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A false report : a true story of rape in America / T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong.

by Miller, T. Christian.

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Rape -- United States -- Case studies.

Rape -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.

Rape victims -- United States -- Case studies.

Police charges -- United States -- Case studies.

9781524759933 (hc.)

291 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-280) and index.

The bridge -- Hunters -- Waves and peaks -- A violent alchemy -- A losing battle -- White man, blue eyes, gray sweater -- Sisters -- "Something about how she said it" -- The shadow within -- Good neighbors -- A gross misdemeanor -- Marks -- Looking into a fish tank -- A check for $500 -- 327 1/2 -- Epilogue: Eighteen wheels.

"Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth. On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man broke into her apartment near Seattle, Washington, and raped her. Within days police and even those closest to Marie became suspicious of her story. The police swiftly pivoted and began investigating Marie. Confronted with inconsistencies in her story and the doubts of others, Marie broke down and said her story was a lie - a bid for attention. Police charged Marie with false reporting, and she was branded 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, 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 discovered 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. The detectives eventually connected the rapist to other attacks in Colorado, and beyond. A False Report is a serpentine tale of doubt, lies, and a hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing truth of how sexual assault is investigated today, and the long history of skepticism toward rape victims. T. Christian Miller is the author of Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed In Iraq. He teaches data journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. Ken Armstrong, who joined ProPublica in 2017. He has been the McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton"--Provided by publisher.

Armstrong, Ken, 1962-

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