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Bodine
07-16-2013, 02:03 PM
Abducted from a family dollar store on Monday evening July 15th in Dearborn MI.
Her name is Brenna Machus, she is 20yrs old, 130lbs, 5'5 has curly/wavey dark hair.
If you see her possibly with an Arabic male in a Chevy Yukon, please call the police immediately.
The male companion killed one of her co-workers and should be considered armed and dangerous.

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starmac
07-16-2013, 02:05 PM
Is this male companion someone she knows, or was there a witness of sorts??

best wishes for her and your family.
It is not a bad idea, putting the picture here, as I was able to let a family know one time where their little girl was that had run away from a picture I had saw in montana, it was pure luck, but I even knew where the truck was headed that picked her up in washington and where the driver worked and lived in Texas.

Mooseman
07-16-2013, 02:06 PM
Our Prayers are with you for here safe return !

Rich

DeanWinchester
07-16-2013, 02:06 PM
May God be with her. I hope she comes home safe my friend. I wish I had words of comfort that would do some good.
I hope her abductor gets hit by a bus.

Blacksmith
07-16-2013, 02:11 PM
Here are some related news stories
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/police-search-for-woman-missing-in-wake-of-murder-at-dearborn-dollar-store

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130716/METRO01/307160083/Man-found-dead-Dearborn-store-woman-missing?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Lights
07-16-2013, 02:23 PM
I posted here pictures on my FB page along with your post. I am also praying for her and your family.

Cag40Navy
07-16-2013, 02:27 PM
In my thoughts and prayers.

waksupi
07-16-2013, 02:38 PM
Picture and info forwarded. Hope for the best.

OnceFired
07-16-2013, 02:38 PM
Definitely praying for her and your family. Will post elsewhere, as well.
OnceFired

s mac
07-16-2013, 02:42 PM
Prayer said.

w5pv
07-16-2013, 03:21 PM
My prayers are for her safe and speedy return.

WILCO
07-16-2013, 05:40 PM
Our Prayers are with you for here safe return !

Rich

Same here. Stay strong.

MrWolf
07-16-2013, 07:52 PM
I have a daughter about that age and could not imagine what it must be like. My prayers go out to you and her family.

fatnhappy
07-16-2013, 08:34 PM
our prayers are with you

Travtastik
07-16-2013, 08:49 PM
Your family will be in my prayers.

Artful
07-16-2013, 09:03 PM
Anyone with information about the current location of Brenna Machus or who has spoken or seen her since Monday should call Dearborn Police at (313) 943-2241 immediately.

prayers given

labdwakin
07-16-2013, 09:06 PM
thoughts and prayers with your neice and your whole family

725
07-16-2013, 09:24 PM
Prayers

Smitty's Retired
07-16-2013, 09:28 PM
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

MaryB
07-17-2013, 01:55 AM
Passed along to twitter in hopes someone sees her.

RoyEllis
07-17-2013, 08:56 AM
Info passed along and prayers sent for you & the rest of the family.

Bzcraig
07-17-2013, 10:26 AM
Prayers offered. Hopefully it will be that the power of the Internet will be used for good.

Gibbs44
07-17-2013, 07:21 PM
Praying for her safe return.

Reloader06
07-17-2013, 08:28 PM
Prayers sent.

Adam10mm
07-18-2013, 11:47 AM
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/body-of-missing-dearborn-family-dollar-store-worker-found/-/1719418/21029654/-/12vmc4p/-/index.html

Just saw this in my news feed. My condolences, Sir.

Ajax
07-18-2013, 11:51 AM
My condolences Jeff. Be aware we are here if you need us.


Andy

PS Paul
07-18-2013, 04:08 PM
We've been praying for her safe return.... and now this.

The PS family sends along our deepest sympathies and pray for her soul. and yours and your family's.

dbosman
07-18-2013, 04:56 PM
Please accept, for you and your family, my condolences.
Don

Gibbs44
07-18-2013, 05:01 PM
My condolences to you and your family.

WILCO
07-18-2013, 05:27 PM
My condolences to you and your family.

Same for me. So sorry to read of this outcome.

Firebricker
07-18-2013, 06:36 PM
You and your family have my deepest condolences. FB

Haggway
07-18-2013, 06:50 PM
My condolences to you and your family.
I pray that justice will be handed down swiftly.

