Darby taught you Brooke, at Baptist Fellowship. She told me how you would wrap your arms around her waist and walk on the tops of her feet with your famous giggle. Still missing you and never forgetting. The Larsons

Brooke you have been in gods arms now for two years and i still miss you just as much today as i did then you are in heaven now where you are safe and you are also in our hearts where you are loved forever . We all miss you Brooke and i think about you very often when I am playing basketball and when i want to smile i just think about how you would always have a smile on your face .I miss you alot Brooke and i always will.My heart goes out to the family you are always in my prayers. Laura

I'm so so so so so sorry for what Brooke's family is going through. But in a way it must be a little better being with the angels and in the heavens than here on earth with her crazy uncle who hurt her. My family grieves alongside of you. My mother died when I was 6 so maybe Brooke and her will meet. I don't know, but all I know is that the whole country mourns for Brooke Bennet.

Each of our family knows you in various ways, Brooke's different family members. The last month has been surreal and remains so. We grieve with you all. We remember Brooke at Baptist Fellowship and Green Mountain Gospel and find great peace in knowing how she was welcomed into Jesus' loving arms. Jim, Janet and Savanna we are praying earnestly for you all and hold your arms up before the Lord when your weakness prevents you from doing so.

I'm so sorry about your lost. My thoughts are with you. I'm sorry that someone from your family would do such a bad thing. Once again I'm so Sorry about your lost. And My Thoughts are with you

Brooke: We all are terribly saddened by your early death. Today I wrote all the newspapers to convey that our legislature needs to wake up and toughen our laws against sex offenders. Gov. Jim Douglas sincerely wants to enact new legislation; but, unfortunmately our elected officials do not want to meet now with the governor because they do not agree with his desire to crack down on sex offenders. Instead our elected legislators want to hold meetings first to find out the reasons why Michael Jacques' was released from prison after only spending three years out of his 6-10-year sentence for the brutal rape of a co-worker in 1993. The Vermont Legislature needs to meet with the Governor and hold their meetings on their own time. Never again can the likes of Michael Jacques walk the streets of Vermont or anywhere else.. Lock them up in solitary confinement for 25 years! That is not too harse a penalty for anyone raping a child; and certainly not for the habitutual offender Jacques was. By the way, when Denise Jacques found a child in a towel in their bedroom one day and never reported this is beyond comprehension. Isn't she somewhat guilty for what happened to Brooke?

To the family & friends of Brooke, May you hold on to the happiest memories of your dear Brooke, keep her in your heart and continue to love her. She's in Gods hands, peacefully resting. One day you will be together again. Please stay strong and pray that every justice will be done to right the wrong that was done to Brooke. You have my deepest sympathy, I will hold you in my prayers From---Penny in Vermont

I want the family to know how sorry I am. Brooke was such a young girl. Obviously this should have never happened. My heart is with the family and has been since the amber alert was released. I hoped and prayed for the family of her safe return, and was heart broken when I heard how they found her. I hope that the family of Brooke can grieve how they need to and have the strength to live life to the fullest. We all loose people that we love dearly, and that just shows that we need to just take one day at a time, living life fully, and making the best of every minute of it. I didnt know Brooke, but I am so very sorry about what happened. She may not have been a celebrity but the world knew her name.. May she rest in peace. Forever loved and never forgotten. ~*~Amanda Parker~*~ wells river, vt

