The events of Unbelievableand what Marie went through, in particularare jaw-dropping, and they're all based on a true story. 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. No matter what, you can always turn to The Marshall Project as a source of trustworthy journalism about the criminal justice system. Like the real college student whose rape brought Galbraith to Hendershots door, Danielle Macdonalds Amber Stevenson remembers important details: the rapist using a pink Sony camera that had been stolen from Hendershots 59-year-old victim (Vanessa Bell Calloways Sarah) and an egg-shaped birthmark on the attackers calf. But like her fictional counterpart, the real officer was more seasoned than Galbraith, having investigated more than 100 rapes by the time the two partnered up. Facebook gives people the power. The Lynnwood police told her the news, giving her an envelope on counseling for rape victims. D.M. Marie, crying, said she believed the rape really happened. She requested and received a personal apology from lead detective Jeffrey Mason. Mason is still with the Lynnwood Police Department. Jerry Rittgarn, were focused more on Marie than on the felony crime. In the vein of fellow Netflix projects such as Mindhunter and When They See Us, the miniseries explores true crime through the failures of the criminal justice system. 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. She describes in the law suit the man, wielding a kitchen knife, warned her that he had taken photos of her and knew her name as he fled the apartment. 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. As for how she felt arresting OLeary after discovering the birthmark on his leg that her victim had remembered, Galbraith said, I wanted to see the look on his face. Rittgarn left the police department before Marie's rapist was caught in 2011, while Manson simply moved back to his position at narcotics. Former Lynnwood police Det. After the Lynnwood, Washington, police coerced her recantation and charged her with a "gross misdemeanor," Adler took a plea deal and paid a $500 fine. . .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. Parker says something similar to Rasmussen in the show. Based on the story of a teenager whose rape was discounted by the male detectives investigating her case, the show also concentrates on the female detectives who, years later, connected her assault to a serial rapist they had caught. And we dont want to see this happen to anybody ever again.. It follows the initial investigation into a the assault of a young woman named Marie. Knowing all of this including the fact that Marie was telling the truth youd tend to think both of these detectives would be suffer some consequence for the whole ordeal. She was charged with filing a false report and went through court-ordered counseling for lying to police. She claims the officers interrogated her and put words in her mouth.. A stranger, later known to be OLeary, entered her Lynnwood apartment, threatened plaintiff D.M. An Unbelievable Story of Rape 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. HMH 361 ComNav CH-53 Helicopters. Marie had a horrific childhood, bouncing around various foster and group homes from around age 6, and was sexually and physically abused throughout. We just want to dive into a pool without having to hold onto our bottoms. Jayne Tainis Doris Laird is based on the 65-year-old fraternity housemother whose teddy bear, like her fictional counterparts, yielded some DNA. He tied her hands behind her back with a lace from her tennis shoe, blindfolded her and gagged her. Unbelievable will debut on Netflix on Sept. 13. Rittgarn asked. Jerry Rittgarn declined to be interviewed. 22:39 GMT 11 Jun 2013. 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. You do a full investigation. He said he believed she had made the story up a spur-of-the-moment thing, not something planned out. Along with praise for its nuanced performances and intelligent writing, it's been . 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. One was her former foster mother, with whom D.M. Justin Kirkland is a Brooklyn-based writer who covers culture, food, and the South. Neither man followed standard protocol when it came to the initial investigation into Marie's report. Tearfully, she described her past all the foster parents, being raped when she was 7, getting her own place and feeling alone. Her record would be expunged, and she also received a $500 refund for court costs. 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. Sergeant Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn were the real-life investigators from the Lynnwood Police Department who took on Marie's case. Parker. 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 a Netflix comedy by Katharine McPhees stepdaughter. Can we count on your support today? Jun 1985 - Jun 19894 years 1 month. LYNNWOOD, Wash. The city of Lynnwood will pay $150,000 in a settlement with a rape victim, after Lynnwood police claimed she lied about the attack in 2008. At first, the detectives are attempting to catch the man who broke into her apartment and raped her. (Jeff) Mason concerning his follow-up case. She got married and has two kids, and they live "somewhere in the middle of the country" as of 2018. In a statement, Cocoon House CEO Cassie Franklin said our hearts go out to D.M. He also told her he had taken photos of her and knew her name, and left. 