HARTFORD, Conn. -- Three adults arrested in the case of a teenage girl missing for almost a year faced a judge on Thursday.

Bloomfield and West Hartford police executed search warrants at 258 Newington Road on Wednesday morning when they found the girl, identified as Danielle Erica Cramer, 15, of Bloomfield, who disappeared on June 14, 2006.

Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporters Hena Daniels and Len Besthoff reported on Thursday that arraignments for the three people arrested in the investigation wrapped up just before noon on Thursday and resulted in increased charges and changes to bonds.

Police arrested two women, Ann Murphy and Kimberly Cray, and a man, Adam Gault, who live in the house. For more about the suspects and what police found in the house, click here.

For more about the discovery of Danielle, click here

Besthoff reported that bail remained unchanged for Gault at $1 million; however, the judge increased a charge against him, conspiracy to unlawful restraint, from a second-degree crime to the first-degree.

The judge lowered Murphy's bond from $1 million to $750,000 and also lowered Cray's bond from $1 million to $500,000.

Besthoff reported all three suspects appeared emotionless during the arraignment. Gault and Murphy wore blue jeans and T-shirts, and Cray wore a T-shirt and sweatpants.

Besthoff said a lawyer in the courtroom made a comment, saying, "These guys look like the Manson family."

Cray's Defense Attorney: Girl Provided Safe Haven

Police said allegations were made that Danielle was victimized by others who exerted tremendous influence on her.

Michael Georgetti, an attorney for Cray, said that before the girl disappeared, she reported to police she had been sexually abused, though he said no arrests were made.

Georgetti did not say who he believed had sexually abused the girl. He said Cray and the others were offering her a safe haven.

"She was free to come and go at all times, she had a cell phone, she was given a cell phone and had complete use of the cell phone, and she went to school," Georgetti said. "If you were taking actions to prevent someone from being abused, that is not a crime. We can protect animals from abuse. I think we should be able to protect children from abuse."

West Hartford police Capt. Lori Coppinger said the girl was not attending school and disputed Georgetti's claim that the teen had been offered safe haven.

"Information that we have would lead us in another direction as to what her welfare was at this time," she said.

The parents, Jennifer and Jamie Hesse, who police said investigators are not considering as suspects in Danielle's disappearance, shared the podium on Thursday with police at the beginning of the news conference before leaving to see their daughter. To read more about what the parents had to say, click here.

"There have been no allegations that the parents have sexually abused their children," Blatter said. "There was an allegation that a family friend may have abused the victim, may have threatened the victim over a year ago, but there was insufficient evidence to support it as accurate. There are no facts that she was abused at home."

Reaction Outside Courthouse

A friend of the three arrested adults, who had his dog trained by Gault, showed up at the court to defend them, saying they're not a bunch of pedophiles who would abduct and abuse a girl like Danielle.

"I know he's going to be accused of doing this thing along with Ann and Kim. I feel very strongly the chance of their having done anything of that nature is probably unlikely. I'm sure that he and his family were merely trying to protect this girl. I could be wrong, but that's my feeling," said Joseph Cornfield.

Cornfield said Gault, a dog trainer and dog-sitter, would take in stray people.

"He would take them in give them work because he would have these dog-sitting (and) training services and he would always need employees, and a lot of these employees would need help and he would take them in," Cornfield said.

Daniels said the case has attracted national attention as media crews descended upon Hartford Superior Court.

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