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98: Rachel Timmerman Murder - August 7 2019 - Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com On August 7th 1996 Rachel Timmerman did the incredibly brave thing of reporting her rape and turning in her attacker. She did what so many women are terrified to do. Unfortunately, her story and how it ends is one of the reasons 91.6% of rapes go unreported. Marvin Gabrion  (1996) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow us on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram:  @kbiemesderfer The show is produced and edited by Dillon Biemesderfer IG: @dungeonsanddillons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When we survived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:05.4

A weird is described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.5

On August 7, 1996, Rachel Timmerman did the incredibly brave thing of reporting her rape

0:17.1

and turning in her attacker.

0:19.4

She did what so many women are terrified to do. Unfortunately, her story and turning in her attacker. She did what so many women are terrified to do.

0:22.9

Unfortunately, her story and how it ends is one of the reasons 91.6% of rapes go unreported.

0:31.8

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:37.3

cup of murder.

0:40.3

Rachel Timmerman had been invited to a card game on the night before she reported her rape.

0:46.3

One of her classmates, Mikey Gabriane, picked Rachel up for the game.

0:51.3

In the car with them was Mikey's uncle, Marvin. On the way to

0:56.2

the game, Marvin forced the other boys in the car to leave and drove off with Rachel before

1:00.7

raping her. A little over a year later, two days before Gabrion's trial on the charges of rape,

1:07.8

Rachel Timmerman left the house with her 11-month-old daughter and was never seen again.

1:13.2

She told her family she was going on a date with a man she met at work.

1:17.7

But her father, soon after, received a letter stating that she was leaving town to elope.

1:23.0

The prosecutor and judge presiding over her case also received letters claiming that she fabricated

1:28.3

the rape allegations and that she wanted to drop the charges against marva and gabrie on all of

1:35.6

these letters were written in rachel's handwriting and her disappearance was not investigated

1:39.8

on june 5th 1997 two fishermen found rachel's body chained to cinder blocks. Her face had been

1:47.9

wrapped with copious amounts of duct tape, and the coroner stated that she had been alive when she

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