Detective Stacy Galbraith
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Being a woman and just knowing that there's somebody like this out there that we can't get our hands on, it was scary and it was very frustrating. because we had some evidence. It's like we just didn't have enough evidence.
Being a woman and just knowing that there's somebody like this out there that we can't get our hands on, it was scary and it was very frustrating. because we had some evidence. It's like we just didn't have enough evidence.
The criminalist for Westminster reached out to somebody at Lakewood, kind of the next city over. Hey, you know, can you guys check your records or anything? This is, you know, what we're dealing with in Golden, Aurora, and Westminster. Well, Lakewood came back with a case.
The criminalist for Westminster reached out to somebody at Lakewood, kind of the next city over. Hey, you know, can you guys check your records or anything? This is, you know, what we're dealing with in Golden, Aurora, and Westminster. Well, Lakewood came back with a case.
He didn't sexually assault her because she escaped. But everything leading up to that was consistent with what we knew to have happened in all three of the cases that we knew about already.
He didn't sexually assault her because she escaped. But everything leading up to that was consistent with what we knew to have happened in all three of the cases that we knew about already.
There were a lot of shoe prints in the Lakewood case. We immediately noted that the shoe print was consistent with the Golden shoe print. So we had DNA in Aurora and Westminster. We had shoe prints in Golden and Lakewood, and we had the glove prints in Lakewood and Westminster as well.
There were a lot of shoe prints in the Lakewood case. We immediately noted that the shoe print was consistent with the Golden shoe print. So we had DNA in Aurora and Westminster. We had shoe prints in Golden and Lakewood, and we had the glove prints in Lakewood and Westminster as well.
At that complex in Golden, there was one surveillance camera in the area. There was a business at the corner, which is actually the closest to the victim's apartment. We got a copy of all their footage, and it was not good footage. It was grainy. You could get a feel for the type of vehicle. Is it a truck? Is it a car?
At that complex in Golden, there was one surveillance camera in the area. There was a business at the corner, which is actually the closest to the victim's apartment. We got a copy of all their footage, and it was not good footage. It was grainy. You could get a feel for the type of vehicle. Is it a truck? Is it a car?
One of the vehicles was a white Mazda truck, and it had been seen about 10 times between midnight and 5 a.m.
One of the vehicles was a white Mazda truck, and it had been seen about 10 times between midnight and 5 a.m.
The criminalist for Lakewood said that she had found a report that was called in by a resident of a neighborhood in Lakewood, and it was just a suspicious vehicle. When she was talking about it, she held it up. I knew right then that that was the truck I saw on the Golden surveillance video from midnight to 5 a.m. That was the break that we had been looking for.
The criminalist for Lakewood said that she had found a report that was called in by a resident of a neighborhood in Lakewood, and it was just a suspicious vehicle. When she was talking about it, she held it up. I knew right then that that was the truck I saw on the Golden surveillance video from midnight to 5 a.m. That was the break that we had been looking for.
Mark O'Leary was the registered owner of the vehicle.
Mark O'Leary was the registered owner of the vehicle.
Some investigators believed that they had seen Mark leave the house in the white truck. So they followed it to a diner and it was a guy matching the description of Mark O'Leary and also matching the description given by the assault victims. They went in after he left and they were able to collect some items to get that guy's DNA.
Some investigators believed that they had seen Mark leave the house in the white truck. So they followed it to a diner and it was a guy matching the description of Mark O'Leary and also matching the description given by the assault victims. They went in after he left and they were able to collect some items to get that guy's DNA.
Two agents knocked on the door and lo and behold, it was actually Mark O'Leary that came to the door and he identified that his brother had taken his truck and that he lived there with his brother. So that kind of threw us for a bit of a loop in that the DNA that we had, if those two brothers share the same father, it could be either one of them.
Two agents knocked on the door and lo and behold, it was actually Mark O'Leary that came to the door and he identified that his brother had taken his truck and that he lived there with his brother. So that kind of threw us for a bit of a loop in that the DNA that we had, if those two brothers share the same father, it could be either one of them.