Father fumes at 'despicable' Joe Biden after he commutes sentence of rapist who killed his daughter and granddaughter | 24 Dec 2024 | A Michigan father has hit out at Joe Biden after he commuted the death sentence of the rapist who murdered his daughter and granddaughter. Marvin Gabrion, 71, had been awaiting his execution for the 1997 murder of Rachel Timmerman, 19, before his sentence was commuted to life without the possibility of parole. Timmerman disappeared two days before she was set to testify against Gabrion for raping her. Gabrion restrained the teen, covered her eyes and mouth with duct tape, before chaining her to cinderblocks and throwing her into a lake while she was still alive. Gabrion is also believed to have murdered Timmerman's 11-month-old daughter Shannon Verhage, whose body was never recovered. Timmerman's father Tim has since spoke with WoodTV after being informed of the commutation. "We thought the timing was despicable. We felt that President [sic] Biden could have waited until after the holidays. I think President Biden offered a Christmas gift to the perpetrators of murder, but he offered only pain to the victims of the families."