Shannon's Charley Project page....
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/v/verhage_shannon.html
On June 15, 1996, baby Shannon was born to young Rachel Timmerman. Since her homelife was horrible, Rachel moved in with Shannon's paternal grandparents.
Six weeks later, Rachel was raped by Marvin Gabrion. Gabrion was arrested for the rape. Gabrion was then released on bond. Just before the date of the rape trial, Rachel and Shannon disappeared. Rachel was mending things with her family, and had moved in with her father. On June 3rd, 1997, she and Shannon got into a car with an unknown male, stating they would return in two hours. Over the next weeks, the father received letters purportedly from Rachel, stating everything was fine.
Rachel's remains were found a few weeks later on July 5th in a nearby lake-she had been bound, gagged, chained to blocks and thrown into the lake alive.
Shannon has not been seen since.
An alleged witness to the rape, Wayne Davis, is also missing. The man Rachel is believed to have left her father's home with, John Weeks, a known associate of Gabrion's, has never been seen again.
In October of '97, Gabrion was captured in upstate NY, living under the identity Robert Allen. Allen was a transient from MI. Gabrion was collecting Allen's social security checks.
Allen's whereabouts are unknown.
Some believe that Shannon may still be alive, given over to other "associates" of Gabrion who would not, it is believed, harm her.
Michigan does not have the death penalty, but as the murder occured on federal land, prosecutors were able to secure the death penalty for Gabrion under federal law in 2002.
No charges have ever been brought in the disappearances of Shannon, Weeks, Davis or Allen.