SAN ANTONIO, July 17, 2008
Child Porn Charge For Dead Girl's Stepdad
40-Year-Old Texas Man Also Charged With Obstruction Of Justice
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Brooke Bennett, 12, was murdered in Vermont. She had been missing for about a week when her body was discovered. Her uncle has been charged with her kidnapping. No one has been charged with her death. (AP Photo/Vermont State Police)
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A grand jury indicted Raymond Gagnon on charges of transporting child pornography in April 2007 and possessing a computer containing child pornography on July 1, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a release.
The San Antonio man is the former stepfather of Brooke Bennett, who went missing June 25 and was found a week later buried in Randolph, Vt.
Gagnon, 40, faces obstruction of justice charges in the girl's disappearance. At a July 7 hearing he did not contest his continued detention on the charges. A lawyer listed for him in court documents did not immediately return an after-hours call Wednesday.
Michael Jacques, Brooke's uncle, has been charged with her kidnapping. No one has been charged in her death.
Gagnon is accused in court records of having someone throw out his laptop computer while authorities were searching for Brooke. Gagnon married Brooke's mother in 2000, but they later divorced.
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- The path of the righteous is beset on ALL sides by the tyranny and inequity of evil men. Blessed is he, in the name of good will and charity, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness for truly he is his brother%u2019s keeper and the finder of lost children. I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to exploit and poison my brother. You will know the name of the lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
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- Bring back Frontier Justice.
Public Hanging in the Town Square...how the west was won.. i was going to say that,but then i thought of a much slower and painful way to see them on there way.skin em alive,drag them thru cactus patches are just a few. - Reply to this comment
- Bring back Frontier Justice.
Public Hanging in the Town Square...how the west was won. - Reply to this comment
- Sounds to me like this poor baby was surrounded by pedophiles and one of them wanted her dead before she could squeal. I hope the sick *** get whats coming to them a needle in the arm.
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- Would love to get one hand on the bast***!
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- this is digusting,girl wasn''t even safe in her own home.i see we will have another scumbag on death row.i hope he gets a good welcome in the pokey.
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