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Narrator: THE FBI
IS THE MOST SOPHISTICATED LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
IN THE WORLD,
PURSUING THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS.
IF YOU SCREAM, I WILL SHOOT YOU!
IN DENVER, A SERIAL *** HOLDS YOUNG WOMEN IN THE GRIP OF FEAR.
Hendershot: IT SENT CHILLS DOWN MY BACK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT.
Narrator: THE BUREAU MOBILIZES.
BUT CAN THEY CATCH AN ELUSIVE ***
WHO STRIKES WITH CRUEL PRECISION AND LEAVES NO TRACE BEHIND?
Grusing: HE SPENT HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF HOURS
WATCHING WOMEN
AND TRYING TO PICK A GOOD TARGET FOR HIMSELF.
THIS WAS PLANNED, AND IT WAS DONE BEFORE.
IF IT WAS DONE BEFORE, IT MEANS IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
I'M SCARED TO DEATH.
IT MADE ME THINK, "IS HE GONNA COME AFTER ONE OF US?"
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: ONCE A BUSTLING HUB FOR GOLD-RUSH PROSPECTORS,
GOLDEN, COLORADO, IS A SCENIC SMALL TOWN
IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ROCKIES, 15 MILES FROM DENVER.
IT'S RESIDENTS USUALLY FEEL SAFE AND SECURE...
BUT ALL THAT CHANGES IN THE WINTER OF 2011.
ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 5th,
A FRANTIC CALL COMES IN TO THE 911 DISPATCH CENTER.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
MINUTES LATER, GOLDEN POLICE ARRIVE
AT THE HOME OF THE DISTRAUGHT CALLER.
THE 26-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT
RECOUNTS HER HARROWING ORDEAL TO DETECTIVE STACY GALBRAITH.
Galbraith: SHE'S ACTUALLY KIND OF A NIGHT OWL.
SHE GOES TO BED ABOUT 7:15-ish.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MAN --
A MASKED MAN WHO COMES IN.
HE HAS A BACKPACK. HE HAS A GUN.
HE TELLS HER, YOU KNOW, "DON'T SCREAM OR I'LL SHOOT."
GET OFF ME!
I WILL SHOOT YOU IF YOU MOVE!
HE PULLED ALL HER BEDCOVERS OFF OF HER
THEN GOT ONTO HER BACK TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.
GET UP. NOW! MOVE!
PUT THESE ON!
Narrator: THE ATTACKER FORCES HER TO DRESS UP
IN STOCKINGS AND HEELS THAT HE BROUGHT WITH HIM
IN A LARGE BACKPACK...
HURRY UP. I DON'T HAVE ALL DAY.
...THEN INSTRUCTS HER ON HOW TO FIX HER MAKEUP.
Galbraith: HE WAS VERY SPECIFIC.
HE WANTED HER EYE SHADOW TO BE KIND OF A BROWN,
WANTED HER LIPS TO BE MUCH PINKER.
HE EVEN HAD HER PUT PONY-- LIKE, PIGTAILS
IN THE SIDES OF HER HAIR, WHICH SHE DID.
LOOK AT ME.
Narrator: HE THEN DIRECTS THE VICTIM TO POSE PROVOCATIVELY
WHILE HE TAKES PICTURES WITH A PINK DIGITAL CAMERA.
THAT'S RIGHT. LOOK AT ME.
LOOK AT ME AND SMILE.
Galbraith: THIS ASSAULT STARTED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHY,
THE POSING.
BLOW ME A KISS.
THEN THERE WERE MULTIPLE PHASES
WHERE HE ACTUALLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER DIFFERENT WAYS,
PHOTOGRAPHING THE WHOLE TIME.
HE MADE IT CLEAR TO HER THAT IF SHE REPORTED TO THE POLICE,
HE WOULD POST HER PICTURES HE WAS TAKING ONLINE,
OR ON THE INTERNET TO HUMILIATE HER, BASICALLY.
HE TOOK HER TO THE HALLWAY BATHROOM
AND TOLD HER TO BRUSH HER TEETH.
HE EVEN ASKED HER, YOU KNOW,
"WHY AREN'T YOU USING YOUR ELECTRIC ONE?"
INDICATING, YOU KNOW, "I'VE SEEN YOU USE YOUR --
YOU HAVE ANOTHER TOOTHBRUSH."
Narrator: UNBELIEVABLY, THE *** TELLS HER
HOW TO BETTER SECURE HER PATIO DOOR
BY PUTTING A WOODEN STICK IN THE TRACK.
I'M THINKING, "HOW COULD YOU CARE ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL
"AFTER YOU DO THIS TO THEM FOR THREE OR FOUR HOURS,
"ENOUGH TO HELP THEM SECURE THEIR PROPERTY
SO THAT NO ONE ELSE COMES TO DO IT?"
IT MADE ME THINK HE WAS GONNA COME BACK.
Narrator: FINALLY, HE ORDERS HER TO TAKE A SHOWER
TO WASH AWAY ALL TRACES OF THE *** ASSAULT.
Galbraith: HE GOES IN AND TELLS HER,
"YOU STAY IN THE SHOWER 10 MORE MINUTES, AND I'LL BE GONE."
Narrator: TERRIFIED, THE YOUNG WOMAN
FOLLOWS HER ATTACKER'S INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER.
Galbraith: WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER, SHE SAW HER ROOM.
HE HAD TAKEN ALL HER BEDCOVERS, TAKEN SOME OF HER ***,
TAKEN SOME OF HER, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL THINGS.
Narrator: NOW FREE FROM THE MASKED INTRUDER,
SHE DESPERATELY SEARCHES FOR HER CELLPHONE TO CALL FOR HELP.
Galbraith: SHE WENT OVER TO HER LAPTOP,
USED A LAPTOP APPLICATION TO DIAL HER CELLPHONE,
AND IT WAS LOCATED IN HER COUCH.
Narrator: SHE FIRST CALLS HER BOYFRIEND, THEN DIALS 911.
GOLDEN 911.
EVEN AFTER FOUR HOURS OF UNRELENTING ABUSE,
THE WOMAN REMAINS REMARKABLY POISED UNDER QUESTIONING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SHE PAINTS A DETAILED PICTURE OF HER ATTACKER --
WHITE, ABOUT 35 YEARS OLD.
HE WORE A BLACK, WRAP-LIKE MASK THAT ONLY EXPOSED HIS EYES,
WHICH SHE IDENTIFIED AS HAZEL, OR BROWNISH-GREEN.
SHE ALSO NOTICED A SMALL BUT TELLING DETAIL.
