/ CBS News, Produced by Chris O'Connell, Lauren Clark and Lindsey Schwartz, [This story first aired on Nov. 19, 2016.]. O'Leary had no criminal record. From a large black bag, he took out thigh-high stockings, clear plastic high heels with pink ribbons, lubrication, a box of moist towelettes and bottled water. At 6 o'clock that Sunday morning, the team knocked on the O'Learys door, guns drawn, and Detective Galbraith found herself face to face with Marc O'Leary. "He looked a little surprised. "He said, 'I am sure you know what is going on with Marc O'Leary,' and I said, 'No, actually I don't.' He may have hidden the password if he was a serial killer (Colorado was a death penalty state but more on that later) or to prevent it from . The licence plate was unreadable. "I definitely felt like we were up against the clock. "He said that he would be willing to answer questions. Marc O'Leary Received More Than 327 Years in Prison For His Crimes In October 2011, Marc O'Leary reportedly pled guilty to 28 counts of rape and associated felonies in Colorado. "You get quiet when you see them," Maher commented to Galbraith of the evidence. Both of their departments assigned the detectives to work together on the cases. And something else he said at the sentencing caught the detectives' attention. Galbraith. But little-by-little, determined cops were inching ever closer to him - and the telling clue that eventually helped ensnare him. He was only eight the first time he broke into a home. "I said, 'Turn around, put your hands behind your back, you're under arrest,'" said Galbraith. "There were photographs that depicted other women in what I think can only be characterized as a rape scenario," said Jefferson County Deputy District Attorney Bob Weiner. She considered jumping. Crime scene technicians found little evidence. The description of the attacker was almost exactly the same. "'Is he gone? The five other attacks - one in Washington, four in Colorado - all came after the attack on Marie. In October of 2009, Mary, a 65-year old grandmother, was jarred awake by a large masked man. "And what was his demeanor when he came to the door?" "There was lightness to him even though he had a dark sense of humor. It was the exact camera that was stolen from the Westminster victim and used to photograph the Golden victim. The three then went to the police station so Marie could recant her recantation - that is, tell detectives that she had been telling the truth the first time. It was tofu to somebody who wanted steak.". So, too, his methods. Don't call or I'll shoot you," he told her. And at Hendershot's crime scene in Westminster, there was another piece of evidence. There it was, on O'Leary's left calf: a dark birthmark the size of an egg. The technicians recovered three samples of so-called touch DNA - as few as seven or eight cells of skin that can be analysed with modern laboratory techniques. "And so we knew if we could find the right person and they were wearing that shoe or had that shoe we could be a little bit closer.". He pleaded guilty in both cases, bringing the known number of victims to six. Maher asked. "He's hunting for his victim, and then the next victim, and then the next victim," said Galbraith. How would she find justice for her? "And that's the monster talkin' to him.". In the bathroom was a black scarf, tied to serve as a mask. She read the email and her mind shot back five months, to a Tuesday in August 2010. Hendershot seized on them. I have had a lot of stressful things going on and I wanted to hang out with someone and no one was able to so I made up this story and didn't expect it to go as far as it did This was never meant to happen. O'Leary brought up one woman he'd been planning to attack. "And what did it reveal?" "She shattered her vertebra, that two ribs were broken, and her lung was punctured from that fall. "Surprisingly he has the chance to address the court as well. "And it was of a person we were looking for in another investigation. Aaron Hassell, the detective on the Lakewood case, typed in the numberplate from the Lakewood report: 935VHX. "He had a black mask. he had a gun with him," the detective explained. "Correct," Grusing replied. I didn't see any violence. By early March, a forensic computer specialist cracked into files that O'Leary had stored on his hard drive. Galbraith recounted the day's events. "We could laugh at each other." ! He was alone. It's not entirely clear whether this particular exchange actually happened in real life as it played out on screen, but it's a stark reminder just how much of an impact we can have when we believe someone's truth and what can happen if we don't. They collected the cup that Michael drank out of at lunch, hoping that strain of DNA might match the DNA on that teddy bear, and other samples they obtained. "She was very surprised to see us," Cohnheim said. He developed a pattern of spying on homes, both from the outside and from the inside after breaking in. Galbraith's "aha" moment. He tied her hands with a ribbon. Get the latest headlines, releases and insider-gossip direct to your inbox with our Binge-worthy newsletter. Marc O'Leary to Grusing: Pech. Since the two rapes were not linked, O'Leary wasn't discovered as someone who should be further investigated. "What do you think should happen to someone who would lie about something like this?" "Turned out to be glove impressions that were alongside the railing outside of the apartment where the Westminster victim lived," she said. Marc Patrick O'Leary -- a man fitting the very profile described by several of the victims. Produced by Chris O'Connell, Lauren Clark and Lindsey Schwartz [This story first aired on Nov. 19, 2016.] The prosecution's offer was this: if she met certain conditions for the next year, the charge would be dropped. Digital Spy participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. The shocking case has inspired a new book with a Netflix series currently in production. Oct. 4, 2009: It Happens Again, In Another Colorado Town. It turned out Grusing's team was tailing Michael O'Leary, Marc's younger brother, who looks an awful lot like him. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, February 24th 2023 at the Holy . Trophies. It was in Marc's room -- in Marc's possessions -- that the detectives would make a worrisome discovery: hard drives, containing hundreds of pictures and not just of the four victims they knew of. So, too, did O'Leary's truck. Eventually, Marie appeared to relax. "I said, 'My victim had a pink Sony Cyber-shot camera that was stolen from her.' "So you knew exactly who she was," Maher noted. The treads matched the footprints in the snow in Golden and outside the window in Lakewood. "I never felt like I had the opportunity," Mary replied. Colorado detectives Stacy Galbraith and Edna Hendershot were working overtime to find the pattern behind the attacks. O'Leary attacked five other victims before he was caught and sentenced to 327.5 years in prison, writes All That's Interesting. Just before O'Leary committed a rape in January 2011, his white Mazda was seen on video circling the apartment complex in question, though the license plate wasn't legible (via All That's Interesting). What turned me on is fear. I know that probably more than anyone in this room. "She remembered hearing a noise, and then a masked person came into her bedroom, straddled her, and he threatened to shoot her. Maher asked. He had first spotted her a couple of weeks before, through a window, while lurking outside her apartment. "It's gratifying to finally put someone like that in handcuffs," said Grusing. "He had kind of some bookshelves And he had it just kind of propped up on a shelf.". Does Unforgotten work without Nicola Walker? "This is why I do this. He moved deliberately. "Right but it's not two people. She married, and in October she and her husband had their second child. Hendershot explained. In the living room, he removed the laces from her black tennis shoes and put the shoes back. At around 8am, she was jolted awake by a man who had jumped on her back, pinning her to the bed. At the age of five, O'Leary developed a desire to hurt women after seeing a captured Princess Leia in "Return of the Jedi." 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"And then after I got off the phone, I went and threw up it was pretty upsetting to me.". Hassell transmitted the image to Galbraith. He planned to install a surveillance camera nearby and wanted to make sure that nobody was around. Marc O'Leary to Grusing: checked out her house a couple of times. On the morning of Friday, February 11, FBI agents were on surveillance at O'Leary's house. Three days after Marie reported being raped, Mason called Marie, to ask if they could meet. He approached her. "That seemed very strange," Shannon says. How would she identify her? Galbraith hurried to work to follow up her husband's lead. Galbraith and Hendershot turned to DNA to identify the serial rapist. Rittgarn told Marie that her story and the evidence didn't match. Her husband just happened to be a police officer over in a neighboring town. A serial rapist on the loose in the. Honeycomb marks. It wasn't just the police who seemed to doubt Marie's story; her foster parents also questioned her behaviour in the aftermath of the attack. Then he walked to the bedroom. That made for three attacks in two years. Maher asked Agent Grusing. And then, perhaps most disturbingly, they came upon a backpack full of items O'Leary brought with him to perpetrate the rapes including the pink high heels in Golden. She was raped at the age of 18 but, instead of being treated as a victim of a violent and traumatic crime, she faced charges herself which could have been punishable with up to a year in jail. people search. "We were thinking potentially military he knew what he was doing. For years before he was caught, the serial rapist committed at least 28 sexual assaults in the Washington state and Denver area. "And he makes the decision he's going to let her go for a second and check the room. In her case, it was because of the trauma brought on by the rape. Then, at the end of a long task force meeting, a mention of a suspicious white vehicle seen at the Lakewood attack. "There were so many victims. He instructed her, you know, to use soap, to use toothpaste, to basically wash away, or take away any of the evidence that we needed to -- to solve the case.". I don't want anybody to do that to me.". This time, though, there was something different. But Mary is hoping other victims of O'Leary's will come forward. And tell him that he was not supposed to be there and this was not going to happen.". The trail started in Aurora, east of Denver, on October 4, 2009, with the 65-year-old woman. "It was like I'd just eaten Thanksgiving dinner," he said. She began to cry. "We would always hug and she would look you right in the eye.". But no matter her affection for Marie, Shannon knew they couldn't keep her, because the foster child already in their home required so much care. ". After O'Leary was linked to Marie's rape, Lynnwood Police Chief Steven Jensen requested an outside review of how his department had handled the investigation. "He talked about how his pendulum would swing and he could not control it. But to Mason, there was one critical passage. "and it came back as an Adidas," Det. They tailed the pair to a nearby restaurant and watched them eat. O'Leary attacked five other victims before he was caught and sentenced to 327.5 years in prison, writes All That's Interesting. It had cost her the newfound independence she was savouring after a life in foster homes. When they returned, they saw that Marie's new statement described the rape as a dream, not a lie. Obsessed with Netflix? In the predawn hours, a white Mazda pickup truck appeared ten times. As Amy struggled with Marc O'Leary's arrest, a few miles away, a detective broke the news to Mary. She had reported being raped in her apartment by a man who had bound and gagged her. That Marie wasn't hysterical, or upset, made Shannon wonder if Marie was telling the truth. "he had light colored hair," said Hendershot. Maher asked Galbraith. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. It turns out police knew about her. Though O'Leary was careful when committing crimes, he wasn't so careful as to not eventually be caught. Both vehicles had tow balls on the back. "Knowing that you pulled someone like that, so horrible, out of society so that he can't hurt anyone again, it was very, very rewarding," Galbraith said. This statement appeared to satisfy the detectives. And she would have to pay $500 (320) to cover the court's costs. Victim: He told me that if I took a lie detector test and it came back I was lying, that he was going to take me to jail himself. First published on November 19, 2016 / 11:14 PM. The investigators hadn't known that there were two O'Leary brothers. he would ask himself. Hidden inside a piece of stereo equipment was a collection of women's underwear. The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal on season 3, Neighbours announces seven more returning cast. O'Leary had encrypted computers that investigators are still unable to open. The investigators had to find them. MyCart. "I just knew in my heart that that was -- that was it. The task force finally had a viable suspect in Marc O'Leary, and Agent Grusing's team didn't have to wait long for things to pick up fast. "A white male -- about 6'2", 180," said Galbraith. The trailer is on YouTube. "It's too late for that," he replied. Afterwards, he ordered her to brush her teeth and wash herself in the shower. The statement was only one page. Golden police obtained a surveillance tape showing the entrance to the apartment complex where Galbraith's victim had been attacked. As a result of this discovery, Lynnwood's Police Chief requested both an internal and external review of how his department had handled the investigation. She went through the story again - only this time, saying she believed the rape had happened instead of saying it for certain. "At this point in time, you do not believe he was involved with it in any way," Maher noted to the detectives, who replied, "No.". And at one point, she said that it didn't happen," Commander Cohnheim said. Later that night, she did what many married people do and vented to her spouse. Westminster crime-scene investigators had discovered similar marks on the window of the victim's apartment. "We didn't even know he had a brother until that moment.". This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. the victim in Golden was in her 20s. "Because there was no consistency," Maher noted. Which streaming is best for you: Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV or NOW TV. Wearing a mask, he would hold the women at gunpoint before photographing them with a distinctive camera and threatening to post the pictures online. It was a picture of the woman's learner's driving licence, placed on her chest. Maher asked Grusing. Also, computers, hard drives, thumb drives, media cards, which produced hundreds of images, photos of victims. I wonder if he's gone,'" Mary replied. "I'm encouraged; I'm excited," she said. Westminster detective Edna Hendershot had settled into her morning with her Starbucks usual: a venti, upside-down, skinny caramel macchiato. She reports not knowing much about her biological mother, whom she said would often leave her in the care of boyfriends. It was ticking. They were a perfect match to those shoeprints found near two of the crime scenes. He pled guilty to 28 counts of rape in Colorado in 2011 after the attempted rape of a. "I'd walked up through this driveway. Marie left Shannon's home after a couple of weeks to move in with Peggy Cunningham, who worked at a homeless shelter and lived in Lynnwood, a smaller suburb about 15 miles north of Seattle. "It went to Quantico. "Well, I think the big thing is just that rape victims don't have to be ashamed," Mary said. Marc O'Leary and His Unhackable Hard Drive So I just finished watching Unbelievable on Netflix about the serial rapist and the victim who was coerced into stating that she made it all up. O'Leary wasn't willing to discuss anything that he had not pleaded guilty to. He's right there. She wasn't a victim -- she was actually O'Leary's ex-girlfriend. Marie backed down. She was there to investigate a report of rape. Galbraith explained. Marie sued the city and settled for $150,000 (around 100,000). "She's willing it not to happen at this point?" Marc O'Leary to Grusing: I got some satisfaction. Marie moved into the Alderbrooke Apartments. "Probably the only time I just wanted to die in my life," she says. And I said, 'What the f--k are you doing here Get outta here. "The evidence in the Lakewood case was absolutely key in linking this to one attacker," Hendershot said. They knew they finally had the right O'Leary in custody. Maybe it was the attacker waiting for the woman to fall asleep? "Which you were not expecting?" The woman's charge was expunged from her record, her fine was reimbursed and she eventually settled a lawsuit with the police department for $150,000. Luckily, this means that the rapist (Marc O'Leary, in real life) was convicted to life in prison for 327 and a half years. "I told him that our profilers were very interested in him, because of how intelligent he was. Maher asked. I knew she had an alarm system, but she never used it. Jul 2020 - Present2 years 8 months. He stole her pink Sony Cyber-shot camera and used it to take pictures. 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