As I said before this is a horrible tragedy and I have 2 daughters myself so please don't climb on the cross as the sole voice or defender of the children, also I am not a liberal nor have I tried to cook the stats. Karen you had tried to say that a "sex offender" is 4 times more likely to re offend as cited in the report? Ok am I cooking the stats if I ask why the 5% that are actually going to re offend are allowed to leave prison in the first place? This man had raped an 18 year old girl why was he out of prison? This man also KNEW his victim. Is it safe to say that the same government you want to trust your daughters safety to dropped the ball? Also pointing out that the 5% at risk to re offend are 4 times more likely than someone not convicted of an SO again makes my point that we need to get smarter on crime and stop the witch hunt of the 95% that make a one time mistake and want to move on. This case fits the stats perfectly as this man was part of the 5% at risk to re offend and also part of the 90-95% that knew his victim. You might argue that you can't tell who is going to offend again? Well I can give you the proven statistics provided by the government that you so eagerly want to entrust your children's safety too and that is 90%-95% of all NEW SEX CRIMES will be committed by someone not on ANY registry. You can approach this issue with a blood lust in your heart but does that not make you just as "evil" as the people you wish to kill? Would those billions of wasted dollars now being used to implement these ridiculous knee jerk laws not be better used developing methods to separate the dangerous from the harmless? I am sorry you also seem to have a problem understanding that these people are in fact your husbands sons uncles brothers and in laws and do not come from some far away evil galaxy but it's not a debatable point its a fact. You speak of no mercy? Now is that at sentencing or 10-20 years later after this person has done their time lived crime free and moved on? You are missing the forest for the trees here and if we are going to tear up the constitution and slap on the swastikas that's one thing but I thought this was still America. I saw the governor of VT calling for an investigation of why this man was released early from supervision after a rape conviction it seems to me that it is VT law enforcement that was not able to spot this giant red flag possibly because they are to busy with the harmless 95% rather than closely monitoring that 5% . As far as your quick write off of the effects these laws have on young people stop by www.rickyslife.com and talk to Ricky and his mother she has a pitchfork of her own. ""I'd rather see a child molester (not public urinator) executed after conviction #1. And now, I will jam my pitchfork into the dirt and be on my way"" Karen there was recently a capitol case in front of the U.S. supreme court in which a Louisiana man was convicted of raping an 8 year old girl and was sentenced to death. He won the case the justices stating that his damage to the girl did not amount to murder. I personally feel that life with no parole in a supermax prison locked up 23 of 24 hours is a lot more punishment than the death penalty but I understand you want your pound of flesh on the end of your pitch fork. You keep mentioning liberals? Is it not a core liberal idea to hand over control of your life and safety to the government who can better take care of you? Your quite the cheerleader for a liberal utopia Karen so why not do some more reading and educate yourself. http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us0907/ http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/377462.html http://www.operationawareness.com/

I had been following this story from the original amber alert. I have property in vermont and Brooke looked a lot like my neice kate who passed away a couple of years back. Brooke looked like a beautiful, sweet girl. yeas she wore makeup and dyed her hair but what young girl doesnt want that freedom. My question is where was her mothers judgement when it came to who she let her daughter spend time with. I dont feel that because her sister had poor judgement and married a sex offender it shouldve given her any reason to put her guard down with him. Brooke was 12 years old, he IS a sex offender..lets think about this, DONT let your beautiful daughter alone with him. Because he is her uncle doesnt change the fact that hes a sick perverted fuck, and need to get his rocks off with little girls......The mother should have put her daughter first, there had to be signs somewhere... And the step father, whats wrong with you women? How do you allow men like this into your lives, and your childrens. And Jaques wifem had children with him, he will do this to his own dughter one day when he runs out of little girls...She didnt have a chance because her family was so royally fucked up! (except for her real dad, who seems genuine..thats why he divorced the mom)...

to the Bennette Family, I prayed so hard for brook's safe return,but as we now know,It was not meant to be,I myself lost my son Dustin sudenly,and there is no way to get over the pain of your child being taking like this I will keep praying for the family.Iknow that she went straight to heaven just like Dustin,and did not suffer long

to the bennett family my heart and thought are with you and your family god bless you all r i p brooke

First of all, this is the last site you should be on pleading for lenience and compassion for sex offenders. This is a memorial site for an innocent life that was brutally taken by someone who never should have been walking the streets. But, I guess we should take "comfort" that 95% of sex offenders will not re-offend, accroding to your argument, which happens to be a very convenient twisting of the statistics cited in the report. Lest you should get confused or think I failed to educate myself, the report reads: Within 3 years following their release, 5.3% of sex offenders (men who had committed rape or sexual assault) were rearrested for another sex crime. SO HOW MANY WAIT A LITTLE LONGER TO STAKE OUT THEIR NEXT VICTIM? No stats on that... On average the 9,691 sex offenders served 3 1/2 years of their 8-year sentence. Compared to non-sex offenders released from State prisons, released sex offenders were 4 times more likely to be rearrested for a sex crime. THIS IS THE KEY RIGHT HERE!!! The 9,691 released sex offenders included 4,295 men who were in prison for child molesting. ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACT - over 44% of these men are CHILD molestors. There is something purely evil about those who harm the most vulnerable in our society. Brendan, even if the number was 1% - there should be NO MERCY for sex offenders!! Don't you dare come on here and suggest, ok we all feel sorry "BUT"; there is no "BUT" in the case of this creep who killed this little girl. I will grant you the idiot urinating in public may just be a nuisance, but not ALL states consider that a sex offense, it varies. And as far as having sympathy for a 17 yr old having sex with a 13 yr old - sorry you won't find that here either. And finally NO - sex offenders are not MY sons, husbands, grandparents, daughters, etc etc. So, my interest is not in their rights, but in the rights of MY daughters to take a walk with a friend down the street and KNOW they should avoid the guy who lives in the red house on the corner because she has seen his picture on the internet. I don't think he should be out at all, but thanks to liberals like you they are out there. Personally, I'd rather see a child molester (not public urinator) executed after conviction #1. And now, I will jam my pitchfork into the dirt and be on my way. MY CONDOLENCES to Brooke's family, and my further condolences to the good residents of VT who are ashamed of their government's liberal failures.