Galbraith: SHE DESCRIBES, LIKE, AN EGG-SHAPED BIRTHMARK.
SHE DREW IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER FOR ME.
IT'S ABOUT 2 INCHES BY 3 INCHES, OVAL-SHAPED BIRTHMARK.
THE VICTIM TELLS POLICE SHE GOT HER ATTACKER
TO OPEN UP AND ADMIT HE'D BEEN STALKING HER
FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS,
AND SHE REMEMBERS THE VERY MOMENT
SHE KNEW HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
Galbraith: WHENEVER HE BOUND HER,
SHE VISUALLY IDENTIFIED A BLACK, SATIN SASH AS BEING HERS --
HER OWN SASH.
Narrator: A SASH SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD LOST OR MISPLACED
THREE WEEKS EARLIER.
SHE NEVER KNEW ANYONE HAD BEEN IN HER APARTMENT.
SHE DIDN'T GET ANY WEIRD "SOMETHING'S OUT OF PLACE" --
NONE OF THAT. NOTHING.
Narrator: SHE ALSO SAYS THE ASSAILANT
KNEW THE MOST INTIMATE DETAILS OF HER LIFE.
SHE SAID, "HE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT ME.
"HE KNEW WHAT SCHOOL I ATTENDED.
"HE KNEW WHAT MY MAJOR WAS.
"HE KNEW MY NAME.
HE KNEW MY ROOMMATE'S NAME."
HE KNEW WHAT VEHICLE SHE DROVE, HER PLATE.
WE'D HAVE TO BE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE ON SOMEBODY
TO KNOW THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAD ON HER.
Narrator: THE VICTIM IS ABLE TO OBTAIN
KEY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT
THAT GIVES DETECTIVES INSIGHT INTO THE ***'S TWISTED MIND.
HE WOULD TALK ABOUT HIS WORLD, AND HER RECALL OF IT
WAS THAT HE WOULD TALK ABOUT A SOCIETY OF WOLVES AND BRAVOS.
"THERE'S WOLVES IN SOCIETY
THAT BASICALLY WILL PREY ON ANYONE,"
AND HE TALKED ABOUT BRAVOS
AND THAT THEY WOULDN'T HURT WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
IT REALLY MADE ME THINK MILITARY --
THAT WE HAD TO BE DEALING WITH SOMEONE
WHO WAS MILITARY-TRAINED.
Narrator: THE VICTIM CLAIMS
THE ASSAILANT SEEMED TO BE EDUCATED
AND SAID HE SPOKE FOUR LANGUAGES AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY.
THE VICTIM PROVIDED POLICE WITH WHAT LEADS SHE COULD GATHER.
NOW IT'S THEIR TURN TO TAKE THOSE LEADS AND FIND THE ***.
DETECTIVE GALBRAITH AND A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS
SEARCH THE VICTIM'S APARTMENT,
BUT FIND NEXT TO NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
THAT MIGHT TIE THE *** TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU GO INTO A SCENE OF A SEX ASSAULT,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BEDCOVERS, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SHEETS,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PILLOWCASES,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT ARE USUALLY LEFT BEHIND
WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A FORENSIC-TYPE EVIDENCE,
SOME DNA.
NONE OF THAT STUFF'S THERE.
IT'S ALL GONE.
Narrator: DETECTIVE GALBRAITH
HAS ONLY TWO VIABLE FORENSIC LEADS --
A SWAB OF THE SUSPECT'S DNA TAKEN FROM THE VICTIM'S FACE
AND A SHOE PRINT FOUND ON HER SNOW-COVERED PATIO.
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS FROM A NEARBY BUSINESS
CAPTURED A SUSPICIOUS WHITE TRUCK,
SEEN DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE TIME OF THE ATTACK.
THE FOOTAGE REVEALS THE WHITE VEHICLE
HAS A BROKEN PASSENGER-SIDE MIRROR,
BUT FAILS TO SHOW A PLATE NUMBER.
FOR NOW, IT SEEMS THE *** HAS SUCCESSFULLY COVERED HIS TRACKS
AND CONCEALED HIS IDENTITY.
THAT NIGHT, DETECTIVE GALBRAITH
SHARES DETAILS OF THE CRIME WITH HER HUSBAND,
AN OFFICER FROM THE NEARBY WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I STARTED TELLING HIM JUST ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS OF THIS ASSAULT.
HE IMMEDIATELY SAID, "STACY,
"WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE JUST LIKE THAT.
I KNOW ONE, FOR SURE."
Narrator: THE FOLLOWING MORNING,
SHE PHONES DETECTIVE EDNA HENDERSHOT
WITH THE WESTMINSTER P.D.
AND IS STRUCK BY THE SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THE RECENT RAPES.
I'M TALKING WITH THE DETECTIVE ON THE PHONE,
TELLING HER ABOUT THE HIGH HEELS.
SHE'S LIKE, "YEP. HIGH HEELS IN MINE TOO.
PHOTOGRAPHY ALL THE WAY THROUGH."
AND SHE SAYS, "MY VICTIM HAD A PINK SONY CAMERA
STOLEN FROM HER."
I'M LIKE, "BINGO"
BECAUSE OUR VICTIM RECALLED THE PINK SONY CAMERA
THAT HE USED TO PHOTOGRAPH HER.
I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WAS CONNECTED.
Narrator: ONE VICTIM'S CAMERA IS USED
TO PHOTOGRAPH ANOTHER WOMAN'S ***.
IT SENT CHILLS DOWN MY BACK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT.
Narrator: THE DETAIL ABOUT A PINK SONY CAMERA
WAS NEVER PUBLICLY RELEASED.
I WANT YOU.
Hendershot: THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED OPENLY ABOUT,
EVEN WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Narrator: NOW CONVINCED THERE'S A CUNNING SERIAL ***
STALKING THE WOMEN OF DENVER,
DETECTIVE GALBRAITH CALLS ON THE FBI FOR HELP.
SHE TEAMS UP WITH SPECIAL AGENT JONATHAN GRUSING,
A 17-YEAR VETERAN OF THE BUREAU
WHO HAS SPENT MUCH OF HIS CAREER WORKING VIOLENT CRIMES.
THE REASON GOLDEN WANTED OUR HELP
WAS THE LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION OF THE OFFENDER
AND HOW METICULOUSLY HE CLEANED UP AFTER HIMSELF,
SOME OF THE VERBIAGE THAT HE USED,
WHETHER HE'S A POLICE OFFICER OR A MILITARY PERSON.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THE FBI
CAN EVEN SINK ITS TEETH INTO THE CASE,
THE INVESTIGATION IS DEALT ITS FIRST SETBACK.
THE FACIAL SWAB TAKEN FROM THE GOLDEN VICTIM
YIELDS ONLY A PARTIAL PROFILE OF DNA.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO MATCH TO ANY KNOWN OFFENDER IN ANY DATABASE.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SO CLOSE, BUT YET YOU'RE STILL SO FAR AWAY,
'CAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO IT IS OR WHERE HE'S AT...
AND WHEN HE'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
SHUT UP!
Narrator: JANUARY, 2011 --
A SADISTIC *** STRIKES IN GOLDEN, COLORADO,
SUBJECTING HIS VICTIM TO HOURS OF ABUSE,
THEN VANISHING FROM THE SCENE,
LEAVING ALMOST NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BEHIND.
FOR INVESTIGATORS, IT'S THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE
THAT PAINTS A PROFILE OF THE CRIMINAL.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR
WITH SEX-ASSAULT SCENE PROCESSING,
BUT SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I REALLY STARTED THINKING THAT MAYBE THIS IS SOMEONE MILITARY,
MAYBE THIS IS SOMEONE WITH LAW-ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.
Grusing: HE DIDN'T LEAVE ANY CLUES BEHIND,
AND THAT'S WHY WE ASSUMED HE HAD SOME SORT OF FORMAL TRAINING.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ALSO BELIEVE
THE MAN BEHIND THE GOLDEN ATTACK
IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EERILY SIMILAR ONE
15 MILES NORTH, IN WESTMINSTER, FIVE MONTHS EARLIER.
MY VICTIM WAS SLEEPING ON HER STOMACH
WHEN SHE AWOKE TO A MAN THAT WAS STRADDLING HER BACK.
I HAVE A GUN, AND I'LL USE IT.
OKAY!
THE MAN TOLD HER THAT HE HAD A GUN,
THAT HE WOULD HURT HER IF SHE DIDN'T COMPLY.
DON'T MOVE!
HE CARRIED WITH HIM A BAG
THAT HE USED TO FACILITATE THE ASSAULT WITH.
IN THE BAG, HE HAD ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT ITEMS,
INCLUDING SEX TOYS
AND BINDINGS THAT HE USED TO BIND THE VICTIM WITH.
OKAY!
Narrator: THE ASSAULT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT
IN THE SAME METHODICAL MANNER AS THE ONE IN GOLDEN.
BOTH SPANNED HOURS.
THE VICTIM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED, AND THE ATTACKER THREATENED
TO POST THE DISTURBING PHOTOS ONLINE.
YOU DON'T WANT THESE ENDING UP ON THE INTERNET, DO YOU?
SO YOU BETTER NOT TELL ANYBODY.
I WON'T.
Hendershot: THEY WERE HUMILIATING PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THIS ASSAULT AS IT OCCURRED.
SHE WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS VERY VULNERABLE.
SHE HAD RECENTLY LOST HER HUSBAND.
SHE HAD JUST MOVED INTO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX
FROM WHERE SHE HAD LIVED WITH HER HUSBAND,
WHERE HE DIED FROM CANCER.
[ WHIMPERING ]
IT'S A COMPULSION I HAVE THAT I CAN'T CONTROL.
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: LIKE THE GOLDEN ATTACK,
THE *** TOLD THE WESTMINSTER VICTIM
TO STAY IN THE SHOWER WHILE HE MADE HIS GETAWAY.
SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE IN THE BATHROOM
FOR 20 MINUTES.
SHE ASKED HIM, "HOW AM I GOING TO KNOW HOW LONG 20 MINUTES IS?"
AND ASKED HIM TO GET THE KITCHEN TIMER SO THAT SHE WOULD KNOW.
THE KITCHEN TIMER WAS SET BY THE PERPETRATOR
WHEN MY VICTIM WAS IN THE SHOWER.
Narrator: THE WESTMINSTER POLICE FIND LITTLE EVIDENCE
AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME,
BUT THEY DO RECOVER AN ODD HONEYCOMB-PATTERNED GLOVE PRINT
ON THE OUTSIDE RAILING OF THE APARTMENT
AND TRACE EVIDENCE FROM THE TIMER.
DNA OBTAINED FROM THE EGG TIMER YIELDS THE SAME PROFILE
AS THE SWAB TAKEN FROM THE GOLDEN VICTIM'S CHEEK.
WHILE THE TEST DOESN'T TURN UP A DATABASE MATCH
AMONG PAST OFFENDERS,
IT DOES CONFIRM THAT THE RAPES ARE INDEED CONNECTED.
A WEEK LATER, WHILE SEARCHING FOR LEADS,
DETECTIVE HENDERSHOT COMES ACROSS A POLICE BULLETIN
DETAILING A STRIKINGLY SIMILAR ASSAULT 17 MILES SOUTH,
IN AURORA, NEARLY ONE YEAR EARLIER.
HENDERSHOT IMMEDIATELY MEETS
WITH AURORA DETECTIVE SCOTT BURGESS TO COMPARE NOTES.
AS WE EXCHANGED REPORTS BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER,
I REMEMBER EDNA LOOKING UP AT ME,
AND I LOOKED UP AT HER,
AND SHE JUST STARTS SHAKING HER HEAD
AND SAYS, "I'M READING YOUR REPORT,
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT FROM EACH OTHER'S CASE."
STUNNING.
Narrator: FOR THE 65-YEAR-OLD VICTIM OF THE AURORA ATTACK,
THE TRAUMA OF THE EVENT HAS LEFT DEEP EMOTIONAL SCARS.
SHE HAS AGREED TO APPEAR ON CAMERA,
ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT HER IDENTITY REMAINS CONCEALED.
Rogers: WHEN YOU WAKE UP TO AN INTRUDER IN YOUR HOME,
IT'S JUST PURE FEAR.
I WAS SLEEPING.
I WAS ON MY STOMACH,
AND WHEN HE CAME INTO THE ROOM, HE JUMPED ON MY BACK.
Burgess: JUST BY BEING ON HER BACK,
SHE CAN'T MOVE, SHE CAN'T SCREAM.
NO!
THE THREAT OF DEADLY FORCE --
"I HAVE A GUN. DON'T MAKE ME USE IT."
HE'S ABLE TO GAIN AN IMMEDIATE CONTROL OVER HER.
Rogers: I DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECOURSE
BUT JUST TO LISTEN AND DO WHAT HE SAID.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA HURT ME,
HE WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING,
BUT HE WAS GONNA *** ME.
