.
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July 2nd, 2008 at 07:16pm
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19 year old Brandon Swanson has been missing since May 14, 2008. Brandon Swanson has not been heard from since he was talking with his father Brian Swanson of Marshall early in the morning on May 14, when he abruptly lost cell phone contact. Brandon had called to say his car was in a ditch. His car went into the ditch along the Lincoln and Lyon County line near Taunton.
Brandon Swanson
Still no sign of missing Marshall man
Another weekend search has ended with no sign of a missing 19-year-old Marshall man.
About 100 searchers gathered in Taunton over the weekend to look for Brandon Swanson. Authorities say he was last heard from in a cell phone call to his parents on May 14. His car was found in a ditch near Taunton.
Fathers, David Francis and Brian Swanson Share a Heartache Searching for Missing Sons … Jon Francis and Brandon Swanson Missing
Foundation to help in Swanson search
The search continues for missing Brandon Swanson with no results. However, the family of Brandon Swanson could not be more thankful for all of the help that they have received from volunteers.
On Saturday, volunteer crews will continue to look for the missing teen. They plan to expand their search and concentrate on the Yellow Medicine River. Brandon’s dad Brian says that every weekend dozens of people volunteered their time and he couldn’t be more thankful.
“In our society, you know, just sometimes it seems everybody is out for number one, but this has proven to me that people care about others and they’ll do anything for you,” said Brian. The Swansons welcome volunteers to join their search this weekend.
The Search for Brandon Swanson
UPDATE I: Missing Marshall man probably drowned, sheriff says
The Lincoln County sheriff says a missing Marshall man probably died accidentally in the Yellow Medicine River.
After weeks of searching, Sheriff Jack Vizecky says he’s convinced 19-year-old Brandon Swanson’s body is in the river. There was no evidence of foul play.
To discuss the case and get further updates, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum; Brandon Swanson, 19, MN Missing 5/14/08
June 28th, 2008 at 08:51pm
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