She recalled the camera that the attacker had used to take photos. But most recent research suggests that false reporting is relatively rare. He has been the McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard January 5, 2011 Golden, Colorado A little after 1 p.m. on a wintry day in January 2011, Detective Stacy Galbraith approached a long, anonymous row of apartment buildings that spilled up a low hill in a Denver suburb. Six hours on her feet didnt bother her. During the attack, he knocked a yellow teddy bear off a desk in her bedroom. He tied her hands loosely behind her. He had a term for what he was about to do: rape theater. Deviant fantasies had gripped him since he was a kid, way back to when he had seen Jabba the Hutt enslave and chain Princess Leia. He's now 41 years old and has been serving his sentence since 2011. These guidelines, available to all police departments, detailed common missteps. When she read the story, she cried. Around 7 a.m., he stood in her bedroom doorway, holding, at shoulder height, a knife in his left hand. He wore a white T-shirt. There was one possible lead. Surveillance stills show a 1993 Mazda driving around the apartment complex in Golden, Colo. where a 26-year-old engineering student was raped. An investigating officer had to figure out if the victim was telling the truth. There was no one out there who had hurt her and no one who might hurt them next. She now wishes she had never shared her doubts with police. But I dont think that thats the right standpoint. He had first spotted her a couple of weeks before, through a window, while lurking outside her apartment. Investigators found a pair of Adidas ZX 700 shoes in OLearys closet. Open the door, she shouted repeatedly. She was there to investigate a report of rape. Act like nothing bad had happened, like nothing ever affected her. Library of Congress. The victim had described him as a gentleman, Galbraith said. Sometimes she was placed in foster homes with her siblings. But there was a clincher: the woman in Galbraiths case had remained as focused as possible during her ordeal, memorizing details. She married, and in October she and her husband had their second child. The next day, Marie told Wayne Nash, her case manager at Project Ladder, that the police didnt believe her. A 63-year-old woman in Kirkland, Washington, reported a similar attack around the time of Marie's. And in the Denver, Colorado suburbs, his victims included a 65-year-old grandmother in Aurora, a 26-year-old . But leading law enforcement organizations urge caution in filing such charges. Snow covered the ground in patches. Rittgarn told Marie that if she took the test and failed, she would be booked into jail. The rest was awkward, excruciating silence. View Mark Oleary's business profile as Chief Financial Officer at Keeton Industries. The analyst turned up an incident in Lakewood, another Denver suburb, that occurred about a month before the rape in Westminster. Collaboration Network. It was so organized, we were like, Oh, thank God.. She was a wife, a mother. O'Leary's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. eThekwini leads the road safety drive to educate officials - May 2017. When Jordan didnt answer, Marie called her foster mother, then her upstairs neighbor, who came down to Maries apartment and called 911. Now, fearful he could become the target of a wrongful accusation, Shannons husband decided it would be best if Marie no longer spent the night. Marie broke down, experiencing, all at once, shock, relief and anger. One of the last things he said was that he was sorry. The victims accounts were also borne out. She looked calm, unflustered. But she went through the story again only this time, saying she believed the rape had happened instead of saying it for certain. He suggested she put a dowel into the bottom track to keep out future intruders. Colorado Department of CorrectionsThe booking photo of serial rapist Marc O'Leary in 2011. He found a folder called girls and pictures that OLeary had taken of his victims in Golden and Westminster. Peggy, who had received a file two to three inches thick documenting Maries history, was surprised at how well she was coping. The report on Maries life written by a mental health expert who interviewed her for five hours is written with clinical detachment, describing her life before she entered foster care She reports not knowing much about her biological mother, who she said would often leave her in the care of boyfriends. Marc O'Leary, a monstrous sex offender, raped five women in two states over a three-year period - with a sixth victim narrowly escaping by jumping out of her bedroom window. May 20, 2017. His Ph.D Research concentrated on the Rhodium (II) Catalysed Buchner reaction. Marie was one of his rape victims, and the series is based on her. adult caregivers and professionals coming in and then out of her life, some distressing or abusive experiences, and a general lack of permanency. FBI figures show that police annually declare around 5 percent of rape cases unfounded, or baseless. I told her, I said, Its over. The attacker had left behind the tiniest traces of himself. On Feb. 9, 2011, more than a dozen cops and agents from the FBI and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation gathered in a briefing room at the Westminster police station to discuss the state of the investigation. As the weeks passed, the dead ends continued. When they finished, the agents raced in. From a large black bag, he took out thigh-high stockings, clear plastic high heels with pink ribbons, lubrication, a box of moist towelettes