Wilberger Family Sues Building Company Over Disappearance

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(PORTLAND) - The family of Brooke Wilberger has filed a lawsuit against a company that employed the man now charged with aggravated murder in her disappearance.

Wilberger's parents, Cammie and Greg, filed the complaint against Creative Building Maintenance. They claim the company did not complete a background check on Joel Courtney when it hired him, and failed to supervise his activities.

Courtney, 39, is awaiting trial in New Mexico on unrelated kidnapping and rape charges involving a college student.

Courtney was indicted last year in Oregon after a long investigation into the May 2004 disappearance of Wilberger, a Brigham Young University student who was last seen working at an apartment building in Corvallis near Oregon State University.

Wilberger's parents said in their lawsuit that Creative Building Maintenance allowed Courtney to use a company vehicle that enabled him to commit crimes, despite his record as a convicted sex offender.

No trace of Wilberger's body has been found.