Amber Alert~Iowa

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:17 pm

This is an Iowa Amber Alert -- Jetseta Marrie Gage area affected: Iowa (click for updates). This is the Code Amber Amber Alert Ticker:Click Here for information on this Amber Alert.

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

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:34 pm

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 vanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s transmission last night before the abduction. Gage said her 7-year-old son saw Bentley leave in his pickup with Jetseta.

"IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m distraught. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢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 · Post by **robinseggs** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:39 pm

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!!!

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:47 pm

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...

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:51 pm

Fox:

Body found

No ID yet

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:51 pm

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

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:20 pm

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

robinseggs · Post by **robinseggs** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:16 pm

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

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:34 pm

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....

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:45 pm

mominiowa wrote: 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.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:49 pm

Roger Bentley's Iowa Sex Offender Registry listing

http://www.iowasexoffender.com/sho.php? ... nums=&sub=

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:39 am

This is what I read this morning.............

Girl abducted from C.R. home; family fears worst

Body found near Kalona; male suspect in custody

Published:03/25/2005 08:55 AM

Updated:03/25/2005 11:32 PM

By: Christoph Trappe - The Gazette

Trena Gage, mother of missing girl Jetseta Gage, 10, talks with a Gazette reporter about her daughter Friday. Jetseta Gage, 10, was taken from her home Thursday night. Trena Gage is staying with family in Marion.CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The search for a 10-year-old girl abducted from her Cedar Rapids home ended Friday with the discovery of a body in a dilapidated mobile home in rural Johnson County.

A registered sex offender, Roger Bentley, 37,

of Brandon, was being held in the Linn County

Jail last night on a charge of child stealing.

Bail was set at $32,500. A duty officer at the jail

said a ``hold'' had been placed on Bentley for

Johnson County, but she did not know for

which charges. She said he had been taken to

the jail about 9:30 last night.

Police had been looking for Jetseta Gage since 8:47 p.m. Thursday when she disappeared from the family home at 448 Jacolyn Dr. NW. An Amber Alert -- the notice of a missing child Ã¢â‚¬¦ was issued statewide at 11:47 p.m.

Cedar Rapids police canceled the alert at 2 p.m. Friday, saying a body had been found in rural Johnson County.

"A positive identification of the body has not been made and may not be made for some time," Lt. Steve O'Konek said. "We would like to thank all those involved in the use of the Amber Alert system, which directly led information from the public to the location of the body and the suspect."

A person who saw the alert spotted Bentley or his pickup at a mobile home at 4703 Orval Yoder Turnpike, rural Kalona, and contacted authorities, according to the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Deputies from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office arrived at the home about 7 a.m. Friday. They found the pickup, as well as a body inside the mobile home, and took Bentley into custody.

The mobile home appears abandoned and does not appear to be connected to electrical lines. The property, owned by Ann Enck of Waldo, Fla., is strewn with debris and several vehicles; Enck has an unlisted number and could not be reached.

Crime tape is strung around the property.

Bentley's pickup -- a black and silver 1982 Datsun King Cab with a silver topper and Iowa license plates 392MIZ -- was parked on mud more than 100 feet from the road. Police said the pickup is owned by Bentley's father.

Bentley is on the Iowa Sex Offenders Registry because of a 1994 conviction in Benton County for lascivious acts with a child. The victim was a 7-year-old girl, records indicate.

Jetseta's mother, Trena Gage, 29, said she didn't know Bentley was on the registry.

She said Bentley was at her home on Thursday working on the transmission of her white van -- help that she appreciated because she's a full-time student and a single parent.

Trena Gage went to class Thursday evening and, when it started raining, Bentley came inside the house for a while, according to Teresa Gage, 54, Trena's mother and Jetseta's grandmother.

"I told them (the children) that they had 30 minutes to play" before bedtime, Teresa Gage said. "(Bentley) left (at around 8:15 p.m.) and when he left, I locked the door and went downstairs to check on Jetseta. I couldn't find her."

Jetseta's younger brother, Ian, 7, told his grandmother he'd seen his sister leave with Bentley.

Teresa Gage called her daughter, who was at Hamilton College in Cedar Rapids, where she is pursuing a degree in accounting. Trena Gage rushed home, knocking on neighbors' doors, trying to find Jetseta. She called police at 8:47 p.m.