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. If you use canonical metadata, please use the ProPublica URL. Donations from readers like you are essential to sustaining this work. 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. 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. We consulted police training guidelines by various organizations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police and End Violence Against Women International. Knowing that youre behind us means so much. Trevor Materasso; Lakewood, Colorado, police detective Aaron Hassell; Kirkland, Washington, police officer Audra Weber; Lynnwood police Sgt. 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. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. was living in a small Cocoon House-sponsored apartment after having spent her youth moving among as many as 20 foster homes. But most recent research suggests that false reporting is relatively rare. 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. These female detectives (whose names are changed to Grace Rasmussen and Karen Duvall, played by Toni Collette and Merritt Weaver, in the Netflix series) actually do their job, and work to uncover the truth behind the rapes. LYNNWOOD, Wash. The city of Lynnwood will pay $150,000 in a settlement with a rape victim, after Lynnwood police claimed she lied about the attack in 2008. "I would spend hours at the beach watching the sunset go down and that was one of my favorite things," she said. Detective Stacy Galbraith and Sergeant Edna Hendershot. She has a fianc and she's looking forward to a fabulous life. It was also detailed in the "Anatomy of Doubt" episode of the podcast This American Life. She took a plea deal where she received supervised probation, paid $500 for court costs, and attended mental health counseling. There are 7 professionals named "Jerry Ritt", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Well never put our work behind a paywall, and well never put a limit on the number of articles you can read. Marie dialed Stacy Galbraith in the fall of 2016; she'd been working as a truck driver by then and called from the road. Jeffrey Mason, Sgt. Along with a formidable cast that includes Hereditary's Toni Colette and Booksmart's Kaitlyn Dever, the project has many big names attached to it, with Katie Couric as an executive producer and novelist power couple Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon as contributing writers. After the Lynnwood, Washington, police coerced her recantation and charged her with a gross misdemeanor, Adler took a plea deal and paid a $500 fine. 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. 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. FBI figures show that police annually declare around 5 percent of rape cases unfounded, or baseless. A computer forensics specialist looked into O'Leary's hard drive files and found a folder named "girls," which had pictures of the victims. Based on her answers and body language it was apparent that [Marie] was lying about the rape, Rittgarn later wrote. 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.". After claiming police coerced her into recanting her story,. The detectives took pictures of the binding marks. Marie was then charged with a gross misdemeanor for false reporting. Why didnt you write that you made the story up? Pruitt and Eric Lange played Det. Jeffrey Mason, Sgt. What Happened To Male Detectives In Unbelievable Case? 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. 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. Rittgarn told Marie that her story and the evidence didnt match. Everything You Never Thought to Ask About In-flight Entertainment, Warner Bros. Discoverys licensing chief on how movies and TV get on planes, editing decisions, and the curious case of. That year, she reported being bound, gagged, and raped by a man who broke into her home. 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. They themselves took those pictures. Detectives Pruitt and Parker are based on real people named Sgt. The trucks license plate led to OLeary. Last week, D.M. Steve Rider told The Herald of Everett: Suffice it to say, certain pieces of information just led investigators to the wrong conclusion., Mike Carter: 206-464-3706 or mcarter@seattletimes.com, Seattle still the nations saddest large metro area, survey shows, Feds award money to study removing Highway 99 in one Seattle neighborhood, Plan to reduce homelessness in downtown Seattle picks up after slow start, Driver killed after crashing off Seattle overpass, WA's pay-per-mile tax is not the culture war we need right now, including the Lynnwood attack and the rape of a 63-year-old Kirkland woman. Among the items Colorado detectives found in OLearys possession were photographs of the woman and her ID card. As previously noted, Detective Rittgarn left the department prior to Marie's rapist being caught. We also restricted our examination to only those agencies that reported at least one rape over this timespan. In 2008, an 18-year-old from Lynnwood, Washington claimed that she was raped by an intruder in the middle of the night. 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. Heres how ProPublicas T. Christian Miller and the Marshall Projects Ken Armstrong wrote about this fateful day in their Pulitzer-winning article: In Sgt. Virtually every real-life detail of the rape and the Lynnwood police investigation plays out onscreen in Unbelievable. 