Body of Alabama senator's grandson found
Body of Alabama senator's grandson found
17-year-old found dead in Villa Rica area
By TIM EBERLY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/13/07
The body of the grandson of an Alabama state senator was found Tuesday afternoon in the Villa Rica area where the teenager's car was discovered.
Authorities in Carroll County notified state Sen. Jim Preuitt's office about 2 p.m. that they found the body of 17-year-old Ben Stanford, according to one of the senator's staffers.
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His vehicle recently was found along I-20 near Villa Rica.
The Lincoln, Ala., resident was last seen on the morning of Nov. 5. A student at The Donoho School in Anniston, Ala., he was the son of one of Preuitt's daughters.
Details on Stanford's death were not available late Tuesday afternoon.
Preuitt could not be reached for comment. When reached at Preuitt's home, a man who identified himself as a Preuitt family member said the family was not ready to comment on the boy's death.
A Web site that had been created to help find Ben offered a $100,000 reward to information that would lead to his safe return.
On it, a fellow student from Donoho, Elizabeth Smith, posted a poem titled "A Note to Ben Stanford."
"Come home Ben, We all miss you a great deal," she wrote. "We will soon find you, And our worried hearts will heal."
A grim announcement of the body's discovery, however, was posted on the school's Web site Tuesday afternoon.
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