Tuesday, police arrested the former stepfather of the missing Vermont girl. According to The Associated Press, authorities said that Ray Gagnon would be charged with obstructing justice for destroying evidence. They didn’t say what evidence he destroyed or if it was related to the investigation of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett’s disappearance. Gagnon, 40, has to show up in court Wednesday to answer the charges.

Col. James Baker, director of the Vermont State Police, said that Gagnon was suspected of sexually assaulting another child in 2007, reported CNN. The fact that Gagnon had some family members in Vermont and was seen there many times, led the police to think he was involved in the case.

Baker also said that police made some progress in their search for Brooke. The girl was last seen on June 25.

“I think we're eliminating possibilities where she may be. Our efforts right now, our unfettered efforts, are to locate Brooke and bring her home to her family,” said Baker, according to The Associated Press.

Authorities said that Michael Jacques, Brooke's uncle and the person who was with Brooke at the time she disappeared, remain persons “of interest” in the case. Tuesday, police were at Jacques’s house to search for evidence. Jacques was charged with his involvement in a sexual assault case with another girl. The girl said in an affidavit that Jacques told her he would be her trainer in a “program for sex.”

A video from a surveillance camera shows how Jacques, who dropped Brooke of at a store on June 25, and Brooke left in different directions.

Brooke's father James Bennett said that Gagnon was married to Brooke’s mother Cassandra Gagnon but the two separated about four years ago.

Brooke’s family said they would hold a candlelight vigil in Randolph Village. The Randolph Police will close the main street during the vigil.