(For example, yesterday can be changed to last week, and Portland, Ore. to Portland or here.), You cannot republish our photographs or illustrations without specific permission. From the crime scene, they identified muddy track marks that came from Adidas ZX 700 mesh shoes. Some of his computer files remain encrypted. In January 2011, rapist Marc OLeary was apprehended, and the head of the criminal-investigations division showed up at Adlers door to tell her that her photo had been found among his things. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The description of his background comes from his LinkedIn profile. Adler was 16 when she became Cunninghams first foster kid. and her family We strongly believe that Cocoon House and its employees acted appropriately on behalf of the client.. "There was a particular photo that I really liked that she took. He said he believed she had made the story up a spur-of-the-moment thing, not something planned out. The lawsuit alleges police ignored or disregarded this evidence once they convinced themselves she was not telling the truth. Detective Stacy Galbraith and Sergeant Edna Hendershot. As Marie told Sergeant Jerry Mason and Detective Jerry Rittgarn, she'd fallen asleep after a late-night phone chat with her friend Jordan, an ex. She eventually left Washington, now working as a long-haul truck driver and married with two children. D.M. Even with the strong language used in the Lynnwood Police Department investigation cited in the ProPublica article, no one at the department lost their job. Jerry Rittgarn threatened Adler with . They themselves took those pictures. Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn, pressed on the inconsistencies in her story. When the woman reported the attack to Lynnwood police, she says detectives Jerry Rittgarn and Sgt. The (male) detectives Marie goes to see after shes raped believe shes lying and get a coerced confession out of her recanting what shes already reported. Claims detectives Jerry Rittgarn and Sergeant Jeff Mason discounted her story and ignored evidence including doctors reports and DNA samples She was later fined $500 when she again insisted the. D.M.s lawsuit also names as defendants the agency that runs the program, Thank you for your interest in republishing this story. And what might be the most unbelievable part of unbelievable is that the detectives who believed Marie was lying weren't reprimanded whatsoever, even though they deeply damaged this young woman emotionally. The real Marie sued the Lynnwood Police Department, according to the Seattle Times; she claimed the officers had disregarded evidence and bullied her into recanting. As for the people Marie initially deals with, in the series they are Detectives Parker and Pruitt. Rapes by strangers were uncommon maybe about 13 percent of cases. From the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2011, Only about one-fifth to one-third of rapes get reported to police, national surveys show. From National Crime and Victimization Survey, 2014 and National Violence Against Women Survey, 2006. He tied her hands behind her back with a lace from her tennis shoe, blindfolded her and gagged her. Any website our stories appear on must include a prominent and effective way to contact you. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. Jerry Rittgarn declined to be interviewed. After claiming police coerced her into recanting her story,. Anyone with information is asked to call Lynnwood detective Jerry Rittgarn at 425-744-6924 or 425-744-6900. Jensen, the Lynnwood police chief, said he could not comment because of the litigation. When Marie's rapist was caught, Detective Rittgarn had already left the Lynnwood police department. Now he was leading one. filed a federal civil rights suit against the city of Lynnwood, Rittgarn, Mason and Lynnwood Police Chief Steven Jensen. She claims the officers interrogated her and put words in her mouth.. USMC. We also ran the same calculation for Washington state law enforcement agencies that cover cities of the same size as Lynnwood to account for possible variations due to the size of a jurisdiction or local laws. We reviewed Maries civil suit against Lynnwood, which included such legal exhibits as the medical report from the day she reported being raped and case notes from Project Ladder, the transitional housing program to which she belonged. Elsewhere in the country, two other female detectives are also tracking an influx of rapes and are working together to try and catch the guy, who ends up being the same one who harmed Marie. Their suspicions were based on comments from three people who said that they doubted her story, according to the suit. Helmed by Erin Brokovich screenwriter Susannah Grant, the new miniseries follows the story of Marie, a young woman charged with lying about being raped, as well as that of two female detectives who, through a winding road of evidence, discover the truth. As with Merritt Wevers compassionate detective, it was a fluke that Galbraiths police-officer husband, David not the karaoke-singing Max the Knife remembered that his Colorado department had seen a similar rape in which the attacker had made his victim shower and scrupulously cleaned her. The storys called Unbelievable because at first, the detectives dont believe the story Marie (Kaitlyn Dever) is telling them and dismiss her, before charging her for filing a false claim. (Warning: Unbelievable spoilers below). had been arguing, and the other a friend who had spoken to D.M. According to the ProPublica article, prior to the rape Marie's happiest memories were of time spent practicing photography with her then-best friend. Jeffrey Mason, Sgt. Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn, pressed on the inconsistencies in her story. Also named in the suit are Rittgarn, Mason and Lynnwood Police Chief Steven J. Jensen. Privacy Policy and Please contact. This, undoubtedly, turns her life upside down. Marie said she didnt know of any discrepancies. Police gathered evidence from the house, including stained sheets, the shoelaces, blindfold and gag. Rasmussen and Duvall catch the serial rapist, and Marie's original report is proved to have been true. An Unbelievable Story of Rape 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. The third doubter was an anonymous caller. was also taken to the emergency room at Providence Hospital in Everett, where a doctor made notes of rape trauma. She has a fianc and she's looking forward to a fabulous life. Trevor Materasso; Lakewood, Colorado, police detective Aaron Hassell; Kirkland, Washington, police officer Audra Weber; Lynnwood police Sgt. Meanwhile, several years and states away, detectives Grace Rasmussen and Karen Duvall (Toni Colette and Merritt Wever) merge their investigations in a skilled search for a serial rapist. The reporting by ProPublica and The Marshall Project spanned several months and involved numerous interviews, a review of previously undisclosed law enforcement records and exchanges with experts on investigating rape. While no good came out of this for Marie at the time, her case has since helped shape how rapes are now processed, with Rider explaining, We learned a great deal from this. Claiming police coerced her into recanting her story, the woman was charged with false reporting and fined $500 when she later tried to insist the rape did happen. Pretty positive or actually positive? Former Lynnwood police Det. Why didnt you write that you made the story up? His LinkedIn page indicates he works for a private investigation firm in San Diego. Mason is still with the Lynnwood Police Department. She spoke to a friend on the phone for several hours early Aug. 11, 2008, finally going to bed around 5:30 a.m. She said she left the sliding-glass patio door ajar. At first he could not recall the case, except that he. Yet, after conversations with the victims stepmother, her friend, and anonymous caller, police began to have doubts. Sergeant Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn were the real-life investigators from the Lynnwood Police Department who took on Marie's case. Things you buy through our links may earnNew Yorka commission. The lawsuit alleges that the woman was required to stand up in front of other program participants and say that she had lied about being raped or risk being evicted, according to the lawsuit. Jerry Rittgarn Detective at Lynnwood PD Lynnwood, WA. Miller and Armstrong write, "They didn't talk for long, fifteen minutes maybe, but all Marie wanted, all she really needed, was to tell Galbraith how much her work had meant.". When Mason, accompanied by Detective (Jerry) Rittgarn, went to pick up Marie at about 3:30 p.m., they found her outside her apartment, sitting on the grass. D.M., the detective wrote in a police report, would not look him in the eye, repeatedly said she believed she had been raped and, when initially asked if people should be worried that a rapist was on the loose, she reportedly said no. The rapist, Marc O'Leary, is. The whole show is in a silly, goofy mood. 2023 Vox Media, LLC. Rodney Cohnheim and Commander Steve Rider; and Marc OLeary, who was interviewed at the Sterling Correctional Facility in Colorado. Toni Collettes intensity as Detective Grace Rasmussen doesnt line up with Edna Hendershots reportedly easygoing demeanor. He actually met with Marie again after the truth came. Rittgarn told Marie that her story and the evidence didnt match. Jensen refused to comment to the newspaper because of the litigation and Rittgarn, who has since left the Lynnwood Police Department and now lives in San Diego, said he was unaware of the lawsuit and couldn't remember the case. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. Our editors handpick the products that we feature. Its okay to put our stories on pages with ads, but not ads specifically sold against our stories. In hindsight, it was my job to get to the bottom of itand I didnt." I think you pull it, Joshua Jackson says to Lizzy Caplan sensually. If you use canonical metadata, please use the ProPublica URL. Lynnwood, Washington, United States 3 connections. We received thousands of pages of documents through public-records requests filed with the following agencies: the police departments in Lynnwood and Kirkland, Washington; the police departments in Golden, Westminster, Aurora and Lakewood, Colorado; and the prosecuting attorneys offices in Snohomish County, Washington, King County, Washington, and Jefferson County, Colorado. The character of Detective Pruitt (played by Bill Fagerbakke) is loosely based on Jerry Rittgarn, who was the one who first blatantly told Marie he didn't believe her story. Other reporting included pulling transcripts of television news coverage from when Marie was raped and later charged; having court transcripts prepared from when OLeary was sentenced in Colorado; reviewing grant documents for Project Ladder; and mining the criminal-justice literature for expert views on how rape investigations should be conducted. Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: As part of your account, youll receive occasional updates and offers from New York, which you can opt out of anytime. He asked if there was really a rapist running around the neighborhood that the police should be looking for. You cant sell our material separately or syndicate it. The program's counselors had made Marie stand in front of the other program members to tell them she'd lied, and said she'd be evicted unless she underwent more counseling. As portrayed in Unbelievable, Marie settled a lawsuit with Lynnwood after they tried to give her a measly $500 reimbursement of the court fees for her false reporting misdemeanor. Doctors also collected DNA specimens, according to the lawsuit. This story was produced in collaboration with ProPublica. The article earned a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, and eventually became a book called A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America. .css-ssumvd{display:block;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.0625rem;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-ssumvd:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-ssumvd{letter-spacing:0rem;margin-top:0.9375rem;}}Gayle Says March Is a Good Month for TV Lovers, Sheryl Lee Ralphs Definition of True Love, What We Know About The Little Mermaid Remake, Oprah Congratulates Kimmel on 20 Years of His Show, Nikole Hannah-Jones on "The 1619 Project", Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Wakanda Forever Podcast, Oprah Is Acting in Tyler Perrys Next Netflix Film, Gayle Wears the Same Dress on CBS 11 Years Later. According to the Seattle Times, two-and-a-half years later Lynnwood police reopened the investigation, after Marc O'Leary, a man wanted for a string of sex attacks in Washington state and Colorado, was found to have D.M. (Jeff) Mason concerning his follow-up case. Maybe the rape happened and I blacked it out, Marie said. When Mason, accompanied by Detective (Jerry) Rittgarn, went to pick up Marie at about 3:30 p.m., they found her outside her apartment, sitting on the grass. Unbelievable, a Netflix original series that debuts on September 13, is "a story about a rape investigation gone horribly wrong, and then a rape investigation gone brilliantly right," as showrunner .css-9cezh6{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#E61957;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-9cezh6:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Susannah Grant puts it. Then there was an investigation. Unlike her avatar, she left her Costco job handing out food samples days after her 2008 rape. The article also notes that Lynnwood reported 21.3 percent of rape cases "unfounded," or rather, lied about. The description of his background comes from his LinkedIn profile. If you share republished stories on social media, wed appreciate being tagged in your posts. The facility and two of its employees are also named in the lawsuit. confessed to making up the incident, which her attorneys said was a result of a police interrogation. The national average for "unfounded" cases is around five percent. The journalists who wrote it, T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, were separately working on the story for their respective outlets when they decided to collaborate on one long piece. The victim, now 23, is living out of state and engaged to be married, according to her attorneys. Pruitt and Eric Lange played Det. In hindsight, it was my job to get to the bottom of it and I didnt.. In a testament to her resilience, Marie's carved out a life for herself far from Lynnwood. It was one of many friendships she lost after the Lynnwood charged her as a false accuser. She also accuses them of threatening to have her thrown out of her apartment, owned by an at-risk youth home called Cocoon House, when she insisted it did take place. 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Though the series hews closely to a true story that may at times seem stranger than fiction, showrunner Susannah Grant decided early on to fictionalize the real-life sources because, she says, we didnt think there was any value in the actual names being broadcast as widely as Netflix has the capacity to do. Nevertheless, its natural to want to know more about the people on whom the characters are based. This includes publishing or syndicating our work on platforms or apps such as Apple News, Google News, etc. She recently watched the series, according to ProPublica reporter Ken Armstrong; with Adlers permission, he tweeted some of her thoughts about the show. One thing that's left out of the series is the fact that Marie also settled for a undisclosed amount with Cocoon House, the nonprofit that ran the Project Ladder housing where she was raped. You cant use our work to populate a website designed to improve rankings on search engines or solely to gain revenue from network-based advertisements. Between one-fourth to two-thirds of rapists are serial attackers, studies show. From JAMA Pediatrics, December 2015 and Violence and Victims, Vol 17, 2002 by David Lisak and Paul M. Miller. As in the series, Cunningham and Maries transitional housing case manager were with Marie when police arrived after the rape, and she later shared her doubts about it with them. When the woman reported the attack to Lynnwood police, she says detectives Jerry Rittgarn and Sgt. But she'd stayed in touch with two of her former foster mothers, Peggy Cunningham and Shannon McQuery, and had finally found hope for some permanence with an apartment and life of her own through a transitional program called Project Ladder. In this report a sex crimes supervisor noted that Marie's situation was nothing short of the victim being coerced into admitting that she lied about the rape. The investigation concluded that bullying and hounding led to Marie's admittance of false reporting. For more stories like this, sign up for our newsletter. Jeff Mason