Ray Gagnon

Ray Gagnon

Ray A. Gagnon was arrested for the sexual assault of his stepdaughter, 12-year-old Brooke Bennett. It is still unclear if he was involved in her June 25, 2008 disappearance or subsequent death.

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The former stepfather of a slain 12-year-old Vermont girl has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez sentenced Raymond Gagnon (GAN'-yuhn) in San Antonio on Friday to 16 years and eight months in federal prison. Gagnon expressed grief and remorse in accepting the sentence. The FBI found child pornography while searching Gagnon's San Antonio home after his former stepdaughter, Brooke Bennett, disappeared in Vermont last summer. Gagnon had been married to Brooke's mother for four years before the couple separated in 2004. Brooke's uncle, Michael Jacques, is accused of molesting and strangling Brooke ... Read Full Story
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Official results from autopsy could take up to 8 weeks : No surprise by anyone but Vermont’s chief medical examiner announced today that 12-year-old Brooke Bennett was in fact murdered. The information came out during Michael Jacques’s first federal court appearance who has been charged with kidnapping her after using fictitious e-mail identities to arrange her abduction. Police say it could take up to 8 weeks for results from the autopsy. Meanwhile, prosecutors in Alabama have filed child pornography charges against Brooke's former stepfather, Raymond Gagnon. He allegedly had those images stored at his former home in Cullman, Alabama. Read Full Story
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Sex offender uncle indicted by federal grand jury : New startling details were released late yesterday on the brutal murder of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett. Her uncle, 42-year-old Michael Jacques, has officially been indicted by a federal grand jury on the charges and newly released documents reveal that Jacques drugged, sexually assaulted and then smothered Brooke Bennett to death with a plastic bag. The new findings allow Federal Prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case, but that decision won't happen for months they say. For those unfamiliar with Brooke Bennett and her brutal murder, I've been covering it here and here . Read Full Story
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Suspect threw evidence away in dumpster : A 58-year-old Texas man has become the third man arrested in connection with the Brooke Bennett case. According to investigators, Kevin Dale Grosenheider, of San Antonio was arrested yesterday on charges that he destroyed evidence in the case. Police say he threw Ray Gagnon's laptop into a dumpster. Gagnon allegedly had called Grosenheider and asked him to do it. Agents in the case say Gagnon used that laptop to change Brooke Bennett's MySpace page in order to dupe investigators. Read Full Story
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Sex offender uncle skips arraignment : The man at the center of the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett has plead not guilty on Wednesday to those charges. Of course I'm talking about Bennett's sex offender uncle, 42-year-old Michael Jacques. Prosecutors have alleged that Jacques drugged, raped and then smothered his niece with a plastic bag. Defense lawyers entered not guilty pleas on Jacques behalf as he chose to skip the arraignment. Read Full Story
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Brooke Bennett's stepfather and uncle have both been arrested for sexually assaulting the 12-year-old girl before her disappearance and subsequent death.


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