I TRIED TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT,
AND I SAID, "WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO *** AN OLD WOMAN?"
AND HE SAID, "HOW OLD ARE YOU?"
AND I SAID 65, AND HE SAID, "OH, THAT'S NOT OLD."
Narrator: MARY'S ATTACK IS EERILY SIMILAR
AND EQUALLY AS DISTURBING AS THE OTHER TWO.
THE VICTIM SAYS THE ATTACKER BROUGHT ALONG A DUFFEL BAG,
WHICH INVESTIGATORS KNOW TO BE THE INTRUDER'S *** KIT,
THINGS HE NEEDS FOR THE ATTACK AND THEN SOME.
THAT'S IT.
IT WAS LARGE ENOUGH AND PLAIN ENOUGH
THAT IT WAS ALSO USED TO TAKE EVIDENCE WITH HIM
WHEN HE WAS DONE.
Narrator: AMAZINGLY, MARY ALSO MANAGED
TO ENGAGE THE INTRUDER IN CONVERSATION,
AND SHE QUESTIONED HIS MOTIVATION.
AND HE WAS VERY BLUNT,
AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD GROWN UP IN A LOVING HOUSEHOLD,
THAT HE DIDN'T ABUSE ANY SORT OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL,
HE DIDN'T EVEN SMOKE --
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING HE COULD NOT HELP HIMSELF FOR DOING.
Rogers: SO I IMMEDIATELY JUST TOLD HIM,
"I WISH YOU WOULD GET SOME HELP."
AND HE SAID, "I THINK IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT NOW."
AND I WAS SHAKING, SHAKING BECAUSE I WAS SO NERVOUS,
AND HE ASKED ME IF I WAS COLD, AND I SAID YES,
AND HE WENT OVER AND PICKED UP THE QUILT THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR
AND COVERED ME WITH THE QUILT AND EVEN TUCKED IT AROUND ME.
Narrator: THE ***'S BIZARRE DISPLAYS OF POLITENESS
CONFLICT WITH THE SHEER BRUTALITY OF THE ASSAULTS.
Hendershot: HE OFFERED WATER TO MY VICTIM.
HE WOULDN'T LET HER HOLD THE BOTTLE
AND CONSUME THE WATER.
HE WOULD HAVE HER OPEN HER MOUTH,
AND THEN HE WOULD DRIBBLE THE WATER INTO HER MOUTH
FOR HER TO DRINK.
I'M THINKING THAT THIS IS A PERSON
THAT IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION.
Narrator: MUCH LIKE THE SUBSEQUENT ATTACKS,
MARY'S *** TAKES HER CLOTHES AND THE BEDDING,
ALONG WITH ANY TRACE EVIDENCE, WITH HIM.
THE ONLY POSSIBLE ITEM THAT COULD YIELD ANY DNA
IS A TEDDY BEAR MARY SAW THE *** TOUCH
WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
Rogers: AND WHEN HE WAS AT THE FOOT OF MY BED,
HE KNOCKED THE TEDDY BEAR OFF, AND HE PUT IT ON TOP OF THE TV,
AND THAT WAS THE ONLY DNA THAT THEY FOUND IN MY HOUSE.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS HOPE
THIS COULD BE THE BREAK THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR,
BUT THE LAB COMES BACK WITH THE SAME PARTIAL DNA PROFILE.
THE PARTIAL PROFILE IS ENOUGH
TO TIE THE THREE RAPES TO ONE ASSAILANT,
BUT IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO RUN AGAINST OTHER CRIMINAL DNA
IN THE NATIONWIDE DATABASE.
IT BECOMES VERY CLEAR
THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT WE HAVE TO GO ON.
IT'S FRUSTRATING.
Narrator: GOLDEN, WESTMINSTER, AND NOW AURORA INVESTIGATORS
TEAM UP WITH THE FBI TO FORM A TASK FORCE
TO HUNT DOWN THIS DANGEROUS *** PREDATOR.
IN SOME WAYS HE'S TYPICAL. IN SOME WAYS HE'S NOT.
THEY'RE HOPING A BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF THE ***'S M.O.
WILL PROVIDE CLUES TO HIS IDENTITY.
AND HE'S OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE STRIKING ABNORMALITY
IS THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES IN THE AGES OF HIS VICTIMS.
YOU NORMALLY SEE THAT A SUSPECT FINDS SOMETHING DESIRABLE,
HE GOES AFTER IT,
AND THEN HE FINDS OUT THAT THAT'S AN ENJOYABLE THING,
SO HE WILL DO THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN
UNTIL HE GETS CAUGHT.
SO WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
"ARE WE SURE THIS IS THE SAME GUY?
"BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE VICTIM THAT'S 65,
"ANOTHER THAT'S IN HER MID- TO EARLY-20s,
"AND, YES, HE'S DOING THE SAME THING,
BUT COULD THERE BE TWO PEOPLE DOING THIS?"
Narrator: HOWEVER, THE COMMANDO-STYLE ATTACKS
ARE SO SIMILAR IN NATURE, SO METHODICAL, SO ROUTINE...
SHUT UP!
...AGENTS ARE INCLINED TO BELIEVE
THERE IS ONLY ONE SUSPECT, WHO'S BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME.
WHICH MAKES THEM WONDER HOW MANY OTHER VICTIMS ARE OUT THERE.
Grusing: IT'S EASY TO SEARCH A CERTAIN RANGE OF VICTIM --
20-25 OR 20-30 --
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING 20-70,
SEARCHING FOR CRIMES IN THE DENVER METRO AREA,
THAT GIVES YOU A HUGE DATA SET, AS WELL,
SO THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT
TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THESE WE HAD.
Narrator: EVEN WORSE, INVESTIGATORS FEAR
HE STRUCK SOMEWHERE ELSE BEFORE THE COLORADO ATTACKS.
THE FBI LAUNCHES A DATABASE SEARCH FOR PAST SEX CRIMES
THAT MAY BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ***'S PROFILE.
THEY UNCOVER 13 UNSOLVED CASES
WITH POSSIBLE TIES TO THE COLORADO RAPES.
ALL OCCURRED NEARBY THE KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
BETWEEN 2000 AND 2008,
AND ALL OF THEM FIT THE SAME DISTURBING PATTERN.
Grusing: HE WAS AT THE LEVEL OF OUR OFFENDER,
WHERE HE WAS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH HIS VICTIMS,
VERY CONFIDENT,
AND VERY METICULOUS ON HIS CLEANUP PROCESS.