A short time later, somebody spotted Bentley's pickup and Jetseta at the Casey's Convenience Store at 130 41st Ave. Dr. SW, which is near Highway 30 and Interstate 380.

Police were unable to locate them at that time, Gage said.

"I'm distraught, and I'm just praying," Trena Gage told The Gazette on Friday morning.

The women said Jetseta was going to a special school in Cedar Rapids where she was receiving help with behavioral and mental problems.

At a 5:15 p.m. news conference Friday, Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek announced the discovery of a body -- "possibly" that of a young female -- in an area just northwest of Frytown, but said it had not been positively identified, pending an autopsy.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation remained at the scene last night collecting evidence.

"This is an extremely difficult day for me in my new office," said Pulkrabek, who took over as sheriff in January. "I think that this is a difficult day for all of us in law

enforcement."

On Friday, the Gage family waited at a cousin's home in Marion for word of Jetseta Marrie, also called "Jet."

"I was trying to think of a boy's name," her mother said. When the baby turned out to be a girl, she adapted it. "I just liked it."

Police called at 11 a.m., telling the family they had Bentley in custody but hadn't found Jetseta.

"I just want her here, and I want her home with me so I can hold her," Trena Gage said, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"I miss her, and I love her," grandmother Teresa Gage said. "You love your kid, but grandchildren are just a little more special."

The family said they had been unable to locate Jetseta's father, Chris Kolvar.

Police told the Gage family not to return to their northwest Cedar Rapids home, where an officer was guarding the house. Police removed three bags of evidence from inside the white, split-level home. The Gages moved into the home in December from low-income housing elsewhere in the city.

Trena Gage said she met Roger Bentley about five years ago through his brother, James Bentley.

James Bentley, 33, is in the Linn County Jail on a second-degree sexual abuse charge. Trena Gage said he's awaiting trial for sexually abusing Jetseta. That trial is set for May 31.

Trena Gage met James Bentley while talking on CB radios. They eventually met and dated for about a year, she said. She later met his brother, Roger, whom she described as a friend.

Gage, who still talks to other people on CB radios, said people from all over the state were on their radios late Thursday and early Friday, talking to truckers driving across the state, asking for their help in locating the girl and Bentley's truck.

Neighbors in the Gages' neighborhood voiced concern Friday morning about what happened so close to their homes.

"It scares me. I have kids on my own," said Kim Pope, 29, a neighbor. "It's really worrying me."

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:29 am

Thanx mom:

Trena Gage said she met Roger Bentley about five years ago through his brother, James Bentley.

James Bentley, 33, is in the Linn County Jail on a second-degree sexual abuse charge. Trena Gage said he's awaiting trial for sexually abusing Jetseta. That trial is set for May 31.

Trena Gage met James Bentley while talking on CB radios. They eventually met and dated for about a year, she said. She later met his brother, Roger, whom she described as a friend.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:32 am

It looks as if Jetseta won't testify against the brother in his trial?

I hope she is found but I really think she won't be.

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:02 pm

The local news has stated that she was found in the trailer and they are awaiting the autopsy...

Bless her little soul - they even said that people had seen them at Caseys but the cops lost them after that - that sick ~sick ~sick - man...its time for them to be put to death for this - and we do not have the death penalty here~

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:05 pm

They found the pickup, as well as a body inside the mobile home, and took Bentley into custody.

BASTARD

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:54 pm

mominiowa wrote: They found the pickup, as well as a body inside the mobile home, and took Bentley into custody.

BASTARD

Thanx again mom..............

As you know I came to forumgarden and raised a few eyebrows on my opinions about Jessica Lunsford and have sworn off those threads.

But But But........ I am going to state here and now how I feel about this case (for they are all different).

What was the brother of the guy in jail for molesting her, doing around Jesetta????????????

A KNOWN sex offender at that!!!!!!!!!!

There is a time when you have to take account of the situations you place your children in (the mother). I know, she is grieving her loss but damnit the poor girl never had a shot. The grandmother was in charge I know that too but it is the mother (it seems) that had the relationship with the 2 SOBs................

I think a lesson can be learned here in that they should at least of had the county check on the first attackers, (pedophile) family and put out a court order to keep him (killer brother pedophile) away from the WHOLE family.....

My opinions only I know. I am all for less government but in the child's case I think we need to look long and hard at how we handle it BEFORE a senseless attack.

BTS

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:28 pm

Saturday, March 26, 2005

Bentley's dad says son likely acted on impulse

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs. ... 60312/1079

This is interesting..............

