Police in five jurisdictions spent lots of time and effort helping us understand the facts and theories about the case, opening up in unprecedented ways. Detectives showed us some of the crime scenes, toting their years-old reports and photographs to help us see what had happened. We truly appreciated that. We grew to understand their frustration as they chase a man who has been so elusive. Rapes of strangers are rare, and police usually have few clues to follow when victims are picked at random.

Every child should get an hour of martial arts training a day in K-12 ...