Of course it is a tragedy when a child is murdered but maybe we can set down or torches and pitchforks for a moment to look at the facts about former sex offenders? I invite everyone on this thread to go to the U.S. department of justice website and look up the proven statistical information concerning RSO recividism. So many bad laws are being passed in the wake of tragedy's like Brooke and Jessica and while I understand the anger maybe you can understand that we need to start getting "smart" on sex crime instead of getting tuff as it obviously has no effect. The stats show that contrary to public myth's recividism is 5-7% for people who were previously arrested for a sex offence. That means that MOST NEW sex offences 95-97% WILL BE COMITTED BY SOMEONE NOT ON THE REGISTRY. Also over 90% of offenders KNOW THE VICTIM which was the case here. Because of the horrible legislation that has been passed in recent years children as young as 10 years old are now on these registries for life for playing doctor. A 16-17 yo who has sex with his 13-14 yo girlfriend or boyfriend can now get lifetime registration. I know this will make alot of people uncomfortable but RSO'S are not "boogymen" they are your sons,husbands,inlaws,grandparents and more and more wives and daughters. Please DO NOT!! Take my word for anything of this educate yourself Also please understand that in many states a sex offence can be urinating in public or mooning LOOK IT UP.

Of course it is a tragedy when a child is murdered but maybe we can set down or torches and pitchforks for a moment to look at the facts about former sex offenders? I invite everyone on this thread to go to the U.S. department of justice website and look up the proven statistical information concerning RSO recividism. So many bad laws are being passed in the wake of tragedy's like Brooke and Jessica and while I understand the anger maybe you can understand that we need to start getting "smart" on sex crime instead of getting tuff as it obviously has no effect. The stats show that contrary to public myth's recividism is 5-7% for people who were previously arrested for a sex offence. That means that MOST NEW sex offences 95-97% WILL BE COMITTED BY SOMEONE NOT ON THE REGISTRY. Also over 90% of offenders KNOW THE VICTIM which was the case here. Because of the horrible legislation that has been passed in recent years children as young as 10 years old are now on these registries for life for playing doctor. A 16-17 yo who has sex with his 13-14 yo girlfriend or boyfriend can now get lifetime registration. I know this will make alot of people uncomfortable but RSO'S are not "boogymen" they are your sons,husbands,inlaws,grandparents and more and more wives and daughters. Please DO NOT!! Take my word for anything of this educate yourself Also please understand that in many states a sex offence can be urinating in public or mooning LOOK IT UP.

I don't live in VT but was keenlly following the news of Brooke's disappearance hoping to see her back with her family again - not the way she was eventually found. That sick lunatic of an uncle should be shot hung from a tree in front of his own house and while that sick lunatic is hanging he should be shot beween the eyes. His rotting corpse should hang there till the raven pick it to the bone. We need a vigilante. Lord we need a VIGILANTE!!! Rest in peace Brooke. The fiend who did this to you is as good as dead. In fact if america has its way - he'll wish he were in that shallow grave instead of you.

I'm so sorry...........................I plan on dedicating my extra time in helping young girls "TO PLEASE BE MORE CAREFUL & KNOW WHAT TO WATCH for..........I got away TO ALL THE ANGELS WE'VE LOST.................I hope I will truly make a difference.........look 4 me in the near future! The voice of those we've lost a NjPixie