Mother Says Bentley's Brother Molested Missing Girl

Mother Subpoenaed In Sex Abuse Case

http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/4319969/detail.html

"It's horrifying," said Shawn Schild, who lives across the street from the Gages' two-story house. "We have a young teenage daughter. We want her to take self-defense lessons."

Johnson said the Gages moved in just before Christmas, but everyone was familiar with Jetseta. She played outside frequently, sometimes with her brother and sometimes with neighborhood children. She liked to color on the sidewalks with chalk.

Johnson said he greeted Jetseta one day soon after she arrived.

"I said, 'Welcome to the neighborhood,' " he said. "She said, 'This is the best Christmas ever.' "

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:48 pm

Thanx for info BTS - I am uncertain when they will release the autopsy report.. I will let u know when it comes on local news..

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:31 pm

the child Jetseta has been positively identified, and was choked to death. ...the mother here evidently didn't mind having the pedophile/sex offender brothers in her daughter's life. and i say that unapologetically and with pure and total disgust. :yh_sick

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:37 pm

Just got home from work..watched the news..my spelling isnt great - but aphsiation(sp?) isn't that smothering or fumes?

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:38 pm

Here is the news report...

Body Identified As Missing Cedar Rapids Girl

POSTED: 9:39 pm CST March 26, 2005

UPDATED: 9:54 pm CST March 26, 2005

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A body found near an abandoned mobile home was identified Saturday as Jetseta Marrie Gage, who was abducted from her home in Cedar Rapids.

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PDF:See Amber Alert information

Iowa Sex Offender Registry: Roger Bentley

Gage, 10, died of asphyxia, said Maj. Steve Dolezal, of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. Her death was ruled a homicide, he said.

Roger Paul Bentley, 37, of Brandon, was being held Saturday night on $1 million bond on one count of child stealing. He made his initial court appearance on the charge earlier in the day in Linn County District Court.

Dolezal said in a news release that charges against Bentley are pending in Johnson County and could be filed by Monday morning.

Previous Stories:

March 26, 2005: Bentley Arraigned In Connection With Child Stealing

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:44 pm

mominiowa wrote: Just got home from work..watched the news..my spelling isnt great - but aphsiation(sp?) isn't that smothering or fumes? asphyxiation is just a word for cutting off air supply somehow. he strangled her.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:03 pm

lady cop wrote: asphyxiation is just a word for cutting off air supply somehow. he strangled her.

If I could just get my hands (Grubby Paws) around his neck................ I would call it justice not asphyxiation

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:21 am

We agree then-- The Sunday Morning paper - had little more then what we know except a little about her "vivacious" attitude on life...

you can read it at

www.desmoinesregister.com

Happy Easter to you all - and a safe~ safe week - in every state! :-6

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:51 pm

Lady Cop-- Just heard a child from Indianola Iowa has been taken.. Do u have any info and has there been an Amber Alert sent out.. It didn't say if he/she was taken by a non-custodial parent or not..just a flas we heard...Can't find it on the Amber Alert site yet...Let me know! Thanks!!!!

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:00 pm

mominiowa wrote: Lady Cop-- Just heard a child from Indianola Iowa has been taken.. Do u have any info and has there been an Amber Alert sent out.. It didn't say if he/she was taken by a non-custodial parent or not..just a flas we heard...Can't find it on the Amber Alert site yet...Let me know! Thanks!!!!
I don't see anything mom. They just canceled one from South Carolina:

Amber Alert Canceled for 1 Year Old South Carolina Girl

Posted: Saturday March 26 10:17 PM CT

Updated: Saturday March 26 11:15 PM CT

The Greenville South Carolina Sheriff's Office and the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division canceled the Amber Alert after the girl was recovered safe on Saturday night. The Suspect is now in custody

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:03 pm

Thanks BTS - Don't know if they will put one up - they think its a parent abduction..We will see...I am watching the news here at 10 soon..

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:48 am

March 27, 2005 Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) CEDAR RAPIDS

OBIT

Jetseta "Jet" Marrie Gage, 10, went home to be with Jesus on Friday, March 25, 2005. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, First Church of the Open Bible, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Larry Slight of Des Moines. The family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.She is loved by her mother, Trena Gage; a brother, Ian; a sister, Leonna; her grandmother, Teresa Gage of Cedar Rapids;