Wednesday Marks 2nd Year Anniversary of Missing Teen Brooke Wilberger

Brooke Wilberger Photo: findbrooke.com

(CORVALLIS (AP)) - It's been exactly two years since 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger disappeared from a Corvallis apartment complex.

After literally thousands of hours of official and volunteer searches for the B-Y-U student, family, friends and Benton County authorities would NOT give up.

But a 39-year-old man was finally arrested in August 2005 and charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, rape and sodomy of Wilberger. Her body has never been found.

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

Brooke's family just recently filed a lawsuit against a company that employed Courtney.

They allege Creative Building Maintenance failed to complete a background check when they hired him. They say that allowed Courtney to use a company vehicle, not supervised and allowed him to commit crimes.