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On June 17, 2006 BARC was requested to respond by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for a missing child in PA. NCMEC's Team Adam experts had been on scene during the ongoing search. Earlier on the 17th, significant clues had been discovered in this tragic case helping authorities narrow down the massive search area. Canines Alley and Red indicated on a suspected site, aiding authorities to the missing child's location. Below are newspaper articles relating to the search. Man In Custody, Charged In Greene Co. Girl's Death http://kdka.com/local/local_story_169105758.htm (KDKA) Bobtown A Greene County man said that he confronted and then strangled a 12-year-old Greene County girl who had been missing since last Tuesday. State Police have arrested Jeffrey Robert Martin, of New Geneva.
Martin, 48, is the caretaker of the farm
where authorities found the body of Gabrielle Bechen buried in a shallow grave
early Sunday morning. “It was not what you would consider a fresh grave site,"
said PA State Trooper Joseph Christy. "It was an area that looked like a dumping
area for dirt and rocks.”
With the help of cadaver dogs,
authorities found her body around 4:35 a.m. Sunday. America's Most Wanted RECOVERED DATA FILE FOR Gabrielle Miranda Bechen http://www.amw.com/missing_children/recovered.cfm?id=39410 Recovered Jun 17, 2006 Police Discover Foul Play The
massive search for 12-year-old Gabrielle Bechen came to a halt on Saturday, June
17, 2006 after investigators located her ATV on a farm about a mile-and-a-half
from her home. When police began looking into people who work on the farm, they encountered 48-year-old Jeffery Robert Martin -- the farm's caretaker. Cops say when confronted, Martin directed them to the area where Gabrielle's body was located. With the help of cadaver dogs, authorities found Gabrielleeraly Sunday morning in a makeshift grave approximately one mile from where her quad had been found. Police have Martin in custody and have charged him with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and four counts of tampering with physical evidence. Body of Missing 12-Year Old Girl Found, Farmhand Charged With Homicide Monday , June 19, 2006 WAYNESBURG, Pa. — The body of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared last week was found buried at a farm where she liked to visit horses, and a farmhand was charged in her death, authorities said. Gabrielle Bechen was reported missing Tuesday after she went riding on her all-terrain vehicle near her family's home in southwestern Pennsylvania. Her body was found late Saturday, state police said. The ATV she had been riding was found partially buried at a large manure dump site about a mile from her body. "Once the quad was located, there were several cadaver dogs that were brought in and they searched other areas around the farm, which led us to the location where ultimately Gabby's body was found," Trooper Joseph Christy said. Authorities charged Jeffrey Robert Martin, a 48-year-old caretaker at the farm, with homicide, assault and tampering with physical evidence. Bechen had visited the farm several times in the past to see the horses, and it's likely Martin and the girl knew each other, Christy said. Officials did not release a cause of death. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday. Search teams from West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the Washington, D.C., area had joined local authorities and volunteers in looking for the girl.
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