HE WAS ALSO SAME BUILD
AND WORE A LOT OF THE SAME GETUP WITH MASK AND GLOVES,
THAT SORT OF THING.
Narrator: THE COLORADO TASK FORCE
LINKS UP WITH KANSAS AUTHORITIES
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS SERIAL ***
AND CATCH UP WITH A CUNNING CRIMINAL
WHO HAS ELUDED JUSTICE FOR OVER A DECADE.
Burgess: THERE WAS A RACE,
AND WE HADN'T EVEN MADE IT TO THE TRACK YET,
AND HE'S ALREADY OFF AND RUNNING.
Narrator: JANUARY, 2011 --
A *** HAS COMMITTED A STRING OF VIOLENT *** ASSAULTS
IN COLORADO.
ALL BEAR UNCANNY SIMILARITIES TO A SERIES OF UNSOLVED RAPES
COMMITTED YEARS BEFORE IN KANSAS.
INVESTIGATORS NOW HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
THEY'RE DEALING WITH A SERIAL *** PREDATOR.
***: WE FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT THESE WERE THE FIRST OFFENSES HE HAD COMMITTED.
HE WAS TOO GOOD AT IT.
Narrator: IN ALL CASES,
THE *** STALKED THE VICTIMS WITH STEALTH,
STRUCK WITH PRECISION,
AND THOROUGHLY REMOVED ALL TRACES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
THE DISCIPLINED, METHODICAL NATURE OF THE ATTACKS
LEADS FBI ANALYSTS TO BELIEVE
THE *** HAS MILITARY TRAINING.
WE SPENT DAYS WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT MILITARY BRANCHES
TO SEE WHO HAD TRANSFERRED FROM KANSAS TO COLORADO
IN 2008, 2009
'CAUSE WE STRONGLY SUSPECTED MILITARY TIES
BASED UPON HOW HE CONDUCTED HIMSELF DURING THESE ASSAULTS.
Narrator: THE INITIAL SEARCH FOR SUSPECTS
AMONG MILITARY PERSONNEL
FAILS TO TURN UP ANY PROMISING LEADS,
BUT INVESTIGATORS HAVE ANOTHER BODY OF EVIDENCE TO DRAW FROM --
THE *** VICTIMS PROVIDED DETAILED PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS
OF THEIR ATTACKER.
THE TASK FORCE ISSUES A PRESS RELEASE,
ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR HELP
IN IDENTIFYING THE UNKNOWN ATTACKER.
IT INCLUDES THE ***'S APPROXIMATE SIZE AND WEIGHT,
EYE COLOR,
EVEN DETAILS ABOUT A LARGE BIRTHMARK
SPOTTED ON THE ***'S LEG.
THEN, A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS
AFTER THE ATTACK IN GOLDEN, THEY CATCH A MAJOR BREAK.
A TIPSTER CALLS IN TO REPORT A MAN'S PHOTOGRAPH
ON A SOCIAL-MEDIA WEBSITE WITH A SIMILAR BIRTHMARK.
HE HAD POSSIBLY BEEN INVOLVED IN A SEX ASSAULT PRIOR,
OR AN ATTEMPTED *** ASSAULT ON THE CAMPUS.
HE HAD A BIRTHMARK ON HIS CALF.
SO HE LOOKED LIKE A PRETTY GOOD SUSPECT.
THE BIRTHMARK -- THAT IS A TELLTALE.
IF WE COULD GET AHOLD OF SOMEONE WITH THAT ON THEIR LEG,
I KNEW THAT WAS GONNA BE HUGE.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS GAIN LITTLE INFORMATION
FROM THE DIMLY LIT IMAGE ONLINE,
BUT USE IT AS KEY EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN A SEARCH WARRANT.
THEY INSTALL A TRACKING DEVICE ON THE MAN'S CAR,
BUT SURVEILLANCE REVEALS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY,
AND HIS CELLPHONE RECORDS
CONFIRM HE WAS NOWHERE NEAR ANY OF THE CRIME SCENES
DURING ANY OF THE ATTACKS.
Grusing: HOW YOU DOING TODAY?
I'M DOING GOOD, AGENT GRUSING.
HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
THEY BRING HIM IN FOR QUESTIONING,
BUT HOPES ARE FURTHER DASHED WHEN THEY GET A CLOSER LOOK
AT WHAT WAS FIRST BELIEVED TO BE A BIRTHMARK.
Grusing: IT TURNED OUT TO BE A TATTOO AND NOT A BIRTHMARK
AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT POSITION ON THE LEG
THAN WHAT THE GOLDEN VICTIM HAD DESCRIBED.
Narrator: A DNA TEST ULTIMATELY CONFIRMS
THAT THE SUSPECT ISN'T THE SERIAL ***.
LACKING FORENSIC EVIDENCE TO HONE IN ON A SUSPECT,
INVESTIGATORS DECIDE TO CAST A WIDER NET.
Hendershot: IT WAS DECIDED AS A GROUP
THAT WE WOULD START TO LOOK BEYOND THE SCOPE
OF WHAT YOU TYPICALLY WOULD LOOK FOR, I GUESS,
IN THIS KIND OF INVESTIGATION,
FOR OTHER CRIMES, OTHER SIMILAR CRIMES --
MAYBE ATTEMPTED ASSAULTS
THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY OF A *** NATURE,
MAYBE ATTEMPTED BURGLARY, MAYBE A PEEPING-TOM INCIDENT.
Narrator: THE TASK FORCE CONTACTS
THE NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENT OF LAKEWOOD,
24 MILES WEST OF AURORA.
THEY'RE STUNNED TO LEARN OF AN ATTEMPTED ATTACK
ON A 47-YEAR-OLD LAKEWOOD RESIDENT IN JULY, 2010.
THE VICTIM TELLS POLICE SHE ARRIVED HOME
AROUND 10:30 THAT NIGHT
AND IMMEDIATELY SENSED THAT SOMETHING WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.
SHE HAD LEFT HER GARAGE DOOR OPEN
SO THAT HER CAT COULD COME AND GO FROM THE HOUSE,
AND WHEN SHE GOT HOME, THE GARAGE DOOR WAS DOWN,
AND I THINK SHE REASONED IT AWAY,
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THOUGHT THAT ONE OF HER NEIGHBORS
HAD PUT IT DOWN FOR HER.
Narrator: AT 2:33 A.M.,
SHE'S STARTLED AWAKE BY A STRANGE SOUND.
