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The final words of a teen who was shot dead in her Arizona apartment two years ago have been released - as her parents double down on their mission to find her killer.
Rachel Hansen was 19 years old and engaged to be married when the suspect broke into her home and gunned her down in the early hours of June 4, 2022.
Now, her final words have been released in a redacted police transcript given to Arizona Family as part of an effort to bring the case back into the spotlight and track down the gunman.
'I've been shot. Someone broke in and shot me,' Rachel told a 911 dispatcher while bleeding out from a single bullet wound during her final moments.
'Please hurry, please hurry,' she said. 'I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding.'
Rachel Hansen (pictured) was killed in her Arizona apartment in June 2022. Police have released a transcript of her final words on a 911 call two years later in the hopes of resurrecting her case and finally tracking down her killer
Pictured: The Gilbert, Arizona apartment where Rachel Hansen was killed two years ago
The final words of 19-year-old Rachel Hansen (pictured) who was shot dead in her Arizona apartment two years ago have been released - as her parents double down on their mission to find her killer
A dispatcher urged Rachel to stay on the line, adding: 'Do you have any kind of clean cloth there that you can apply pressure to it? Is there anybody there with you?'
The teenager replied that she was alone and the gunman had left.
'Are you close to any kind of cloth or a shirt or a towel that you can use?' the dispatcher asks, to which the teen replied 'no'.
'There's nothing near you? Rachel, I need you to talk to me, OK?' the dispatcher said.
'I can't,' the teenager said, before succumbing to her injuries.
Police and fire responders can be heard scrambling to locate Rachel's address, before they arrived around four-and-a-half minutes later.
Rachel Hansen was just 19 years old and engaged to be married when the suspect broke into her home and gunned her down in the early hours of June 4, 2022
Rachel's devastated parents, Todd and Kim Hansen, have launched a fundraiser to take matters into their own hands and hire a private investigator
Gilbert Police responded to the call from Rachel's apartment in a gated complex on the outskirts of south-east Phoenix at 2am on June 4, 2022.
The department said in a news release at the time that she suffered a single gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the Chandler Regional Medical Center.
Rachel's heartbroken family has been waiting for answers ever since.
On the second anniversary of her murder this year, they launched a fundraiser to take matters into their own hands and hire a private investigator.
'Rachel did not deserve what happened to her, and her family and friends now feel helpless with limited options,' the fundraiser reads.
'We are concerned that the Gilbert Police Department has exhausted all its resources, as it was turned over to Silent Witness with no results.'
Rachel's family said she was an animal lover and a keen horseback rider
Silent Witness is also offering a reward of up to $7,000 to anyone with information about the killing.
The teenager's father, Todd Hansen also said he had distributed 500 flyers about his daughter's murder in the hope someone with information would come forward.
'Somehow, Someone, Somewhere knows Something regarding the of my sweet daughter Rachel Hansen,' he wrote on Facebook August 25.
'Maybe some closure with how or why she died might help us,' he added in a recent interview with KNXV.
'A 19-year-old girl gets murdered in the town of Gilbert was unheard of.'
'It's just as if it just happened as if it was yesterday,' Rachel's mother, Kim Hansen, added.
'Really it's kind of unbelievable because I feel like two years have gone by and we should have something, and we have nothing.'
Rachel Hansen was just 19 years old and engaged to be married when the suspect broke into her home and gunned her down in the early hours of June 4, 2022
Rachel loved horses and wanted to pursue a career as a horse trainer, her family said
Rachel was engaged to be married when she was killed by an unknown gunman in June 2022
In another interview with Arizona Family, Kim added that her daughter had just got engaged and was looking forward to a happy future.
'She was so excited. They were both so excited. Young love, and they were just starting their lives,' she said.
Rachel was adopted at the age of six and was a keen horse trainer who wanted to make a career of her passion.
The Gilbert Police Department released a statement to Law & Crime on the anniversary of Rachel's death this year.
'As we approach the two-year mark since Rachel Hansen's unfortunate homicide, this case continues to be of utmost priority for the Gilbert Police Department,' the agency said.
'We understand how difficult lengthy investigations can be on the families and friends of victims, as well as our community.
'We want to stress that this is a highly sensitive case, and we must be cautious that any information shared does not jeopardize our investigation or our steadfast endeavor to bring justice to Rachel and her loved ones.'
Rachel Hansen's final words have been released in a redacted police transcript given to Arizona Family as part of an effort to bring the case back into the spotlight and track down the gunman. (Pictured: Hansen, who was killed in her Arizona apartment June 2022)
Rachel was adopted at the age of six and was a keen horse trainer who wanted to make a career of her passion
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