The Arrest and Its Afterlives

American Woman

This flow traces the investigation’s slow accumulation of relationships and traces, then follows the unequal legal and personal aftermath.

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Bearing strength in each event

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A Web of Acquaintances A Web of Acquaintances from "American Woman". A Web of Acquaintances Connections Become Evidence Investigators use physical traces and social contacts to connect Jenny to people who have helped the…

A Web of Acquaintances from "American Woman". A Web of Acquaintances Connections Become Evidence Investigators use physical traces and social contacts to connect Jenny to people who have helped the…

A Web of Acquaintances Connections Become Evidence Investigators use physical traces and social contacts to connect Jenny to people who have helped the fugitives. The same loose network that once enabled escape becomes a route through which the investigation advances. A Trail Across States Reports, visitors, and correspondence gradually narrow the distance between the fugitives and authorities.

The Apartment Raid The Apartment Raid from "American Woman". The Apartment Raid Ordinary Life Interrupted Jenny and Pauline live in a Berkeley apartment with friends and take part in women’s political discussions.

The Apartment Raid from "American Woman". The Apartment Raid Ordinary Life Interrupted Jenny and Pauline live in a Berkeley apartment with friends and take part in women’s political discussions.

The Apartment Raid Ordinary Life Interrupted Jenny and Pauline live in a Berkeley apartment with friends and take part in women’s political discussions. An armed man enters their home and orders them to raise their hands, ending their long period of evasion. A Sudden Split The police separate the women and take them to different destinations.

A Public and Private Arrest A Public and Private Arrest from "American Woman". A Public and Private Arrest Different Scenes Pauline’s arrest unfolds before reporters, while Jenny travels anonymously through cross-bay traffic.

A Public and Private Arrest from "American Woman". A Public and Private Arrest Different Scenes Pauline’s arrest unfolds before reporters, while Jenny travels anonymously through cross-bay traffic.

A Public and Private Arrest Different Scenes Pauline’s arrest unfolds before reporters, while Jenny travels anonymously through cross-bay traffic. The contrast begins to define their separate public identities even though they have shared the same year underground. A Private Link Jenny experiences herself as still connected to Pauline despite the physical separation.

The Case Expands The Case Expands from "American Woman". The Case Expands The Network Uncovered Authorities connect Jenny’s contacts to Sandy, Tom Milner, Rob Frazer, and the survivors’ later hiding place.

The Case Expands from "American Woman". The Case Expands The Network Uncovered Authorities connect Jenny’s contacts to Sandy, Tom Milner, Rob Frazer, and the survivors’ later hiding place.

The Case Expands The Network Uncovered Authorities connect Jenny’s contacts to Sandy, Tom Milner, Rob Frazer, and the survivors’ later hiding place. The investigation turns earlier acts of assistance into links in a chain of evidence. More Than One Story The search produces a legal map of contacts but cannot explain the emotional loyalties behind them.

A Case Without the Murder Charge

A Case Without the Murder Charge Uneven Prosecution Jenny and Pauline are convicted for earlier offenses, while no one is charged with Mr. Morton’s murder. Their sentences address only part of their history, leaving the most consequential shared act outside the formal record. The Unwritten Center Jenny experiences the mismatch between crime and punishment as another form of erasure.

After the farmhouse is searched

Late summer after the fugitives return to California

The day of the arrests

After Juan and Yvonne are captured

After the trials