Jarib Benjamin Bennett

• Missing Since 02/15/2008
• Missing From the Bronx, New York
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race Black
• Date of Birth 03/01/1980 (46)
• Age 27 years old
• Height and Weight 5'11, 215 - 230 pounds
• Associated Vehicle(s) Rented gray SUV with a gray interior (accounted for)
• Distinguishing Characteristics Black male. Black hair, brown eyes. Bennett's nickname is Griff. He was born in Jamaica. Jarib Bennett is not his real name.

Details of Disappearance

Bennett, a friend, Sasha Davis, and Sasha's daughter, Selah Davis, left the New York City borough of the Bronx on February 15, 2008. Sasha and Selah lived in New York City, and Bennett lived in New Jersey. They were en route to Rochester, New York and planned to return on February 19.

None of the three people ever returned and they have never been heard from again. February 19 was the last day the two adults used their phones.

On February 27, their rented gray SUV with a gray interior was found abandoned on Genesee Street in southwest Rochester, near the area of Genesee Valley Park. A photo of it is posted with this case summary. There was no blood present and it had been wiped clean of fingerprints. There was a stroller and other baby items inside it, but some other things were missing. The missing items subsequently turned up in local pawn shops.

Over a decade after the trio disappeared, authorities discovered that Bennett wasn't who he had claimed to be. He was an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica who had assumed the real Jarib Bennett's identity. The real Bennett died in 2017.

Investigators do not know what the missing man's original name was. Sasha had known him since high school back in Jamaica, but only by his nickname, Griff. Investigators also found out that the trip to Rochester had been in order for Bennett to a sell large amount of marijuana and collect money owed him from previous drug sales. Sasha was not involved in the drug trade and just happened to join him on the trip with her baby.

Sasha's loved ones stated they couldn't think of any reason why she would have wanted to walk out of her life and abandon her eight-year-old daughter, whom she had left in the care of relatives while she went on the trip. Bennett left behind a wife and two daughters. It's uncharacteristic of either of the adults to leave without warning.

Authorities believe that Sasha, her baby and Bennett may have been murdered in a drug deal gone bad in either Rochester or Buffalo, New York. They have suspects in the disappearances, but have not publicly named them. Selah, Sasha and Bennett's cases remain unsolved.