SHE HEARS THE SOUND OF WHAT SHE THOUGHT
WAS SOMEONE COMING DOWN THE HALLWAY
AND SORT OF DRAGGING A BAG.
A MAN APPEARS IN THE DOORWAY WEARING A BLACK MASK
COVERING EVERYTHING BUT HIS EYES
AND HOLDING A KNIFE UP IN HIS HAND.
[ MUFFLED SCREAMING ]
Narrator: THE VICTIM REPEATEDLY SCREAMS,
BUT HER ATTACKER DOES NOT RELENT.
HE HAD GRABBED ONE OF HER WRISTS AND WAS BEGINNING TO TIE HER UP,
AND HE KEPT TELLING HER TO SHUT UP,
BUT SHE WOULDN'T STOP, AND SHE KEPT SCREAMING.
Narrator: FEARING THAT THE WOMAN'S SHRIEKS
MAY ATTRACT ATTENTION,
HE SUDDENLY BREAKS OFF THE ATTACK
TO CHECK FOR ANY UNWANTED COMPANY.
AT THAT MOMENT, THE WOMAN MAKES A DARING DECISION.
SHE JUMPS OUT OF AN OPEN WINDOW.
SHE RAN TO HER NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE,
WENT INTO THEIR BACK YARD,
AND STARTED BANGING ON THEIR DOORS
UNTIL SOMEONE LET HER IN.
Narrator: NEIGHBORS CALL POLICE,
BUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVE, THE ASSAILANT IS GONE.
THE LAKEWOOD VICTIM SUSTAINS BROKEN RIBS,
A PUNCTURED LUNG, AND FRACTURED VERTEBRAE.
SHE DESCRIBES HER ASSAILANT AS A WHITE MAN IN HIS 30s
WITH LIGHT-COLORED EYES.
A POLICE SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY
TURNS UP ONLY A SHOE AND A GLOVE PRINT.
HE WAS DOING A GREAT JOB OF DESTROYING EVIDENCE.
HE LEFT LITTLE TO NO DNA AT THESE SCENES.
WE HAD BASICALLY NO VERIFIABLE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING TO FOLLOW AT THAT POINT.
Narrator: WHAT LITTLE EVIDENCE IS FOUND
AT THE LAKEWOOD CRIME SCENE TIES THE ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
TO THE THREE RAPES IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
ANALYSTS DETERMINE THAT THE SHOE PRINT FOUND AT THE SCENE
MATCHES THE ONE FOUND IN GOLDEN,
AND THE HONEYCOMB-PATTERNED HAND PRINT
MATCHES THE ONE FOUND IN WESTMINSTER.
Grusing: IF IT WERE SOMETHING SO UNIQUE --
SOME TYPE OF GLOVE THAT COST $200 TO BUY,
THEN WE COULD GO DO DATA SEARCHES
AND FIND OUT WHO BOUGHT THOSE GLOVES AT CERTAIN MALLS,
BUT THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THEM SOLD EVERY DAY.
GLOVE PRINTS DON'T IDENTIFY ANYONE
UNTIL YOU FIND THE PERSON WITH THOSE GLOVES,
AND SHOE PRINTS DON'T IDENTIFY ANYONE
UNTIL YOU FIND THE PERSON WITH THOSE SHOES.
Narrator: UNLESS INVESTIGATORS ARE ABLE TO TIE THE EVIDENCE
TO AN INDIVIDUAL SOON,
THE SERIAL PREDATOR WILL CONTINUE TO STALK
THE WOMEN OF DENVER...
SHUT UP!
...AND STRIKE AT WILL.
Narrator: AUTHORITIES ARE RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK
TO NAIL A SUSPECT IN A VICIOUS SERIES
OF *** ASSAULTS AROUND DENVER BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN.
BUT THIS GUY WAS PARTICULARLY FRIGHTENING
IN TERMS OF THE METHODICAL NATURE
WITH WHICH HE COMMITTED THESE OFFENSES
AND THE LACK OF PREDICTABILITY THAT HE OPERATED UNDER.
I SAID DON'T MOVE!
IT CERTAINLY MADE THE HAIR STAND UP ON YOUR BACK
WHEN YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING
AND HOW HE WAS COMMITTING THESE CRIMES.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS NOW HAVE SOLID EVIDENCE
LINKING THE SAME *** TO FOUR DENVER-AREA CRIME SCENES.
SHOE AND GLOVE PRINTS FOUND AT THE LAKEWOOD SCENE
MATCH THOSE FOUND IN GOLDEN AND WESTMINSTER,
BUT NONE OF IT BRINGS POLICE ANY CLOSER
TO IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT.
Hassell: ALL THAT FORENSIC EVIDENCE
MATCHING UP BETWEEN THE CASES WAS GREAT,
BUT IT WAS, AT THE SAME TIME, VERY TROUBLING
BECAUSE, OKAY, SO WE HAVE SOMEONE
WHO CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED
WHO'S GONNA CONTINUE ATTACKING PEOPLE
UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOME WAY OF CATCHING HIM.
HE PROBABLY THINKS HE'S NOT ONLY SMARTER THAN THESE VICTIMS,
BUT ALSO SMARTER THAN THE POLICE.
Narrator: FBI ANALYSTS USE WITNESS ACCOUNTS
TO HONE IN ON THE TYPE OF CRIMINAL THEY'RE UP AGAINST.
...OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME INTELLIGENCE,
AND, I THINK, A HUGE EGO.
I'M LOOKING FOR A GUY THAT BLENDS IN WITH SOCIETY
JUST LIKE YOU AND I.
HE'S YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR,
AND HE COULD BE A SCHOOL TEACHER.
HE COULD BE A PASTOR OR A POLICEMAN.
I'M LOOKING FOR AN INTELLIGENT PERSON,
AND HAS A SECRET LIFE
THAT PROBABLY NOT EVEN THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO HIM
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ARE GRASPING AT STRAWS,
LOOKING FOR ANY INCIDENTS IN NEAR-BY COMMUNITIES
THAT MAY PROVIDE THEM MORE CLUES.
MEANWHILE, DANELLE DiGIOSIO,
A CRIME ANALYST FOR LAKEWOOD POLICE,
JOINS THE SEARCH FOR VIABLE LEADS.
DiGiosio: WELL, I HAD BEEN ASKED TO GO LOOK FOR BURGLARIES
WHERE UNDERWEAR WAS STOLEN, AND I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOSH.
THAT'S LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE IN A NEEDLE STACK, REALLY."