I would also like to add a few cents of my own to the people who think we can "cure/help" sexual preditors.... There are many researchers out their whom have proven that pedo's CANNOT! be cured, that they will always have the urge, and the sexual evil they posses WILL never go away. For example: drug addicts will always be addicts, put them in jail and/or rehab while the temptations may change the desire for it never does. So they tell addicts that they can never be around drugs or alcohol again if they want to stay sobber. Yes many addicts out there have found a sober way of living without being exposed with drugs/alcohol BUT the world is full of children, we can not hide kids nor stop them from playing. So to release a pedo back into the world is like throwing a drug addict in the middle of woodstock passing him a joint. IT JUST DOESNT WORK. the only way to keep harm from children is life imprisonment for those who want to hurt them. The jessica's law isnt enough and clearly Vermonts "Rehab and Release" policy for Pedo's is pathetic. These are my words and only mine, but I blame the justice system for Brooke Bennetts death. If her uncle was still in jail for the first thing he did to another girl Brooke would be home reading a book, being with her friends, she would have turned 13 yesterday and could have told her mother she loved her. This comes down to a girl with no more chances to live so why should the justice system give people like her uncle another chance. So I leave you with this .....mothers hold your children, kids know your surroundings and God please deliever us from this evil..we can't afford to lose another child and finially to Micheal Jaques you will get what is coming to you, you will burn in hell on earth and you will burn more when you die, I hope everyday some one makes you his bitch raping you to the point you wish you were dead and I hope the innocents of Brooke Bennett haunts you till your dying day for you are worthless in all eyes...BURN IN HELL BITCH!!!!!

I remember that morning when I saw vermonts very first Amber Alert scroll by on my TV, I also remember getting this sick feeling in my stomach, It all just seemed too close to home. That day when they released her name I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Now I don't know Brooke or her family but I did meet Brooke my second day living in VT, everything was so new to me and I found myself lost and needing directions. As I was approaching a gas station, walking towards me were 3 younge girls. I stopped them and asked for directions to Burlington and thats when I met brooke. This bright bubbly smilling younge girl so willing to help starts pointing in all directions telling me to go left..right..left...so on....Something about her just made me want to be her friend. I'm 20 years old much older than Brooke but she reminded me so much of how I used to act at her age. So I stayed and talked with the girls about the area and small towns with too many cows....lol Before we parted our ways I told them all to keep safe and hugged brooke thanking her for the help. Since that day I have kept brooke in my mind and my heart! This little girl had a life ahead of her and because of some sick fuck with a hard on for little girls she is now gone. Brooke everyone has you in their hearts and misses you dearly none of us can ever imagine what you went through, but now its your turn to make the heavens smile instead of us...brooke I will never forget you sweetheart...god bless.

I live in VT but do not know Brooke, although I have been greatly affected by this. My daughter is 12 and I cannot imagine...I dont want to imagine. My heart and soul go out to you Brooke and I hope you rest in peace.

To the family and friends I am heart broken, just as I was when I saw the first report of Brooke's disappearance on the news. It terrifies me how hurtful people can be. I pray for you to find peace. I believe that while we can't understand most bad things that happen, there is a level of calmness that can be reached. I can't imagine the pain you are going through, but I pray for you and I hope you find the people and resources to help you through this. To the memory of Brooke 12 isn't a child, and it's not a woman. It's a crazy mix of growing up, changing, and trying to stay who you were all at the same time. It's hard all on its own, and you were being pushed into things far beyond your age and far beyond anyone's understanding. I don't know why some people are so bad, Brooke, and I don't know why no one ever knows the answers. I hope you know that all people aren't like that, though. I hope you know how much you are loved by your friends, your family. There are good people out here too, and they were are broken Brooke, over what happened to you and what you went through. I don't know you at all, but I was 12 a few years ago, and a lot of things I didn't understand then and most things I still don't really understand now. I don't know anything about death Brooke, but I know some things about fear, and alone, and confusion and my heart goes out to you. Because you shouldn't have had to go the way you did. I know you are in heaven, and I know it is a better place, but people miss you here and they will hold on to you forever.

brookes family im sorry for your loss and brookes uncle was so rude to do that to his own niece he should die like brooke had to suffer i know she wasnt my friend i wish i was her friend even now i live in PA! she was pretty! i miss you RIP

I didnt really know Brooke Bennett but i know that what happened to her was not right. I didnt live near her,and i didnt know her but i just sit and cry every night wondering will i every see you again. its not right what happened to her but i know see is in better hands, GOD is good so GOD will take really good care of her. I hope they make Brookes uncle suffer and kill him so he knows what it feels like to die and to see what Brooke felt. I hope he dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! every thing is going to be fine now because she is in GODs hands!!!!! :-)

Brooke Bennett is in Gods hands now.

pandabearluvr

15 years ago

sorry to all who got their heart torn by this story.

