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Going West: True Crime

Tim Moreau: The Starry Night Slaying // 594

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

Society & Culture, News, True Crime

4.610.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In January of 1990, a 21-year-old man went missing under suspicious circumstances while working at a Portland, Oregon music venue. When his car was found at the airport after he was reported missing, someone close to him tried to paint a sinister image of what happened to him. But police would soon realize that they had it all wrong… This is the murder of Tim Moreau, and the Starry Night Killer.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans?

0:16.5

I'm your host Heath.

0:17.4

And I'm your host Daphne.

0:18.6

And you're listening to Going West.

0:26.9

Hello everybody. Thank you for tuning in. My dad is actually the one who was sending me a bunch of articles about this case and I'm kind of surprised that we haven't gotten any other

0:30.4

recommendations for it because the victim that we're talking about today was an amazing,

0:36.4

passionate young man and it's such a unique story as

0:39.5

well with like the tie-in of the music venue. Anyway, shout out to my dad Duke for this one.

0:46.4

Oh yeah. This is also a homegrown story for myself that takes place in Oregon. So, you know, it's always so interesting to talk about places in and around Oregon.

0:58.6

And we're going like all around Oregon, too. Yeah, we are. Two very familiar places for you.

1:03.8

Well, without further ado, guys, this is episode 594 of going west, so let's get into it. In January of In January of 1990, a 21-year-old man went missing under suspicious circumstances while working at a Portland, Oregon music venue.

1:58.4

When his car was found at the Portland airport after he was reported missing,

2:03.6

someone close to him tried to paint a sinister image of what happened to him. But police would

2:11.2

soon realize that they had it all wrong.

2:23.5

This is the murder of Tim Moreau and the star by Tim, was born on May 3, 1968 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

2:45.9

Tim was welcomed by parents Penny and Mike and was the oldest of two kids with his younger brother Charles

2:51.8

joining him two years later. When Tim was still a toddler, though, he and his family relocated

2:57.1

to nearby New Orleans, and that is the place that would shape the rest of his life.

3:02.5

He was such a talented and hardworking student and landed himself in his high school's gifted program

3:09.3

before graduating in the top 10% of his class. He had a major affinity for music and played

3:16.3

the violin for years, even enjoying going door to door to play for his neighbors, which was something

3:21.9

that, according to his dad, actually drew homebuyers

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