didn't believe her. The victim of the Lynnwood attack last week filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the city of Lynnwood, claiming detectives disregarded evidence of the assault, bullied her into saying it didnt happen and then threatened to have her thrown out of her apartment when she insisted it did. Wesshe Montegumry After the attack, she says she was forced to stand up in front of a group of teens at a Cocoon House-run program and confess that she'd lied about the rape, something which resulted in her having to see a councilor. Former Lynnwood police Det. She named Mason and. The Seattle Times reported when the victim sued the Lynnwood PD (which was ultimately settled for $150,000): In August 2008, a stranger broke into the apartment of an 18-year-old Lynnwood woman, gagged her, bound her hands with a shoelace and raped her. University of . He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurers Inner Workings. One of the officers named in the lawsuit, Mason, still works for Lynnwood police. Neither officer faced any disciplinary action for the botched investigation. For more information about canonical metadata, You cant edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. Netflixs latest true-crime series, Unbelievable, follows a group of detectives who try to get to the bottom of a string of rapes in the mid and northwest, along with figuring out if one girl whos reported a rape is telling the truth or not. The Netflix series opens with a disturbingly mishandled rape case. He told police that hed fantasized about rape since he was a kid and that his assaults were a type of rape theater inspired by the Star Wars scene in which Jabba the Hutt chains up Princess Leia. Detective Jerry Rittgarn, who declined to be interviewed for the original news story, said he'd talk for the book "only under monetary compensation contract" a quid pro quo the authors. But most recent research suggests that false reporting is relatively rare. The eight-episode series works on two different timelines. She was later woken up by a stranger who was holding one of her own knives; he tied her up with her own shoelaces, blindfolded and gagged her, and raped her while wearing a condom. T. Christian Miller is a senior editor for ProPublica. Hendershot also remembered a similar case in 2009 when a 65-year-old woman in nearby Aurora had been raped by a man wearing a black scarf around his face who also took pictures of her. Last week, D.M. (To inquire about syndication or licensing opportunities, contact. Enter detectives Stacy Galbraith from Denver and Edna Hendershot from Westminster. She was eventually awarded $150,000 from the state after settling a suit out of court. Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn. Nonprofit journalism about criminal justice, A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, This story was produced in collaboration with, International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault in Los Angeles City and County. He told me that based on subsequent interviews and inconsistencies with D.M., her foster mother, and her friendwho [sic] she had talked with on the phone prior to the report, he believed and others believed that D.M. Grusings search for similar rape cases turned up an old unsolved burglary (Lillys story) with evidence the honeycomb glove pattern, the Adidas shoe print, and the white Mazda pickup truck that connected all the known rapes. Mason moved to his post working on narcotics cases. Like her fictional counterpart, played with heartbreaking vulnerability by Kaitlyn Dever, Adler was a product of the foster-care system and had been abused. According to the suit, Rittgarn and Mason had D.M. 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The people interviewed for this story include Marie (in our story, we agreed to use only her middle name); Maries foster mothers Peggy Cunningham and Shannon McQuery; Maries friend Jordan Schweitzer; James Feldman, Maries public defender when she was charged with filing a false police report; H. Richmond Fisher, Maries attorney in her civil suit against Lynnwood, Washington; Golden, Colorado, police Det. When her counselors at Project Ladder marched her back to the station upon hearing her account of what happened, Rittgarn told Marie that if she took a lie detector test and failed, she'd go to jail and probably lose her housing. The women of, Sam Levinson and the Weeknd Allegedly Turned, Theres No Red Button You Can Push to Stop. In 2011, OLeary was caught and found with a photograph of D.M.s ID card. He was strategically stalking and attacking women who lived alone. While Hendershot never suspected or chatted up an off-duty police officer in a bar to get his DNA, as Grace does in episode six, she did stay behind so Galbraith could arrest OLeary solo, as seen in episode seven. . Edna Hendershot and Sgt. The current commander of Lynnwoods Criminal Investigations Division, Steve Rider, told The Marshall Project that the handling of this case was a major failing and believes Marie was victimized twice once by her assailant and another by the police station she believed she could trust. She is charged with false reporting, ostracized from friends and family, and made a pariah by local media. He actually met with Marie again after the truth came out and later told The Marshall Project, It wasnt her job to try to convince me. A timeline of the (alleged) drama involving Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, and Florence Pugh. We also restricted our examination to only those agencies that reported at least one rape over this timespan. 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