You do a full investigation. To determine the rate of rape crimes declared unfounded, or groundless, by law enforcement agencies, we analyzed Uniform Crime Reporting data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 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. (Warning: Unbelievable spoilers below). It wasnt until 2 years later, when former Washington state resident Marc OLeary was arrested for several rapes in Colorado, that Lynnwood police reopened their investigation. A timeline of the (alleged) drama involving Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, and Florence Pugh. She took a plea deal where she received supervised probation, paid $500 for court costs, and attended mental health counseling. "There was a particular photo that I really liked that she took. Since its debut last Friday, Netflix's Unbelievable has become one of the most acclaimed shows of the year. The woman, identified only as D.M. In real life, Jerry had already left the Lynnwood Police Department before Marie's attacker was convicted, and as far as we can tell, he has declined requests to be interviewed in the time. Then 18, she reported the attack but she says detectives Jerry Rittgarn and Sergeant Jeff Mason didn't believe her story, and ignored evidence including stained sheets, doctors reports detailing injuries to her wrists and abrasions on her genitals and DNA samples. She says the officers bullied her for hours, without a lawyer present, into recanting her account and, when she later tried to insist the rape did take place, she was charged $500 for false reporting. D.M., who now lives in Wyoming, declined to comment for this story, said her attorney, H. Richmond Fisher. She's been inspiring to me.. The woman, identified in the lawsuit by the initials D.M., says she was forced to undergo counseling when Lynnwood police told managers of the at-risk youth program where she was living in 2008 that they didnt believe shed been raped, according to court documents. For more information about canonical metadata, You cant edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. D.M. The rapist, Marc OLeary, is currently serving a 327 1/2-year sentence in Colorado for raping multiple women, including the Lynnwood woman and a Kirkland woman. Former Lynnwood police Det. was lying about the rape, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court. As previously noted, Detective Rittgarn left the department prior to Marie's rapist being caught. And we dont want to see this happen to anybody ever again.. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurers Inner Workings. The eight-episode series works on two different timelines. Without reading Marie her rights you have the right to an attorney, you have the right to remain silent the detectives asked Marie to write out the true story, admitting she had lied, admitting, in effect, that she had committed a crime. 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As Chris says in the finale, had Adlers case been better investigated, police would likely have caught the rapist sooner. Unbelievable's parallel cases demonstrate how there's no one way all real rape survivors react to what's happened to them (since, you know, no two people are exactly alike). University of . 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. 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Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn, pressed on the inconsistencies in her story. Virtually every real-life detail of the rape and the Lynnwood police investigation plays out onscreen in Unbelievable. In hindsight, it was my job to get to the bottom of it and I didnt.. Sep 21, 2019. According to the suit, Rittgarn and Mason had D.M. 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. 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. He was strategically stalking and attacking women who lived alone. Donations from readers like you are essential to sustaining this work. Rarely do. Los Angeles County said all litigation over the crash has now been resolved. This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. She and her husband took in the high-schooler for a short time when her previous foster familys plans to adopt her fell through. She agreed, so they left her alone for a few minutes. On a scale of laminated-eyebrow drama to Lemon Lady Secrets. The Lynnwood police told her the news, giving her an envelope on counseling for rape victims. Lynnwood, Washington No one came to court with her that day, except her public defender. She was 18 at the time. He tied her hands behind her back with a lace from her tennis shoe, blindfolded her and gagged her. This includes publishing or syndicating our work on platforms or apps such as Apple News, Google News, etc. Of course, they weren't the only factors: The case wasnt helped by the fact that Maries foster mothers called to tell the police they also believed Marie was lying about the rape. 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. 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. In it she claims the detectives ignored her account of events and bullied her into saying the rape never happened. Galbraith first learned of Hendershot's similar case through her police officer husband (just as Duvall, Merritt Wever's character, did). Two months after Adler was charged with false reporting, McQuery told the police investigating a new, similar rape nearby about her case. The third doubter was an anonymous caller. But nope. And while we dont know if she was really a Druid like Annaleigh Ashfords Lilly Darrow, a 46-year-old artist did distract OLeary long enough to escape by jumping out of her bedroom window, breaking several ribs and puncturing a lung in the process. 22:32 GMT 11 Jun 2013 All Rights Reserved. The description of his background comes from his LinkedIn profile. Jerry Rittgarn, were focused more on Marie than on the felony crime. Sgt. Sgt. The trucks license plate led to OLeary. KIRO 7 News Seattle facebook feed(Opens a new window), KIRO 7 News Seattle twitter feed(Opens a new window), KIRO 7 News Seattle youtube feed(Opens a new window), Woman loses $29K after being targeted by banking scam with victims in 9 states, Driver killed after car goes off overpass in Georgetown, Tacoma police looking for two alleged retail thieves, Man caught with nearly $3K in stolen fragrance, allegedly planned to trade for fentanyl pills, Cheerleader performs solo after team quits before state championships. OLeary was 33 when he was sentenced to 327 and a half years for the Colorado attacks and an additional 68 and a half years for the two Washington rapes, including Adlers. After claiming police coerced her into recanting her story,. D.M. It was like she was telling me that shed made a sandwich." Justin Kirkland is a Brooklyn-based writer who covers culture, food, and the South. Social scientists examining police records in detail and using methodologically rigorous standards cite similar, single-digit rates. From research and studies summarized in a Department of Justice-funded study, Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault in Los Angeles City and County, 2012 by Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis and from an analysis by ProPublica and The Marshall Project of FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program data, 20082012. 