What Happened To Gracie?

Murder In The Rain

True Crime

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

As the summer of 2021 came to an end and the fall began, we saw the internet come together to try and locate missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito. From true crime podcasters to video gaming dads with a proclivity to finding hidden details in surveillance footage, we saw a massive nationwide fixation to help bring Gabby home. We also saw anger from the underserved families of missing people of color. What about MY child? What about MY sister? What about MY mom? There are thousands of missing people of color who are “lucky” to get a brief mention on the nightly news - it isn’t until families take it upon themselves, begging for attention from anyone with a platform, that they seem to be heard. Today we’re sharing the case of missing mother of four Graciela Garcia, a case I hadn’t heard about until her daughter reached out, one that hasn’t garnered much media attention at all, and one that seems like it should be solved by now. The family of Graciela Garcia is currently trying to raise money to obtain a lawyer and a private investigator to help locate her. Please consider donating to their GoFundMe if you can: Missing Gracie Garcia from Hermiston OR You can also donate amounts under $10 directly to Murder in the Rain over the next two weeks. We will combine any donations with our own that will be given to Gracie’s GoFundMe on October 15th. We’re accepting PayPal (murderintherain@gmail.com) and Venmo (@murderintherain) To stay up to date on Gracie’s case, please follow the family’s social media accounts. FaceBook - Find Graciela Garcia | Instagram - Find Graciela Garcia | Twitter - Find Graciela Garcia | This week’s episode is brought to you by Drizly. Beer, wine and liquor delivered in under 60 minutes.Go to Drizly.com and use promocode SPICE5 for five dollars off your first order! Looking to relax? Kefla Organics puts 25mg of CBD in their delicious products. Use the code ‘Rain20’ at check out to get 20% off organic CBD products from Kefla Organic. Sources Interview Gariela Bautista 09.18.2021 | NBC News - Daughter has hope | East Oregonian - Investigation Underway for Missing Hermiston Woman | East Oregonian - Family Marks One Year Anniversary | Our Sponsors: * Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Murder and the Rain would like to give a big hello, welcome and thank you to our newest
0:07.6	Patreon supporters, Jeff W. from Phoenix, Arizona, Ruth from Sutherland, Oregon, Kim S. from
0:14.0	Atlanta, Georgia, Nicole F. from Salem, Oregon, Jess H. from Menlo, Iowa, and Paige B. from Clayton,
0:20.8	New Jersey. And if you want to hear your beautiful name be said by our even more beautiful
0:25.4	voices, feel free to find us on patreon.com and search for murder and the rain. And thank you to all
0:31.3	of our Patreon supporters for their continued support. I'm Emily Rowney and I'm Alicia Holland.
0:40.1	This is Bill Camp, the voice of forensic files too on HLN and you're listening to murder in the rain.
0:49.0	We've seen our nation enthralled with missing person cases from my own fixation with Maura Murray,
0:57.6	who disappeared without a trace in 2004 to the recent case of Gabby Petito, who was found dead in
1:03.4	Wyoming just days ago and whose fiance is still on the run from police. Something about these
1:09.1	cases speaks to us. It's so easy to be gripped by the twists and turns, theories, red flags,
1:15.4	rumors, and potential suspects, but only after it's been picked up by the mainstream media.
1:21.0	Why do some cases have such sensationalism while other struggle to be aired on the news?
1:26.8	Some might say it's ageism, it's attractiveness, it's socioeconomic status, it's being white,
1:32.3	and those are probably all true. And that's why some true crime podcasts find fulfillment in what we do.
1:38.3	We can cover cases without thousands of people rooting them on on social media. Cases where there
1:43.7	are struggles to even get the police department to do their job and treat it with severity and urgency.
1:49.7	Today is a little bit different than my usual case, because we have the opportunity to learn from
1:54.1	a family member. I'm going to give you an overview of the case, and then we have the honor of
1:59.1	speaking to a person who has to live with the daily pain of not knowing where their loved one is.
2:04.1	I urge you all to listen to the entire episode. I think it can be a little uncomfortable to talk
2:09.1	to someone who's going through this, especially when there's the uncertainty if they're ever going
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