T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong's A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America recounts the story of an 18-year-old woman's report of rape, and the investigators who fought for her justice.This is the story of a suspected rape of a Seattle teenager named Marie. The victim's testimony of her violent sexual abuse at knifepoint became sullied with uncertainty as different renditions sprung forth about the night in question. Her shocking, tearful retraction of the entire event sealed her fate in the eyes of police until dogged detective Stacy Galbraith compared Marie's cold case file with other rapes. Coinciding details and suspicions were shared with veteran detective Edna Hendershot, and Marie's case was reopened. These developments also reclassified the perpetrator as a serial rapist responsible for multiple attacks and a penchant for blackmailing his victims with compromising photographs.
A False Report is a gripping account of the ways in which American law enforcement often investigates claims of rape, the interrogation techniques normally observed, and the ultimate apprehension of rapists. With meticulous detail, Miller and Armstrong comb through documents, case files and interviews to construct a true-crime story of rape -- and all its atrocity -- in America.
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