Year 2008
August 11-The first case (Mary) occurred in Lynnwood, Washington, and Mary called the police. The criminal later reported that he left a small amount of evidence such as hair and body fluids, but the police could not find the evidence at that time.
August 14-Mary withdrew the report case under pressure
At the end of August-Mary is accused by the police
October-The second case occurred in Kirkland, Washington, and the victim was a 63-year-old female. Kirkland Police Department contacted Lynnwood and was told that the case did not exist
Year 2009
October 4th-The third case occurred in Aurora, Colorado. The victim was a 65-year-old widow. The criminal accidentally touched the teddy bear (changed to a crystal ball in the play), and the police collected DNA from the teddy bear
year 2010
July-In the fourth case (attempt), a 46-year-old woman was attacked in Lakewood, Colorado. She shouted someone's name and then took advantage of the distraction of the criminal to jump from the third-floor window (changed to the balcony in the play) and successfully escaped. The police classified the case as burglary. The police collected traces of honeycomb mesh and shoe prints
August-The fifth case occurred in Westminster, Colorado. The victim was a 59-year-old female. The victim told the police that the criminal took the pink Sony camera and set a kitchen timer to allow her to wash enough time before coming out. The police collected honeycomb traces and a small amount of DNA on a timer
year 2011
January 5th-The sixth case occurred in Golden, Colorado, and the victim was a 26-year-old female. The victim provided clues to important details such as birthmarks and pink cameras. The police collected traces of shoe prints. That night, detective Galbraith (Karen Duvall in the play) discussed the case with her husband at home, and her husband told her that there were very similar cases in her unit.
January 6th-Galbraith and Hendershot (Grace Rasmussen in the play) get in touch and compare cases
Mid-January-Two women policemen met with the head of the Aurora police station to link the three cases
At the end of January-the Lakewood "burglary" case was discovered, the four cases were linked, the evidence was compared, and the criminals were determined to be the same person
February 9th-Lakewood police investigated suspicious vehicles and found a white Mazda (discovered by Westminster police station intern in the play). By comparing with the monitoring in Golden, it is determined that it is the same one, and started to monitor the owner Marc Patrick O'Leary (the name has been changed in the play)
February 11th-the police followed the criminal's brother and his girlfriend, and obtained evidence cups. When the other team knocked on the door, they had a face-to-face encounter with the criminal. The DNA on the test result cup matches the previously collected DNA
February 13th-Police arrested, collected all kinds of evidence at home, and found Mary's photo on the computer. Determine Marc as a criminal through timeline, alibi, tattoos, video content, etc.
December 9th-Colorado state sentenced him to 327 years and a half in prison
2012
June-Washington State announced that he was sentenced to 68 and a half years in prison. The government dropped the charge against Mary, and the Lynnwood Police Department returned her $500
2015
January-Mary sued the Lynnwood City Government and accepted $150,000 in compensation
now
The two policewomen still keep in touch with the victims in this case. Galbraith has now gone to work for the Colorado FBI and continues to be involved in cracking major cases, including the famous Watts murder of his wife and daughter in 18 years. Hendershot was promoted to Sergeant in 2013 and Patrol commander in 2017. She is no longer in the front line to solve the case, but she can pass on her experience to her staff.
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