| Description |
291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie truthfully reported that a masked man broke into her apartment near Seattle, Washington, and raped her, but within days police and even those closest to Marie became suspicious of her story. The police swiftly pivoted and began investigating her. Confronted with inconsistencies in her story and the doubts of others, Marie broke down and said her story was a lie. Police charged her with false reporting. One of her best friends created a web page branding her a liar. More than two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to investigate a case of sexual assault. Describing the crime to her husband that night--the attacker's calm and practiced demeanor, which led the victim to surmise "he's done this before"--Galbraith learned that the case bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had taken place months earlier in a nearby town. She joined forces with the detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, and the two soon realized they were dealing with a serial rapist: a man who photographed his victims, threatening to release the images online, and whose calculated steps to erase all physical evidence suggested he might be a soldier or a cop. Through meticulous police work the detectives would eventually connect the rapist to other attacks in Colorado--and beyond. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index. |
| Subject |
Rape -- United States -- Case studies.
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Rape victims -- United States -- Case studies.
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Police charges -- United States -- Case studies.
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Rape -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Armstrong, Ken, 1962- author.
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| ISBN |
9781524759933 |
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