A family's peace | Part II

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True Crime, Missing, Mystery, Boston, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On a sunny Saturday in 2016, Benine Timothee left her house to visit a friend who lived close by and never returned. She had lived in the United States for only three months when she was shot and killed outside a corner store in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. No arrests have been made, and there are no suspects in the case.

This is the second episode of our three-part series, A Family's Peace, reported by independent investigative journalist Shannon Dooling.

In part two, we learn just how hard it has been for Benine's family to get any details surrounding her death, and why. Despite the hurdles, Shannon tracks down new insights to share with Benine's family members. She also dives into a theory that has haunted Boston's Haitian community for years about who really killed Benine.

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0:43.3	It's a warm, June day in Boston, the first after a long winter. People are hanging out
0:49.6	on their front porches, opening windows, letting in the fresh air. I'm walking down one of
0:54.6	doorchesters' side streets. It's a residential part of the neighborhood. Multi-story homes
0:59.8	that have mostly been converted into apartments. I'm on my way to check in with Andre and
1:04.9	Jeff D to talk with them about someone who's missing from their lives. It's been a while
1:11.0	since I've visited with the Timothy family, since they told me about what happened to
1:15.4	Benine Timothy. She was a mom, a wife. She and her kids had just moved to the city from
1:21.7	Haiti. And then, in an instant, she was gone. She was killed on a Saturday afternoon in
1:28.4	October, 2016. Gunned down on a busy street not far from here. When I show up, Benine's
1:35.9	husband, Andre, is sitting on the front steps of a brown wooden home.
1:40.0	Hi. I'm here to speak to Andre. Yes. Yes.
1:46.7	I didn't recognize you without your mask. Oh, yeah. He leads the way to their apartment
1:53.7	on the second floor. Thank you. How are you? I'm good. Good.
1:58.7	Okay. So nice out. I'm here because I have new details to share with Andre and his 18-year-old
2:05.7	son, Jeff D. Details that offer a sharper picture of the final moments of Benine's life.
2:12.6	And I have new insight into the investigation. Over the last couple months, I've been requesting
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