375supermag
07-18-2013, 06:51 PM
So sorry for your loss...this is absolutely horrible

Thumbcocker
07-18-2013, 06:54 PM
I have recently had to lean hard on others on this forum and in person. Take the help that is offered. I am available by pm or phone if you want to talk. There are reasons humans form communities and times like this is one of them. My prayers are with you and yours.

firefly1957
07-18-2013, 07:05 PM
My condolences and prayers for you and her family it was so sad to hear this today on the news.

Finster101
07-18-2013, 07:10 PM
My condolences to you and her family.

James

OnceFired
07-18-2013, 07:13 PM
Oh no. We continue to pray for you & your family.

D Crockett
07-18-2013, 07:25 PM
I was praying for the safe return now I pray for the capture of the person or persons responsible my condolences to the family of this young lady D Crockett

uscra112
07-18-2013, 07:30 PM
Too far from Detroit now to offer any direct assistance, but you will be in my prayers tonight.

RickinTN
07-18-2013, 07:33 PM
I'm at a total loss for words. I do hope they catch the lowlife soon. My prayers with you and your family.

EMC45
07-18-2013, 07:34 PM
Horrible. Prayers for your family.

jeepyj
07-18-2013, 07:45 PM
It is with a heavy heart I offer my condolences to you and your family.
Jeepyj

Gar
07-18-2013, 07:54 PM
Our condolences and prayers for you and the family.

HATCH
07-18-2013, 08:03 PM
I am sorry for your loss.
Words can not express how you and your family must be feeling.

I know there isn't anything I can do during this time, but if you think of something please contact me

CHUCK

gray wolf
07-18-2013, 08:08 PM
Some times it's hard for me to grasp the world we live in.
our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Sam

Travtastik
07-18-2013, 08:23 PM
My condolences and I will be praying or your family.

brassrat
07-18-2013, 08:52 PM
Prayers for the family and friends. Also for the authoritys in catching these animals.

Houndog
07-18-2013, 08:52 PM
Prayers being offered up for you and your family. May GOD comfort all in this time of sorrow.

Sweetpea
07-18-2013, 08:53 PM
Thoughts and prayers headed out...

MaryB
07-19-2013, 12:19 AM
Sorry to hear this and I hope they catch the animal that did it.

Reloader06
07-19-2013, 02:18 PM
You and your family have my deepest condolences.

Moonman
07-19-2013, 04:18 PM
My deepest condolences Sir.

wch
07-19-2013, 06:01 PM
God's blessing and love to you and yours.

Benjlan
07-19-2013, 06:44 PM
So sorry such a horrible thing to have happen. I cannot begin to express my sympathies.
Ben

bayjoe
07-19-2013, 10:21 PM
So sorry to hear of your loss, you and your family will be in our prayers.

Smitty's Retired
07-20-2013, 04:41 PM
Sorry to hear this. My heart sinks for the family. Prayers offered.

DLCTEX
07-20-2013, 05:00 PM
So sorry. Praying for you and all of family.

MT Gianni
07-20-2013, 09:46 PM
So sorry for your loss.

Recluse
07-21-2013, 01:12 AM
Wife and I send our prayers.

:coffee:

mroliver77
07-21-2013, 08:10 AM
Condolences and prayers to you and yours.
Jay

pmer
07-21-2013, 09:56 AM
Chances are he was in the store before and I hope they can get more shots of him.

What a terrible loss, a horrible conclusion to a loving memory.

H.Callahan
07-22-2013, 02:02 PM
I just do not have the words. All I can hope is that it was painless and they hang this jackhat by his scrotum. My prayers are with you and your family.

Dean D.
07-22-2013, 06:59 PM
I have been away from our site since last Thursday. I am deeply saddened to hear this news. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

Rick Hodges
07-24-2013, 06:12 PM
The suspect abductor is a young Black Male...who was wearing a Hoodie! He has been arrested and arraigned. He wrote threatening letters, was upset because she wouldn't date him. They have videos of him in the hoodie as he walked in. He shot the young man in the bathroom and abducted the young woman.

My heart goes out to the family.

