Marilyn Hartman
publication date: Sunday, August 4, 2024 (part of August 2024)
category: Crime
clue: Her expertise in exposing weaknesses in airport security, from San Francisco to Chicago, eventually led to expertise exposing weaknesses in electronic monitoring.
explanation: Hartman became known as the "Serial Stowaway" after trying and often succeeding to board at least 22 flights without a ticket, starting at SFO in 2014 and happening most recently in ORD in 2021. That year, she was re-arrested after bypassing her electronic monitoring to leave transitional housing. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky