John Arthur Ackroyd gave her a ride, during which she fell asleep. One hour later, he pulled off the highway onto an old wagon road. He held a knife to her neck and dragged her into the woods where he ripped off her jeans, cut off her underwear and boots with the knife. He then raped her. After she pleaded to be taken to her home and her baby, he decided to drive her to her mother-in-law's house in Lebanon. Gabrielsen was careful to preserve evidence and asked for the police to be called. She described him as someone big and burly who may have worked in the woods. Although the evidence, including the rape kit and her bruised body supported her story, the police did not prosecute Ackroyd. She was interviewed again after other females went missing or were killed. She is believed to have been Ackroyd's first victim.
