PART II

The sexual assault exam began at 6:30 a.m.… Two clean sheets were spread on the floor.… Patty stood over these and removed her clothes … provided a urine sample … was asked to lie naked on a table for a head to toe examination. Her knees were up high, her legs spread apart, her feet in stirrups.… Patty’s pubic hair was combed, and pubic hair samples collected.

Poarch examined Patty’s vagina with a Wood’s lamp, which casts ultraviolet light to detect body fluids like semen. She did a “wet mount exam,” which involved taking a swab from Patty’s vagina … inserted a medium speculum into Patty’s vagina to search for evidence of internal injury. Lastly, she used a colposcope—a kind of sophisticated magnifying glass attached to a video camera—to probe Patty’s vagina and rectal areas.

—from Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman’s Harrowing Quest for Justice, by Bill Lueders