Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman's Harrowing Quest for Justice (39 page)

october 25, 2001 A meeting is held involving Patty, Harlowe, Schwaemle, District Attorney Brian Blanchard, and victim/witness advocate Mark Kerman.

december 5, 2001 Another meeting is held, this one with Schwaemle, Kerman, Harlowe, and Patty. Patty is told that the state will prosecute if she desires. She does.

may 19, 2002 After additional delays, the district attorney’s office drafts a criminal complaint. The suspect makes his initial appearance in Dane County court, where he is charged with five felony offenses.

july 22, 2002 Patty testifies at a preliminary hearing; the judge decides there is enough evidence to make the suspect stand trial.

august 2002 The suspect is arraigned and enters a plea of not guilty.

december 2003

A pretrial hearing is held in Dane County court.

february 2003 A status conference is held; Judge Gerald Nichol denies a defense motion to dismiss the charges.

july 2003 The trial is delayed due to newly discovered additional DNA evidence.

september 2003

A motion hearing is held; Judge Nichol subsequently orders all of Patty’s psychological records turned over to the defense.

november 2003 The trial is postponed again, this time because the defendant is ill.

february 27, 2004 A motion hearing is held regarding Patty’s “prior untruthful allegations of sexual assault.”

march 8, 2004 A jury is selected and the trial begins.

march 12, 2004 The trial concludes and a jury verdict is rendered.

Recurring Characters

patty: Resident of Madison, Wisconsin; employed by Business Enterprise, a state-run program providing franchise businesses to the visually impaired.

albert, john: Dane County circuit court judge.

“ alicia”: Pseudonym for the thirteen-month-old girl whom Susan Pankow was accused of injuring.

armstrong, bradley: Senior partner with Axley Brynelson, a Madison law firm.

aulik, jack: Dane County circuit court judge; assigned to Patty’s criminal case.

balistreri, ted: Assistant chief for the Madison Police Department.

bartell, nina: Clinical psychologist whom Patty saw several times after the rape.

bauman, sue: Mayor of Madison from 1997 to 2003.

betsy: Patty’s sister, who worked at a local charity.

blanchard, brian: District attorney for Dane County; elected in 2000, defeating Brian Brophy.

bobby: Patty’s brother.

bong, joseph: Cousin of Alonzo Elvord, whom Misty had dated.

brenda: Patty’s younger sister, who previously had dated Dominic.

brophy, brian: Assistant district attorney for Dane County; appointed district attorney in 2000, replacing Diane Nicks.

cami: Madison woman who took an active interest in Patty’s case.

carol: Dominic’s mother.

“ cathy”: Pseudonym for a local high school student whose sexual assault complaint was investigated by Detective Tom Woodmansee.

cheryll: Friend of Patty’s; worked in the agriculture building, where Patty ran her coffee shop.

daily, karen doerfer: Forensic scientist with the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory.

dominic: Misty’s boyfriend at the time of the rape; worked for his mother’s housecleaning service.

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donahue, ben: Friend of the defendant.

dora: Dominic’s sister.

doug: A man Patty had dated briefly in 1997.

draeger , linda: Madison police detective who helped Woodmansee interrogate Dominic and Patty.

eisen, marc: Editor of
Isthmus
newspaper.

eisenberg, mark: Local criminal defense attorney.

elvord, alonzo “lonnie”: Misty’s former boyfriend.

feagles, elizabeth “liz”: Special agent with the Wisconsin Justice Department’s Division of Criminal Investigation; reopened the investigation into Patty’s rape.

friedman, james: Madison attorney; played role in Madison Police and Fire Commission case.

harlowe, hal: Madison criminal defense attorney; former district attorney for Dane County; represented Patty in the criminal case.

herrick, scott: Attorney for the Madison Police and Fire Commission.

housley, william: Lieutenant with the Madison Police Department; headed the Dane County Narcotics and Gang Task Force.

kaddatz, william: Crime scene investigator for the Madison Police Department; gathered evidence from Patty’s home.

karofsky, jill: Deputy district attorney for Dane County; prosecuted Patty in the criminal case.

kenneth: Dominic’s friend and running buddy.

kerman, mark: Victim/witness specialist for the Dane County District Attorney’s Office.

kilmark, connie: Madison financial counselor brought in by Business Enterprise to help Patty.

knoll, david: Patty’s initial attorney.

knox, curtis: DNA specialist; formerly with the state crime lab.

kuykendall, debra: Supervisor at the Rape Crisis Center.

lamar , jeffrey: Madison police captain; one of Woodmansee’s supervisors.

malloy, patrick: Madison police lieutenant; head of the department’s Professional Standards Unit.

maples, cheri: Madison police lieutenant; promoted to captain in 1999.

mark: Patty’s longtime friend and boyfriend at the time of the rape.

mcguire, danielle: Madison student and purported sexual assault victim.

misty: Patty’s second child. (Her first daughter was raised by her family.) modl, michael: Attorney for Axley Brynelson, a Madison law firm.

Recurring Characters

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moston, linda: Madison psychologist; had counseled Patty and other members of her family.

nichol, gerald: Dane County circuit court judge; named Judge of the Year by the State Bar of Wisconsin in 2003.

nicks, diane: Dane County district attorney from 1997 to 2000.

o brien, colleen: Supervisor at Meriter Hospital.

pankow, susan: Local child-care provider charged with child abuse after a Madison Police Department investigation.

peggy: Patty’s sister-in-law.

poarch, jill: Sexual assault nurse employed by Meriter Hospital; examined Patty and later spoke with Madison police.

quamme, john: Acquaintance of Misty.

rieselman, mike: Attorney who had practiced in California; expressed interest in filing a lawsuit on Patty’s behalf.

riley, dennis george: Madison police lieutenant; Woodmansee’s direct supervisor.

schwarzenbart, paul: Madison attorney hired by the city to represent Lieutenant Riley.

russ: Patty’s former boyfriend.

schwaemle, judy: Deputy district attorney for Dane County.

schwartz, lauri: Madison police detective who worked with Woodmansee on the Pankow case and later took over as lead detective on Patty’s case.

shabaz, john: Federal judge for the Western District of Wisconsin; presided over Patty’s civil suit.

short, mike: Madison attorney who represented Patty in her civil lawsuit.

snyder, tom: Officer and spokesperson for the Madison police department.

stevens, dr. thomas: Patty’s ophthalmologist.

sue: Patty’s sister; lived in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was married to a police officer.

thiesenhusen, cindy: The first police officer to interview Patty following the rape.

thornley, erin: Executive director of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

westerfelt, becky: Executive director of the local Rape Crisis Center.

williams, richard k.: Chief of police for the Madison Police Department from 1993 to 2004.

woodmansee, tom: Madison police officer since 1990; promoted to detective in January 1997; assigned that September to be the lead detective on Patty’s case.

About the Author

Bill Lueders, born in Milwaukee in 1959, is the news editor of
Isthmus,
a popular weekly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin, and the elected president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, a statewide group devoted to protecting public access to meetings and records. He is the editor of an anthology of Milwaukee poets and a co-founder of
The Crazy Shepherd,
now the successful Milwaukee weekly,
Shepherd Express.

Lueders (pronounced “Leaders”) has worked at
Isthmus
since 1986, receiving national awards for editorial writing and state awards for investigative reporting, civil liberties reporting, interpretative reporting, business reporting, and column writing. He is the author of
An Enemy
of the State: The Life of Erwin Knoll,
published in 1996 by Common Courage Press. He lives on Madison’s north side with his wife, Linda, son, Jesse, and two much-loved dogs.

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