June 20th, 2008 was the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

To Shannon Crawley, it must have felt like the longest day of her life.

According to her, the day began with a four-hour sexual assault in the pre-dawn hours.

From that moment on, she had scarcely a moment to herself.

In the hours after she reported the attack,

she'd been poked and prodded by doctors and nurses,

questioned by police.

I'm with the police department, and I just want to talk to you about a few things,

and it's going to be a long day in trying to straighten this out and get them taken care of you.

After she was released from the hospital, Shannon's mother and sisters hovered over her,

like bees on a tulip.

While out in the hall, she likely heard the crawly menfolk murmuring softly to one another,

making sounds of sympathy and concern.

She was really not talking much that night.

She was just very sore.

That's Shannon's brother-in-law, Chris Williams. He and his

wife, Brandy, Shannon's sister, had come down from New Jersey. I think she had some

issues with men being around her, so I just stayed back a little bit from, you know, engaging in any

conversation about Benjamin that night.

Through bits and snatches of conversation, the men had gotten a good idea of what Shannon said had happened.

I sort of asked how she felt and how she was doing in the ship, he needed anything, those sorts of things.

That is Keith Crawley, Shannon's dad.

...