Brooke your an Angel I never knew you but my heart goes out to your family you did not deserve what happened to you but you will forever have a place in my heart God Bless and Rest In Peace Beautiful Angel

May god be with you at this horrible time in your lives. just remember everytime a bell chimes or rings she has her angel wings.

Of course it is a tragedy when a child is murdered but maybe we can set down or torches and pitchforks for a moment to look at the facts about former sex offenders? I invite everyone on this thread to go to the U.S. department of justice website and look up the proven statistical information concerning RSO recividism. So many bad laws are being passed in the wake of tragedy's like Brooke and Jessica and while I understand the anger maybe you can understand that we need to start getting "smart" on sex crime instead of getting tuff as it obviously has no effect. The stats show that contrary to public myth's recividism is 5-7% for people who were previously arrested for a sex offence. That means that MOST NEW sex offences 95-97% WILL BE COMITTED BY SOMEONE NOT ON THE REGISTRY. Also over 90% of offenders KNOW THE VICTIM which was the case here. Because of the horrible legislation that has been passed in recent years children as young as 10 years old are now on these registries for life for playing doctor. A 16-17 yo who has sex with his 13-14 yo girlfriend or boyfriend can now get lifetime registration. I know this will make alot of people uncomfortable but RSO'S are not "boogymen" they are your sons,husbands,inlaws,grandparents and more and more wives and daughters. Please DO NOT!! Take my word for anything of this educate yourself Also please understand that in many states a sex offence can be urinating in public or mooning LOOK IT UP.

You did not deserve this. You deserved a long wonderful life filled with happiness and love. You will not be forgotten. Rest in peace. Blessed be. We need laws that PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, not the offenders!

I feel that child sexual offenders should not be given a second chance in society. I feel that it is not worth the risk of another young child be robbed of there innocence. Children are angels and sexual preditors are not so why do they get another chance? Its like this state is saying that they did there classes they are good people now so lets let them move into a communtiy full of children because he is all better now we helped him. But then they do it again who do us mothers blame for that? I blame the state for not ensuring us mothers that are kids will be ok against repeat rapists of children. If you can not 100% make sure that they will not do it again than why would you set them free. It is not right. God bless the parents of this tragidy, I hope you the best and feel bad for this states mistake.

I feel so bad that something like this has happened once again in this world. I pray for the mother of Brooke who is suffering as we speak and who will suffer this lose for the rest of her life. I pray that no mothers should have to face a lose so great as that of her child. I know that Brooke is resting now from her short life she lived but she will no longer be approached by preditors because she is in gods arms she is safe and out of harms way. I hope that the woman judge who gave this man freedom 2 years early from his 6 to 15 year sentence for kidnapping and sexual assault and was set free after only 4 years and he was set free to pray on our young daughters, I hope this judge will no longer make the same mistake I hope that she is feeling guilty of her actions as we speak. Child Sexual Offenders should serve the same sentence as a murderer in this state as they murder our children innocence and steal it from our children for there own sick pleasure.

I can't believe this has happen to Brooke, I remember taking care of her at the daycare just not to many years ago. My thoughts and prayers are with your family. I know Cassandra, this is tearing your heart out and never in a million years thought that you would loose your daughter to something like this of all things. I just hope this sends a message to all girls out there to be careful and tell someone if something like this is going on. May God Bless you in your time of need. Love you all, Tammie Stanley ..Cullman, AL

I did not know you but my heart went out to you and you family when I herd what happend on Nance Grace, To the family I never lost a child but I felt like I lost mine when I found out....... You will always be in my mind...........Anderson, CA Tresa

my heart goes out to the family of brooke i can only imagine how you feel and what your going through im so sorry this happened .beverly fjavascript:void(null) javascript:void(null)