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. The Netflix series opens with a disturbingly mishandled rape case. Hendershot is now a sergeant in the Westminster Police Department. The records obtained through these requests included investigative reports filed by detectives in Lynnwood and elsewhere; crime-scene photos and surveillance footage collected by the various law-enforcement agencies; the two case reviews of how the Lynnwood police handled the investigation of Maries rape report; and video of Marc OLeary being interviewed by police after his arrest in Colorado. With mounting pressure from the police, she recanted her statement and said she made it all up. Galbraith connected with Hendershot, who had worked on a rape case of a 59-year-old widow months before in Westminster. She recently watched the series, according to ProPublica reporter Ken Armstrong; with Adlers permission, he tweeted some of her thoughts about the show. Pretty positive or actually positive? Rittgarn told Marie that her story and the evidence didnt match. Professionalism, vigilance, community, my ass. Why didnt you write that you made the story up? A Washington state woman who was a victim of a serial sex offender is suing police after they allegedly discounted her story, ignored evidence proving she was raped and then slapped her with a $500 fine for making a false statement. The three went to the Lynnwood police station, where the detectives escorted Marie to a conference room. Here's a look at how Unbelievable is different from the cases that inspired it, and what stayed the same. Evidence proved her right. 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. One was her former foster mother, with whom D.M. Bill Fagerbakke played Det. If you use canonical metadata, please use the ProPublica URL. had been arguing, and the other a friend who had spoken to D.M. According to A False Report, she became a long-haul trucker. We may earn a commission from these links. If anyone is at all (still) curious as to why so many sexual assaults go unreported, this should be exhibit A. I have watched videos of police officers planting evidence on innocent people that are less infuriating. For more stories like this, sign up for our newsletter. 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. Marie had a horrific childhood, bouncing around various foster and group homes from around age 6, and was sexually and physically abused throughout. Cocoon House, and two of its employees. She got married and has two kids, and they live "somewhere in the middle of the country" as of 2018. 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. However, based on those statements, The woman, identified in the lawsuit by the initials D.M., says she was forced to undergo counseling when Lynnwood police told managers of the at-risk youth program where she was living in 2008 that they didnt believe shed been raped, according to court documents. 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. 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. The opening episode of Netflix's new series Unbelievable is difficult to watch. We consulted police training guidelines by various organizations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police and End Violence Against Women International. Also named in the suit are Rittgarn, Mason and Lynnwood Police Chief Steven J. Jensen. As for the people Marie initially deals with, in the series they are Detectives Parker and Pruitt. 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. Rittgarn left the police department before Marie's rapist was caught in 2011, while Manson simply moved back to his position at narcotics. It follows the initial investigation into a the assault of a young woman named Marie. Parker says something similar to Rasmussen in the show. After the media caught wind of Marie's false report misdemeanor, that same best friend created a website devoted to eviscerating her reputation, sharing Marie's photo and full name as well as police reports that alleged she was a liar. Jerry Rittgarn declined to be interviewed. The detectives took pictures of the binding marks. No matter what, you can always turn to The Marshall Project as a source of trustworthy journalism about the criminal justice system. 17-Down, Three Letters: Party for One artist Carly ___ Jepsen. The woman claims she signed that statement under duress after having been questioned for hours without an attorney. Looking into similar crimes, the women discovered a case in Lakewood, another Denver suburb, where a masked man attacked and bound a woman at knifepoint in her home. Marie, crying, said she believed the rape really happened. Netflix The detectives who disbelieved Marie and coerced her into recanting her story also faced fairly minimal repercussions in real life. T. Christian Miller is a senior editor for ProPublica. According to ProPublica's article, an internal review found that from 2008 to 2012, "10 of 47 rapes reported to Lynnwood police were unfounded21.3 percent. In Marie's case, neither of her foster moms thought she was behaving like it really happened, for different reasons: Shannon decided Marie didn't seem sad enough just hours after the crime, telling ProPublica, "There was just no emotion. 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Any website our stories appear on must include a prominent and effective way to contact you. What do you think should happen to someone who would lie about something like this? Lets Do the Thing: How Online Were You in February 2023? 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. You cant republish our material wholesale, or automatically; you need to select stories to be republished individually. Jerry Rittgarn Detective at Lynnwood PD Lynnwood, WA. 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. O'Leary was convicted of five rapes, including the Lynnwood one, and is serving a 327-year sentence in a Colorado prison. 