SO THE NEXT-BEST THING I COULD DO
WAS REALLY LOOK FOR SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES
OR SUSPICIOUS-PEOPLE CALLS
IN AN AREA AROUND WHERE OUR ATTEMPTED ASSAULT OCCURRED.
Narrator: ONE CALL, PLACED WEEKS BEFORE THE LAKEWOOD ATTACK,
CATCHES HER ATTENTION.
NEIGHBORS A MILE AND A HALF AWAY FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE
REPORTED SEEING AN OLDER-MODEL WHITE TRUCK
LOITERING IN THE AREA.
POLICE HAD BEEN IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED
TO CHECK OUT THE VEHICLE.
THE AGENT DROVE BY, ALSO RAN THE PLATE,
FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOBODY IN IT,
NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS INVOLVED
IN ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, THERE WAS NOTHING INSIDE OF IT,
NOBODY INSIDE OF IT AND CLEARED THE CALL.
Narrator: THE RESPONDING OFFICER PLACED THE VEHICLE INFORMATION
INTO THEIR DATABASE.
DANELLE LEARNS THAT THE 1993 TRUCK
IS REGISTERED TO A MARC O'LEARY WHO LIVES ACROSS TOWN.
DiGiosio: "WELL, AT THIS TIME IN THE MORNING,
"WHY ARE YOU WAY UP HERE?
YOU DON'T LIVE HERE."
AND, FROM WHAT I COULD TELL,
HE DIDN'T WORK IN THE AREA EITHER.
Narrator: DAYS LATER,
SHE ATTENDS THE TASK FORCE MEETING
TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE CASE.
DiGiosio: I SHOWED UP AT THIS MEETING
AND LISTENED TO EVERYBODY ELSE AND WHAT HAD BEEN DONE.
IT KIND OF COMES AROUND TO ME,
AND I SAID, "WELL, I FOUND A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.
IT'S A WHITE TRUCK."
Galbraith: DANELLE HELD UP A PICTURE
FROM A LICENSE-PLATE READER.
I ABOUT JUST FELL OUT RIGHT THERE.
I SAID, "THAT'S THE TRUCK."
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'D HEARD
THERE WAS ANOTHER TRUCK INVOLVED.
Narrator: O'LEARY'S TRUCK IS ALMOST IDENTICAL
TO THE SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
SEEN CASING THE GOLDEN VICTIM'S APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE GOLDEN TRUCK
SHOWED A BROKEN SIDE MIRROR,
BUT DID NOT CAPTURE THE LICENSE PLATE.
COULD THIS VEHICLE AND O'LEARY'S TRUCK BE ONE AND THE SAME?
DiGiosio: NOW WE HAVE THIS TANGIBLE THING
THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND THAT WE CAN TRACK NOW.
THAT FEELS GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING TO GRAB,
HOLD SOLID, AND REALLY RUN WITH.
Hassell: THAT'S KIND OF WHERE EVERYTHING SWUNG,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, "OH, GOSH, YOU GOT A SUSPECT."
YOU GOT A CAR. YOU GOT A HOUSE WHERE HE LIVES.
YOU CAN START DOING SURVEILLANCE ON HIM.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO DMV RECORDS,
O'LEARY IS 32 YEARS OLD, 6'1", 220 POUNDS,
WITH BLOND HAIR AND HAZEL EYES --
THE EXACT SAME DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE VICTIMS.
WITH EVIDENCE PILING UP AGAINST O'LEARY,
AGENTS DRIVE BY THE SUSPECT'S HOME
AND FIND THE TRUCK IN QUESTION PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY.
Grusing: AND WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AND SEE
THAT THE TRUCK PARKED IN HIS DRIVEWAY
HAD THAT SAME PASSENGER REARVIEW MIRROR
THAT WAS EITHER BROKEN OR TURNED IN TO THE SIDE.
I MEAN, YOU DO GET EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
AND YOU'RE WORKING AGAINST THE CLOCK
TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T DO SOMETHING AGAIN.
Narrator: THE FBI DELVES DEEPER INTO MARC O'LEARY'S BACKGROUND
AND LEARN HE'S A MILITARY VETERAN
WITH THE SKILLS TO PULL OFF COMMANDO-STYLE ATTACKS
MUCH LIKE THE SERIAL ***.
YET, SURPRISINGLY, O'LEARY HAS NO PRIOR ARRESTS.
Hassell: THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ABOUT HIM
THAT WOULD LEAD YOU TO IMMEDIATELY SUSPECT
SOMEONE LIKE THAT
OF JUST CARRYING OUT SUCH HEINOUS ACTS.
Narrator: BUT FBI COMPUTER TECHS
EXPOSE A DARKER, MORE SINISTER SIDE TO MARC O'LEARY.
ONLINE SEARCHES TURN UP A *** WEBSITE
REGISTERED TO HIM UNDER A WASHINGTON STATE ADDRESS.
HE HAD WEBSITES THAT WERE JUST OVER THE TOP,
DISTURBING KIND OF ***.
Narrator: FOR NOW, POLICE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO ARREST O'LEARY,
BUT THEY'RE NOT ABOUT TO LET HIM OFF THE HOOK.
THEY OBTAIN A WARRANT TO PLANT A TRACKING DEVICE
ON O'LEARY'S TRUCK SO THEY CAN MONITOR HIS EVERY MOVE.
THAT SAME DAY, POLICE SPOT A MAN WHO THEY THINK IS MARC O'LEARY
LEAVING HIS HOUSE WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN.
AUTHORITIES TAIL THE COUPLE TO A NEARBY RESTAURANT
AND KEEP A CLOSE WATCH.
AFTER THE COUPLE LEAVES,
AGENTS COLLECT THE SUSPECT'S COFFEE CUP.
IT'S THEIR BEST CHANCE TO COLLECT DNA,
BUT THERE'S A CATCH.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE ONLY A PARTIAL DNA PROFILE
TO MATCH TO O'LEARY.
ALL WE HAD WAS THE MALE PORTION OF THE DNA.
WE KNEW THAT IF WE COULD FIND OUR GUY,
WE COULD VALIDATE IT,
GIVEN THAT WE'D NEED TO ELIMINATE BROTHERS
OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE PATERNAL LINE.
Narrator: A HIT COMES BACK,
BUT IT'S NOT THE SLAM DUNK INVESTIGATORS ARE HOPING FOR.
THE DNA COMPARISON IS A MATCH TO A MALE IN THE O'LEARY FAMILY,
BUT FOR NOT ONE, BUT TWO POSSIBLE INDIVIDUALS --
MARC O'LEARY AND HIS BROTHER,
SOMEONE POLICE NEVER CONSIDERED AS A SUSPECT.