I didn't know you, I'm far away from you, I have 3 children, my son 12, 2 girls my oldest is 11, I can not imagine what you went trough on your final hours and I like you to know that I will love to take justice with my bare hands and I will love to see the person who did this to you die the same exact way with the same pain he inflicted you with, I have so many questions that I can't get answers too, how could a friend of yours take part into this? No mater how traumatized a person is they know right from wrong, she knew it was wrong, she has a boyfriend, she is 14, hello, she knew, I don't feel sorry for her. How can she have been so afraid not to let another adult be aware of what was going on? Why did it have to happen? Why couldn't he spare your life? Why? Why and so many why's? This government needs to do something about sexual predators, understand that once done they will continue and nothing will stop them, this are sick people who need to be KEPT away from society, call me a racist call me anything, I don't care, Children are ANGELS that should not be touch in any harmful way, they don't ask to come we bring them into this world and we are to love them and protect them at all costs, I don't want to judge anyone because we are all human’s and I don't know this family nor do I know the mother and I know that outliving a child HAS TO BE the most horrible pain and ordeal a mother goes trough, truth be told I always ask god to take me before any of my kids no matter their age, even when they reach 40 to me they will still be my babies, but what I can tell you is that I rather loose my job, eat rotten food instead of leaving my daughter near a sexual predator, I don't care how long ago it was or if he is family related, NO WAY WILL ANY OF MY THREE KIDS BE NEAR THIS PERSON WITH OR WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION, it is time that something be done, I ask the government that you place anklets on this persons to control their whereabouts, how many more kids will have to pay this price before something gets done? how many more mother's and fathers will have to live dead? because when you loose a child is an irreparable lost so you are alive cause you have to be, I rather my taxes go to this anklets or any other device than to a penitentiary where this person on dead row gets to eat, sleep and leave like a human, this is not acceptable, these children don't have this choice. May you rest in peace and may god and his angels be hugging you right now you sweet angel.

My heart goes out to your family and friends. May God cradle you in his arms and take all your hurt away. Cathy

SO YOUNG, SO SWEET, SO INNOCENT!!! DEAR BROOKE, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE!!! JACK AND FRIENDS

Dear Cassie,my thoughts and prayers are with you and your familly,Tim Hutchinson.

Our hearfelt sympathies and prayers go out to Brooke's family and friends. May you find the strength,love, and support you will need to get through the worst of times. Trust in heaven..... Rest in peace little angel, now you are safe. Our prayers are with you, Fletcher VT

May god hold you in his tender embrass and give your family and friends the strength to heal.

I WANT TO CRY FOR YOU, THAT NO ONE WAS THERE FOR YOU. I FEEL ANGER THAT YOU SUFFERED FOR A SHORT LIFE AND NO ONE PROTECTED YOU. MAY YOU BE AN INNOCENT GIRL IN HEAVEN. MAY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST GRANT YOU PEACE, JOY, AND THE LOVE YOU NEVER HAD.

u were so special to lots of people and it was not right for someone to take u away from them ones that trutly loved u and u will be missed very much by the people of all of vermont.. my heart so out to the family to where i have a child and i would never beable to live if this happen to me... but i hope the ones that hurt u in this way gets what they deserved by the courts... go rest high on that mountain brooke

I didn't know Brooke but as soon as I saw that your daughter was missing my heart sank. At least now she is safe with God and at peace with the Lord. I wish you all well. My prayers are with you and your family at this time. I wish nothing but turmoil for the person(s) responsible for this little girls death. Something needs to be done about all of these predators across the nation. There needs to be more stringent laws to protect our children.

I pray you did not suffer long, I pray that you are in Peace. Too many broken homes. Too many kids growing up too fast. Too young to be on MySpace. The world is not safe. The world is becoming a sick and dangerous place. The punishment never fits the crime. The killer will never suffer the way Brooke did. They have rights! Something needs to change this. No one will ever really be safe till the laws show we will not tolerate these types of crimes. I didn't know Brooke, but I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers. Especially, that justice will come to whomever committed such a horrific crime. You're safe with God now!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Bennett Family! Our deepest sympathy is with you! We did not know Brooke but have been following the story from the start, it saddens us deeply for what Brooke had to go through. We have 4 children of our own and I could not imagine having any one of them taken from us. May God give you peace knowing that she is safe in the arms or the Lord. Rest in Peace sweet Angel.

Perhaps there are not Stars in the sky But openings in the sky Where our loved ones Look down upon us To let us know They are happy..... Our thoughts and prayers our with the family.

A childs laughter in the Streets of Gold! God is Awesome - Brooke is being held in his loving arms. God Bless Your Family Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft starlight at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.

This is such a tragic story. I did not know her, but have two daughters and can't even imagine life without either one of them. My deepest condolences go out to her family. No child should go through what she did. To Brookes mother: Do not blame yourself.. and don't listen to anything negative people are saying. It is not your fault. It is the fault of the Uncle and estranged step father and I hope justice is served to them and that they rot in jail for the rest of their lives (or better yet, the death penalty). Regardless, I am very sorry for your loss and am praying you find the strength to move forward. Respectfully, Kim, Placerville, CA