and bottled water. It was registered to a Lakewood man named Marc Patrick OLeary. Marie has two brothers and a sister on her mothers side. But she remembers being kind of shocked to learn that they had charged Marie. If there was sympathy in the room, Marie sensed it from only one person, the young woman to her right. UU. The attack seemed to last a long time, Marie told police, but she couldnt say for sure. According to a later report, the bullying and . Marie backed down. Rittgarn asked Marie what was going on. It was hard to get along. The International Association of Chiefs of Police and the FBI stress the need for a thorough investigation before discounting a report of rape. In 2008, Maries case was one of four labeled unfounded by the Lynnwood police, according to statistics reported to the FBI. On the bed officers found a shoestring used, apparently, to bind Marie. Peggy, too, was mystified by Maries demeanor. From what Mason wrote up later, he wasted little time confronting Marie, telling her there were inconsistencies between her statements and accounts from other witnesses. Gregg Rinta, a sex crimes supervisor with the Snohomish County Sheriffs Office, wrote that what happened was nothing short of the victim being coerced into admitting that she lied about the rape., That Marie recanted wasnt surprising, Rinta wrote, given the bullying and hounding she was subjected to. Comments by Patrick O'Leary; Comments by Patrick O'Leary; Let's regroup and add strength for the fight ahead. The first victim, an 18-year-old woman known as Marie, reported to Sergeant Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn that she had been raped at her home in Lynnwood, Washington. He gripped a silver and black gun. We have him. Marie liked dogs. During his 12-month tour, O'Leary ran four major combat operations. Put your hands behind your back, he told her. There was more. Citing non-official sources, at least 4 C-17 American military transport aircraft were involved in this delivery and 10 M777 howitzers were loaded into the aircraft.. But now, Marie wouldnt give. But in fresh light, it appeared very much like a failed rape attempt, committed by an attacker who closely resembled the description of the rapist. Galbraith felt sick. Marie wrote that the attacker said she could untie herself once he was gone: After he left I grabbed my phone (which was right next to my head) with my mouth and I tried to call Jordan back. Marie figures her happiest years were when she was 16 and 17, and the happiest day may have been one she spent with her best friend, another high school student who was teaching Marie the fine points of camerawork. He tied the woman up with her own shoelaces. To Marie, he seemed sincere. Investigators at the scene uncovered a few, tenuous pieces of evidence. And all those sliding glass doors ridiculously easy to pick, when they werent left unlocked, which so often they were. In the spring of 2008, Marie turned 18. Thats awful. Hendershot met her at a Dennys restaurant. When he was finished, he said that if she told the police, he would post the photos online so that her kids, when she had kids, could see them. She had a social circle. View the profiles of professionals named "Patrick O'leary" on LinkedIn. Investigators, one guide advised, should not assume that a true victim will be hysterical rather than calm; able to show clear signs of physical injury; and certain of every detail. A police computer expert also reportedly searched O'Leary's hard drive and discovered photographs of his victims. No, Marie told him, her voice soft, her eyes down. Galbraith and her husband David once again faced each other on the couches in their living room. The five other attacks one in Washington, four in Colorado all came after the attack on Marie. She had gotten all the classes she wanted. Roll back over, he told her and she did, and then he raped her, and while he raped her he ran his gloved hands over her. One stands out. Among them were shots of a bound-and-gagged young woman, and, in one photo, her learner's permit was visible. She would move a hundred miles an hour in one direction, a colleague said. Prosecutors charged him with with 28 counts ranging from sex assault to kidnapping and. She emailed a crime analyst at another police department, I so want to see this guys leg! They had moved up in the ranks. In the snow, they found a trail of footprints leading to and from the back of the apartment through an empty field. During the exam, the medical report said, Marie was alert and oriented, and in no acute distress.. FBI agents collected DNA evidence from his brother which showed one of them was the rapist. There was no time to waste. Are you Patrick O'Leary? She read the email and her mind shot back five months, to a crisp Tuesday in August 2010. The attacker had been cunning, attempting to erase any traces of DNA from the scene. A K-9 officer was outside, his dog trying to pick up a scent. The credibility of the victim was often on trial as much as the guilt of the accused. Shut down. The statement was only one page. Galbraith had a simple rule: listen and verify. Investigators must have definitive proof of lying before doubting a rape report, and a charge of false reporting must now be reviewed with higher-ups. Careful, diligent, exacting she complemented Galbraith. They didnt need to worry, she told the group. This was never meant to happen. Afterward, she could. After looking through the images, she found an answer. As an FBI agent confronted him, OLeary immediately invoked his right to an attorney. 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