Amber Alert~Iowa

[lady cop]

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Amber Alert Issued for 10 Year Old Iowa Girl
Posted: Friday March 25 4:18 AM CT

The Cedar Rapids Police Department and the State of Iowa issued the Amber Alert late Thursday night after the girl was apparently abducted.

Jetseta Marrie Gage, 10 yrs., white female, 4'6", 90 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing an orange coat and purple pants. She is mentally challenged.

Police are looking for Roger Paul Bently, 37 yrs., white male, 6'1", 265 lbs. with blond hair and hazel eyes. He has a tattoo on his right shoulder and was last seen wearing a flannel shirt.

The suspect vehicle is 1982 black and silver Nissan King Cab pick up with a silver camper top and Iowa tag number 392-MIZ.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Cedar Rapids police department at 319-286-5491 or dial 911.

this man has been caught, the girl is still missing

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Abduction suspect in custody; C.R. girl still missing
Published:03/25/2005 08:55 AM
Updated:03/25/2005 1:34 PM


CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - A convicted sex offender is in custody and the 10-year-old Cedar Rapids girl he is suspected of abducting is still missing.

Police announced at 11 a.m. that Roger Paul Bentley, 37, is in police custody but has not been charged. He was arrested at 7 a.m. Friday.

A search is still under way for Jetseta Marrie Gage, missing from her home since 8:15 p.m. Thursday.

She is described as white, 4 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 90 pounds, with brown eyes and brown, wavy, shoulder-length hair. When last seen, she was wearing an orange jacket and purple pants.

The child was taken from her grandmother's home at 448 Jacolyn Dr. NW. An Amber Alert was issued for the missing child and suspect last night.


Trena Gage, the mother of the missing girl, told The Gazette that Bentley was working on her van’s transmission last night before the abduction. Gage said her 7-year-old son saw Bentley leave in his pickup with Jetseta.

"I’m distraught. I’m just praying," Trena Gage said. "I just want her home."

Bentley is listed on the Iowa Sex Offenders Registry for a 1994 Buchanan County conviction involving a white female under age 13.

He is described as a white male, 6 feet 1 inch tall, 265 pounds with blond hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen in a silver and black 1982 Datsun pickup with a topper and Iowa license plate 392 MIZ.

The FBI, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office is assisting in the investigation.

Cedar Rapids police are asking for the public's assistance in locating the missing child.

[robinseggs]

Oh no......I am starting to become paranoid I guess...my last words to my husband before we fell asleep last night were "Did you doublecheck & lock all the doors?" While asking this, I did so with the complete awareness of Jessica's story........My baby is type 1 diabetic and has to have blood sugar checks thru out the night so one of us is up about every 4 hrs around here....so we barely get any sleep and yet still I am becoming so paranoid I don't want to sleep at all anyhow! Yikes!!!

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I hate to judge..............but her brother saw her in truck with the guy.
His eyes tell me he is kook............ priors........
No girl found yet and saw with him.......
Not good...

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Fox:
Body found
No ID yet

[lady cop]

alert has been cancelled, a body has been located. no further details.

[mominiowa]

Here in Iowa -we are all in shock - still waiting for an identification..

[robinseggs]

I am so sad if this is her.....this madness has GOT to stop!!!!!

[mominiowa]

Just heard on local news that the "brother" of the perp had molested her and is in prison for it? - I was in here on the computer and heard that - tell me if u have heard that or not?? - What a mess........how sad for her to suffer at the hands of another sick person..Bastard..Line them up and take them out- EVERYONE OF THEM! They can not be cured...when our systems see this- our world will be a safer place...an eye for an eye....

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Originally Posted by mominiowa

Just heard on local news that the "brother" of the perp had molested her and is in prison for it? - I was in here on the computer and heard that - tell me if u have heard that or not?? - What a mess........how sad for her to suffer at the hands of another sick person..Bastard..Line them up and take them out- EVERYONE OF THEM! They can not be cured...when our systems see this- our world will be a safer place...an eye for an eye....

Body found; Amber Alert canceled

Published:03/25/2005 08:55 AM
Updated:03/25/2005 5:22 PM
http://www.gazetteonline.com/2005/03/25/Home/amber.htm



CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Police have found a body in rural Johnson County and have canceled an Amber Alert in the disappearance of Jetseta Gage, 10, of Cedar Rapids.

A positive identification of the body has not been made, police said. The body is "possibly" that of a young female, and identification is pending following an autopsy, Johnson County Sheriff Lonnie Pulkrabek said in a press conference at 5 p.m. today.

He said the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is processing the crime scene, a job that is expected to continue into the evening.

Police announced at 11 a.m. that Roger Paul Bentley, 37, is in police custody but has not been charged. He was arrested at 7 a.m. Friday.

The child was taken from her grandmother's home at 448 Jacolyn Dr. NW Thursday night. An Amber Alert was issued for the missing child and suspect last night. It was canceled around 2 p.m. today.

Trena Gage, the mother of the missing girl, told The Gazette that Bentley was working on her van's transmission last night before the abduction. Gage said her 7-year-old son saw Bentley leave in his pickup with Jetseta.

"I'm distraught. I'm just praying," Trena Gage said. "I just want her home."

Bentley is listed on the Iowa Sex Offenders Registry for a 1994 Benton County conviction involving a white female under age 13.

State Division of Criminal Investigation officials arrived this afternoon at a field about nine miles west of Iowa City, where a pickup truck matching the description of the one sought in the suspected abduction was located earlier today.

The truck is off a private drive about 150 yards from the road at 4703 Orval Yoder Turnpike, where a mobile home exists.

An old mobile home that appears to be empty is at the site. Neighbors The Gazette interviewed said they did not know anything about the pickup or its driver.

Authorities at the scene were not commenting, except to say it is a crime scene. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office scheduled a 5 p.m. news conference to discuss the case.

The sheriff's department ordered barricades at Orval Yoder Turnpike.

The FBI, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office are assisting in the investigation.