WILCO
07-24-2013, 06:16 PM
He has been arrested and arraigned.


http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/07/dearborn_police_arrest_suspect.html

Artful
07-24-2013, 06:29 PM
http://www.freep.com/article/20130724/NEWS05/307240114/Suspect-arrested-in-murders-at-Family-Dollar-store-in-Dearbor


Suspect charged in double slaying was fired assistant manager at Family Dollar

A fired assistant manager at Family Dollar has been charged with killing two workers at the company’s store in Dearborn last week in a crime that the police chief said “shook the conscience of all civilized people.”

Lavere Bryant, 34, of Dearborn, who records show is a convicted sex offender, was arraigned this afternoon under heavy security in Dearborn District Court on two counts of first-degree murder and a multitude of other charges. Judge Sam Salamey ordered him held without bond.

Family members of the two victims glared at Bryant in the courtroom. As he was led away after the arraignment, Bryant turned toward the family members and said: “I did not murder them.”

Joseph Orlando, 20, and Brenna Machus, 20, were employees at the Family Dollar store off Michigan Avenue in west Dearborn. Employees arriving for work on July 16 found the store in disarray and Orlando's body.

Machus‘ body was found two days later in the woods between the northbound Southfield Freeway service drive and Michigan Avenue. She had been shot in the head.

Two Family Dollar employees told the Free Press that Bryant was fired earlier this year from his job as an assistant manager at the company’s store on Cherry Hill Road in Inkster for sexually harassing workers. Multiple people had complained about him, they said.

In addition to the sexual harassment complaints, Bryant had been upset because he was passed over for a manager job by the man who ultimately fired him, according to employees Jasmin Gregory, 20, and Sara Coulter, 19, of Taylor. They both work at the Inkster store.

Both women speculate that the crime may have been an act of retaliation, but said that they don't know why Bryant would have targeted Machus and Orlando.

“Everyone is puzzled,” Gregory said. “Why Jenna? She wouldn't hurt a fly.”

Bryn Winburn, public relations manager for Family Dollar, told the Free Press Wednesday that Bryant had been terminated from the company in the spring. She said she couldn’t comment on other details surrounding his employment. She said the company is working closely with police on the case.

“We are saddened by the loss of Joseph and Brenna and our hearts go out to their families and friends,” Winburn said in a statement. “We have a strong, tight-knit team in Detroit, and our focus is on taking care of them right now as we all work to understand what happened.”

Both Coulter and Gregory said they were somewhat relieved to hear about Bryant's arrest but wonder if there are other suspects still on the loose.

The killings have left them on edge. Both now carry pocketknives. And since the shootings, they said, Family Dollar employees walk down the aisles, check the back room and inspect other areas of the store together as a group at closing time.

Coulter said when she was closing the Inkster store Tuesday night, every little noise made her jump.

"I'm so shooken up," Coulter said.

Kaylyn Lee, 24, of Brownstown Township, a cousin of Machus and spokeswoman for the family, was relieved to hear of the arrest.

“I've been really scared since all of this happened,” Lee said. “When I found out they had the person who did this, it was like a weight had been lifted off me.”

At the arraignment, Salamey read the long list of charges against Bryant and entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. The judge noted Bryant has two previous convictions: criminal sexual conduct in 1999 and an assault with intent to do great bodily harm in 2001. According to state police records, Bryant was convicted on Aug. 31, 1999, in Detroit of 2nd-degree criminal sexual conduct during the commission of a felony. Other details were not available.

After the arraignment, Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad said “citizens’ tips” led to the arrest. Haddad added that the double-homicide, which is rare for Dearborn, “shook the conscience of all civilized people.”

Haddad said they were flooded with tips after media reports about the murders. They didn't just call - “they ran into the police station” to give tips that helped solve the case, Haddad said.

Bryant didn't say much during his court appearance. Looking at the rows of TV cameras and reporters, he asked the judge if he could comment in private away from the media. At another point, he said he wanted it to be noted that “I am standing without counsel.”

He also asked for a copy of his warrant, which the judge said the court will provide him.

Bryant has a preliminary exam on July 31 in front of Judge Salamey.

WILCO
07-24-2013, 06:33 PM
" Both Coulter and Gregory said they were somewhat relieved to hear about Bryant's arrest but wonder if there are other suspects still on the loose.

The killings have left them on edge. Both now carry pocketknives"

Bad Water Bill
07-25-2013, 01:22 AM
"At another point, he said he wanted it to be noted that “I am standing without counsel.”

