Just days before her sudden tragic death, Rachel had performed in the school play in the role of an outcast, a student searching for herself in a world of peer presure and populaity contests. As always, Rachel, who read the Bible as enthusiastically as she did stage scripts, rose above expectations. She was pretty, confident, and had a reputation for warmth, distancing herself from petty rifts in high school hallways. She had told many people that her ambition was to be a missionary, perhaps in Africa. She wanted to help relieve the suffering.

Rachel was ouside the school eating her lunch the day of the shooting. She ran and was the first one shot. She was hit in the leg and fell. She was asked if she still believed in God. When she said yes, the shooters told her, "We will send you to Him," and shot her three more times.

Her pastor said he is convinced that her unshakable faith cost Rachel her life.

She leaves her mother, Beth Nimmo; father, Darrell Scott; two sisters, Bethanee and Dana; two brothers, Craig and Michael.