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PARENTS OF ABDUCTED CHILDREN SAY CONGRESS MUST ACT IN HONOR OF BROOKE BENNETT One in three child pornography arrests leads to evidence of a local child victim yet less than 2 percent of leads are investigated! The Surviving Parents Coalition grieves for Brooke Bennett and our hearts are with her family. The tragedy of her situation illustrates the reality so many child victims are suffering; the most likely perpetrators are close family or friends and so often these crimes are precipitated by the exchange of child pornography. The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces have the technology to interdict these crimes before they escalate to abduction and murder. Sadly, Brooke's murder serves as a solemn reminder to Congress that every day they wait to vote on giving the ICAC the resources they need, is another day a child victim has to wait for rescue. We have been fighting for this bill for a year in the hope that not one more child would suffer needlessly as ours did. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, we implore you to put S.1738, The Combating Child Exploitation Act, on the floor for a vote - not one more child, not one more day.
A statement from Magdalen Bish & John Bish, parents of Molly Bish, abducted & murdered lifeguard "Yesterday, we traveled 3 1/2 hours to the small rural town of Randolf in the beautiful green mountains of Vermont. We went to attend the 7th day Vigil of missing 12 year old Brooke Bennett. We came to support and give “hope” to a family like ours in great pain of the unknown. But only moments after our arrival, our emotions changed to raw grief and outrage, as we were told that only 30 minutes before Brooke’s body was found in the back yard of her uncle’s home."
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