Why should he have any as he obviously did not provide his victims with any.

RugerFan
07-25-2013, 01:32 AM
Just no words. My deepest sympathies.

Don Purcell
07-25-2013, 01:32 PM
A 250 grain Keith right between the driving lights. Ba@#%^d!

creatinewarrior
07-25-2013, 01:41 PM
I will pray for her.

you make sure to call the fbi repeatedly along with the state police and the Canadian police.

EMC45
07-26-2013, 08:50 AM
Lynch him. Subhuman scum.

OnHoPr
09-18-2013, 10:18 PM
My condolences.

gray wolf
09-19-2013, 01:15 PM
Prayers for you and the family and for young soul.
It's hard to believe what trash we have walking the streets today.

Alstep
09-19-2013, 02:13 PM
I can't even comprehend the enormous grief your family must endure right now. My sincerest condolences and prayers.

ozo
09-21-2013, 01:26 PM
I too, send prayers to relieve your grief. Such a sad and needless thing.

I see no update on Bryant.....
maybe just release him......to the family of Brenna

Reloader06
09-21-2013, 02:19 PM
^
Now that would be JUSTICE.

shooterg
09-21-2013, 04:08 PM
Condolences to the families of both the youngsters. Awful. Saw the thread for 1st time today and was hoping for a good outcome. Bring back public hangings.

41 mag fan
09-21-2013, 06:42 PM
Only way to deal with scum like this is to torture and slowly butcher them out.
The sick SOB's need to be taken out of the gene pool.

Reloader06
09-21-2013, 07:02 PM
Dissection cell by cell works for me. A little chlorine for the gene pool.

Bad Water Bill
09-21-2013, 07:52 PM
Staked over a mound of fire ants. Then slowly cover in honey.

For good measure drop a colony of killer bees on his face.

Houndog
09-21-2013, 08:21 PM
The best thing for scum like this is to nail his scrotum to a stump, douse him with Kerosene and light em up on prime time news! May he burn in hell for all eternity!

sparky45
09-22-2013, 10:24 AM
A little Michael Jackson "serum" would be a nice treatment for him.

PS Paul
09-22-2013, 12:42 PM
I've been thinking about this case from time to time. Especially since a friend was murdered here last month by two animals.

I am so sorry for this poor girl, the young man killed and their families. In this case, I think nobody wants justice, we want some revenge! And I gotta say, I sure don't feel less civilized or inhuman for saying so.
BUT, their BETTER be a place in hades for savages who kill like this. If not, I am sure gonna be disappointed.

41 mag fan
09-22-2013, 01:04 PM
I've been thinking about this case from time to time. Especially since a friend was murdered here last month by two animals.

I am so sorry for this poor girl, the young man killed and their families. In this case, I think nobody wants justice, we want some revenge! And I gotta say, I sure don't feel less civilized or inhuman for saying so.
BUT, their BETTER be a place in hades for savages who kill like this. If not, I am sure gonna be disappointed.

I know how you feel Paul, and can sympathize and know how this family feels after my cousin being murdered.
Tragic things like this has happened to my family before, just 4 yrs ago it was my nephew who died at 1yr 5mo 1day old. Still under investigation, and has been ruled a homicide, but they can't prove my sisters BF/husband/ex husband now did it.
All I say is give me 30 min with the scum and he'd be singing like a bird what he did.

People wonder why I preach torture....go take a look at a 1yr old that was murdered, taken to the hospital by ambulance and laying on a bed, lifeless when you come in the room, remember the faint bruises on his face, then be the one to close the casket and be the last one to touch him before you place him in the ground, and you'll be the same way I am.
Too many kids are killed, molested, and the same with women, raped, beaten and killed. Torture the SOB's, show it on tv, that you do a morally and society wrong heinous crime and this will be what happens to you if caught and beyond reasonable doubt convicted of the crime.

waynem34
09-22-2013, 01:52 PM
40 penny nail and five pound hammer,Find a stomp and rusty knife.Leave it to him.and by no means cut down a good tree.

Bad Water Bill
09-22-2013, 02:10 PM
Why waste a good nail?

Put a wedge in the stump and drop in his package. Remove the wedge and hand him a warn out hack saw blade.

Now generously spread a couple cans of Sterno and apply a match.