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. Neither one of them received any sort of formal punishment, even after an internal investigation was launched. We went to the ocean, it was like 7 oclock at night, I dont know what we were thinking, I got in there and I jumped out and swung my hair back.". She has a fianc and she's looking forward to a fabulous life. Also named in the suit are Rittgarn . Rittgarn, who has left the Lynnwood Police Department and works as a private investigator in San Diego, said he was unaware of the lawsuit. The lawsuit also states that the Cocoon House, a place for at-risk youth, threatened D.M. Who Is John Dutton's Grandfather in '1923'? VIDEO: Rape victim was called a liar by police. We also restricted our examination to only those agencies that reported at least one rape over this timespan. When the woman reported the attack to Lynnwood police, she says detectives Jerry Rittgarn and Sgt. Mason wasnt fired and now leads a narcotics task force. After the man left, Marie maneuvered a drawer open with her feet, cut herself free with scissors, and called for help. Jeffrey Mason, the Lynnwood officer heading up Marie's rape investigation (and subsequently charged her for a false report) was transferred to his department from a narcotics task force just six weeks before the call came from Marie. Some of his computer files remain encrypted. She was 18 years old, charged with a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail. The two detectives played by Merritt Wever and Toni Collette are measured and thoughtful with victims, yet dogged and stern in their pursuit of justice. The police on her case, Sgt. We just want to dive into a pool without having to hold onto our bottoms. 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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. Rittgarn left the police department before Maries rapist was caught in 2011, while Manson simply moved back to his position at narcotics. 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. Detectives Pruitt and Parker are based on real people named Sgt. The parallels between Elizabeth Marvels well-meaning foster mom Judith and Adlers real-life foster parent Peggy Cunningham are undeniable. The show mirrors the structure of the original article, which interweaves the two stories the same way. Mason told ProPublica, "It wasnt her job to try to convince me. We also restricted our examination to only those agencies that reported at least one rape over this timespan. Along with Esquire, his work has appeared in NYLON, Vulture, and USA Today. Seattleite, (mostly) retired arts/culture blogger. And I am not the only person that didnt believe her., Bridget Everetts amiable Colleen is a stand-in for Adlers real-life foster mother Shannon McQuery. She is charged with false reporting, ostracized from friends and family, and made a pariah by local media. Mason moved to his post working on narcotics cases. 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. 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. Its okay to put our stories on pages with ads, but not ads specifically sold against our stories. In 2016, she told This American Life that she regretted talking to the cops but still believed Marie need[ed] to take responsibility for her actions. Violating her rights, Rittgarn and Mason told Marie to write out what "really" happened. A Lynnwood woman was raped, only for police to call her a liar. American History Has Been Whitewashed, But, Black Teen Girls On TV Are A Mess Finally, the detectives dont believe the story Marie, The Marshall Projects An Unbelievable Story of Rape. Peggy's lack of faith in her former foster daughter's account moved her to tell Detective Mason that this was probably just one of Marie's gambits for attention. When the woman reported the attack to Lynnwood police, she says detectives Jerry Rittgarn and Sgt. Maybe the rape happened and I blacked it out, Marie said. Rittgarn asked Marie. In a statement, Cocoon House CEO Cassie Franklin said our hearts go out to D.M. Pruitt and Eric Lange played Det. Based on her answers and body language it was apparent that [Marie] was lying about the rape, Rittgarn later wrote. Meanwhile, Peggy thought Marie seemed too upset when she called her"It sounded like a lot of drama, too, in some ways," she said. As in the series, Michael OLeary was mistaken for his similar-looking older brother because the cops didnt know they lived together. The article also notes that Lynnwood reported 21.3 percent of rape cases "unfounded," or rather, lied about. Get our investigations delivered to your inbox with the Big Story newsletter. Detective Rittgarn refused an interview with the publication. 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. Unbelievable will debut on Netflix on Sept. 13. It wasnt her job to try to convince me, he said in 2015. USMC. Police gathered evidence from the house, including stained sheets, the shoelaces, blindfold and gag. OLeary was convicted of three rapes in Colorado and two in Washington, including the Lynnwood attack and the rape of a 63-year-old Kirkland woman, and is serving a 327-year sentence in a Colorado prison. 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. in court documents, was gagged, bound and sexually assaulted at knife-point in her Lynnwood apartment by an intruder five years ago. But she went through the story again only this time, saying she believed the rape had happened instead of saying it for certain. Join Facebook to connect with Jerry Rittgarn and others you may know. This case is where I went full-on ACAB. Jeffrey Mason, Sgt. 2015 Pulitzer Prizewinning ProPublica/Marshall Project story, she sued and settled with the city for $150,000, tweeted some of her thoughts about the show, the book-length follow-up to their original reporting, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 2023 Cox Media Group. The real woman known as Marie in the original articleMarie is her middle namereported her rape to Lynnwood, Washington police on August 11, 2008. So lets just state the obvious: Neither one of these men was the best man for the job as neither of them were all that qualified to work on a rape case. FBI figures show that police annually declare around 5 percent of rape cases unfounded, or baseless. He also told her he had taken photos of her and knew her name, and left. You don't just go with some family member who was not even a witness. Rittgarn, who has left the Lynnwood Police Department and works as a private investigator in San Diego, said he was unaware of the lawsuit. 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