Rachel Susan Miller
May 27, 1970 ~ April 26, 2000

As a victim of the most extreme forms of physical and verbal domestic abuse for six years - having been beaten bloody and unconscious on a regualr basis, having been raped and tortured almost daily, Rachel came to a point where she knew that, while she had the support of family and friends, it was ultimately her alone who would and could make the final decision to walk away from something that wasn't right and could no longer continue.

That was probably the most difficult thing for Rachel to do in her whole life. She always believed that marriage was something you do not take lightly. She took the words "till death do us part" literally up to that point.

Rachel's children, whom she loved and cherished more than anything in the world, were the product of this marriage. Before she made this difficult decision, Rachel thought it was her duty to God, and to her family, to continue things as they were.

Then she realized that "till death do us part" took on a whole new meaning! If she stayed, this man would kill her. Each beating escalated to the point that she was convinced this man would end her life if she stayed.

Imagine how Rachel felt the day she decided to walk away for her own safety and for the safety of her children.

She didn't sneak out of the house. She waited for the father of her children to come home. She looked him in the face and told him she was leaving, and with escorts, she did so with her children and ran for three years in fear.

The above account was told by Rachel one month before her ex-husband stalked and murdered her. Rachel died 13 days after the brutal assault.

Bruce Daniels, Rachel's ex-husband, pled guilty to murder before his trial began and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Rachel left behind her second husband, Kurt, a son, and a daughter, Rachel was also pregnant with Baby Christopher when she was murdered.

Bruce Daniels received no punishment for killing Baby Christopher because of a technicality.

Rachel's son, Tyler Edmond Daniels Miller, killed himself on June 11, 2001, because he could no longer bear the loss of his mother's violent death caused by his biological father. Tyler was 12 years old.