Missing 12-Year-Old Vermont Girl Apparently Lied and Went to See Person She Met Online

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | June 27, 2008 

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A 12-year-old girl who vanished after being dropped off to meet a friend apparently lied and was actually going to see someone she’d been communicating with online.

The family of Brooke Bennett believes the girl made up the story of accompanying a friend to visit a sick relative in the hospital, police said Thursday.

Instead, she was apparently planning to meet an unknown person she had been in touch with on the Internet. Vermont’s FOX 44 reported it may have been someone she had met on the social networking site MySpace.

The Vermont State Police issued an Amber Alert Thursday in their search for the girl, who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday morning.

Brooke, of Braintree, was reported missing around 9 p.m. Wednesday, about 12 hours after her uncle dropped her off at a convenience store in Randolph, Vt.

She told family members she was going to meet a girlfriend and then go to visit a sick relative of the girlfriend at a hospital, according to Vermont State Police Capt. David Covell.

“It is the family members’ opinion that that was a ruse to the family to get to that location,” said Covell. “There’s been no interview conducted that supported that that was a legitimate meeting.”

The girl, who just finished seventh grade, is described as 4-foot-11 inches tall, 98 pounds, wearing blue jeans, a pink sweater and white sneakers with pink lettering. Police won’t say what items were found by the relative.

Anyone with information about Brooke’s whereabouts is asked to call the state police at (802) 234-9933.


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One Response to “Missing 12-Year-Old Vermont Girl Apparently Lied and Went to See Person She Met Online”

  1. Nicole Regele on June 27th, 2008 5:11 pm

    i hope that she is okay i will pray for her

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