BOTH THE BROTHER AND THE SUSPECT NOT ONLY SHARED THE DNA,
BUT THEY LOOK REMARKABLY ALIKE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE TWO REAL VIABLE SUSPECTS.
***: WHICH ONE IS THE ACTUAL PERPETRATOR HERE?
IS IT MARC O'LEARY, OR THE BROTHER?
Narrator: A TASK FORCE
OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
IS CLOSING IN ON A SERIAL ***
STALKING WOMEN IN THE DENVER AREA.
DNA TESTS HAVE COME BACK WITH A HIT,
BUT THE RESULTS AREN'T WHAT INVESTIGATORS EXPECTED.
THE DNA PROFILE MATCHES BOTH THE SUSPECT --
MARC O'LEARY -- AND HIS BROTHER.
WE HAD A DNA HIT, SO WE KNEW IT HAD TO BE EITHER HIM
OR HIS BROTHER AT THAT POINT.
SO THAT NEXT MORNING, WE HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION,
ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE
TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT ON THE HOUSE.
Narrator: LATER THAT DAY,
INVESTIGATORS APPROACH O'LEARY'S HOUSE.
MARC O'LEARY SEEMS SURPRISED TO FIND POLICE AT HIS DOOR.
Hassell: HE LOOKED COMPLETELY DUMBFOUNDED,
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED.
I DON'T THINK HE HAD ANY IDEA IT WAS COMING.
Narrator: FBI AND POLICE ENTER THE PROPERTY
WHILE O'LEARY STEPS OUTSIDE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE
IF O'LEARY HAS THE OVAL-SHAPED BIRTHMARK
SEEN BY THE GOLDEN VICTIM.
DETECTIVE STACY GALBRAITH ASKS O'LEARY
TO RAISE THE BAGGY LEGS OF HIS SWEATPANTS.
Galbraith: WHEN I KIND OF LIFTED BOTH UP
AND THERE WAS A HUGE BIRTHMARK ON HIS LEG,
JUST AS OUR VICTIM HAD DESCRIBED,
AND EVERYONE STANDING AT THE HOUSE SAW THAT...
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!
...WE KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
Narrator: NOW THAT THEY'RE FACE-TO-FACE WITH O'LEARY,
INVESTIGATORS REALIZE
THE PERSON THEY HAD FOLLOWED TO THE RESTAURANT
WAS, IN FACT, O'LEARY'S BROTHER.
MARC O'LEARY ASKS FOR A LAWYER
AS POLICE CUFF HIM AND TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
TOOK A REAL BIG BREATH, AND I JUST KNEW.
I JUST KNEW THAT HE WASN'T GONNA HURT ANOTHER WOMAN.
I JUST KNEW IT.
AND THAT ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAD PUT IN
HAD COME TOGETHER,
AND ALL THE PAIN THAT THOSE WOMEN HAD GONE THROUGH
CAME TOGETHER RIGHT THEN.
BLOW ME A KISS.
[ CRYING ]
SMILE.
THE DEVASTATING THING, FOR ME...
...IT TOOK OTHER VICTIMS TO MAKE OUR CASE,
AND TO HAVE HIM ARRESTED AND HELD FOR THAT,
AND THAT'S HARD.
THAT'S HARD TO LIVE WITH.
I CALLED MY VICTIM AND TOLD HER THAT HE WAS IN CUSTODY,
THAT SHE NEEDN'T WORRY ANYMORE,
THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO HURT HER OR ANYBODY ELSE EVER AGAIN --
WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT OF THAT DAY, FOR ME, PERSONALLY.
Narrator: EVIDENCE COLLECTED AT O'LEARY'S HOUSE IS DAMNING --
INCLUDING THE PINK SONY CAMERA REPORTED BY VICTIMS,
A PAIR OF UNDER ARMOUR GLOVES
WITH THE UNIQUE HONEYCOMB-PATTERNED PRINT,
AND A ZIPLOCK BAG FULL OF WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE EVERY ROOM YOU WENT TO,
THE MORE EVIDENCE WAS STACKING UP.
Narrator: BUT THE MOST TELLING FIND OF ALL
IS MORE THAN 400 PHOTOS OF THE RAPES IN QUESTION
PLUS PHOTOS OF MULTIPLE UNKNOWN VICTIMS.
***: AND IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT I THINK WILL FOREVER HAUNT ME, PERSONALLY,
HAVING TO VIEW THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Narrator: SEVERAL ARE PARTICULARLY TROUBLING.
THERE'S ALSO SOME IMAGES OF A YOUNGER GIRL
BOUND, GAGGED, PHOTOGRAPHED
WITH HER DRIVER'S LICENSE ON HER CHEST,
AND ZOOMING IN, I COULD READ IT.
Narrator: DETECTIVE GALBRAITH NOTICES
IT'S A WASHINGTON STATE LICENSE AND CONTACTS POLICE.
Galbraith: I FINALLY GOT A COPY OF THE REPORT,
AND ACROSS THE FRONT OF IT
IT READ "VICTIM WAS CHARGED WITH FALSE REPORTING."
WHEN I SAW THOSE WORDS, MY HEART ABOUT BROKE.
Narrator: DURING THE COURSE OF THE FOUR-HOUR INTERROGATION,
O'LEARY IS ALL TOO EAGER TO REVEAL
WHAT MOTIVATES THE MONSTER INSIDE HIM.
Galbraith: HE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.
HE TALKED ABOUT HIS PENDULUM.
IT WOULD SWING, SWING, SWING, SWING,
AND THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO CARRY OUT AN ATTACK
SO THAT IT COULD SWING BACK
AND HE COULD LIVE NORMAL IN SOCIETY.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS FEEDING THIS MONSTER INSIDE HIM.
YOU COULDN'T STOP IT.
Narrator: ON OCTOBER 13, 2011, MARC O'LEARY PLEADS GUILTY
AND IS SENTENCED TO 327 ½ YEARS IN PRISON.
DiGiosio: HE ABSOLUTELY GOT WHAT HE DESERVES,
AND HE ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE DONE IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER
UNTIL HE GOT CAUGHT.
I THINK HE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE HE SPENDS IN JAIL.
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE.
Rogers: I FELT LIKE MY LIFE WOULD ALWAYS BE DIFFERENT,
BUT I DIDN'T WANT THIS PERSON TO DICTATE MY LIFE,
AND I DIDN'T WANT HIM TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM ME
ANY MORE THAN HE ALREADY HAD.