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. 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. Wesshe Montegumry 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. An 18 year old girl reported a brutal assault. All rights reserved. Years later, an external review characterized the police interrogations of her as bullying and coercive with minor inconsistencies in her statements misjudged and strong evidence ignored. Evidence proved her right. She was 18 years old, charged with a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail. Mason is still with the Lynnwood Police Department. 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 description of his background comes from his LinkedIn profile. The True Story Behind Netflix's Unbelievable, Beanie Feldstein & Kaitlyn Dever Talk 'Booksmart', 9 Books That Tackle Sexual Assault Head on, The Obamas First Netflix Project Is About Trump, Gayle Says March Is a Good Month for TV Lovers, A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. 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. . We ran this calculation for all departments that met our criteria on a national level. With mounting pressure from the police, she recanted her statement and said she made it . Mason moved to his post working on narcotics cases. But even before it received the Netflix treatment, the narrative emerged from "An Unbelievable Story of Rape," a seminal piece of reporting from The Marshall Project and ProPublica that earned writers Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller the Pulitzer Prize. Galbraith first learned of Hendershot's similar case through her police officer husband (just as Duvall, Merritt Wever's character, did). By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Rittgard left the police force before OLearys arrest, but the case review found that threatening her with imprisonment and the possible loss of her housing was coercive, cruel, and unbelievably unprofessional. In the book-length follow-up to their original reporting, journalists T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong said Rittgarn had objected to his work being labeled as bullying and wanted money to talk to them. 's photograph and ID card in his wallet. The other, Detective Jerry Rittgarn, left the department of his own accord. (Warning: Unbelievable spoilers below). Then there was an investigation. He's declined to speak with any outlets and told Miller and Armstrong he'd only discuss the case if they paid him towhile maintaining his non-factual beliefs about "victims who lie" and a "biased story.". 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. His LinkedIn page indicates he works for a private investigation firm in San Diego. Some of his computer files remain encrypted. After collecting sufficient evidence, detectives eventually arrested Marc O'Leary, a former Marine. 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. 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. Jensen, the Lynnwood police chief, said he could not comment because of the litigation. 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. Jerry Rittgarn threatened Adler with . Michael was tailed by members of Grusings team to get his DNA. 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. Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn, pressed on the inconsistencies in her story. The lawsuit also states that the Cocoon House, a place for at-risk youth, threatened D.M. We may earn a commission from these links. 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. D.M.s lawsuit also names as defendants the agency that runs the program, Mission accomplished. 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. (Jeffrey) Masons experience, when someone asked if they were in trouble, almost always, they were. The description of his background comes from his LinkedIn profile. The description of his background comes from his LinkedIn profile. Jeffrey Mason and Detective Jerry Rittgarn, and this is what happened to them after incorrectly seeking a false confession from Marie. You cant republish our material wholesale, or automatically; you need to select stories to be republished individually. In 2014, she sued and settled with the city for $150,000. When Marie's rapist was caught, Detective Rittgarn had already left the Lynnwood police department. She's been inspiring to me.. Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn. Rodney Cohnheim and Commander Steve Rider; and Marc OLeary, who was interviewed at the Sterling Correctional Facility in Colorado. (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. Terms of Service apply. Galbraith had admired her new partner, Edna Hendershot, from a distance ever since their paths crossed at a police briefing for a big drug bust Hendershot had taken part in. 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. 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. 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. Jeff Mason didn't believe her. 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. However, based on those statements, Its nun versus AI in Damon Lindelofs new series. 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. D.M. He actually met with Marie again after the truth came. 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