Penny Boudreau

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Penny Boudreau pleads for her 12-year-old daughter’s safe return in this video clip. Just sadly, her plea didn’t help. Karissa Boudreau was found dead within days of this plea along a nearby riverbank, and her death was determined to be a homicide. Police aren’t releasing any details at this time pending the investigation.

When I first watched the video, Penny’s behavior didn’t sit well with me. Penny also said something that was a big red flag for me. She said, “Nothing can be done to make things better, but it’s comforting to have support.”

Read more Clearly, this is a very odd statement. Why can’t things be done to make things better? Why wouldn’t finding her daughter make things better?

Parents of missing children hang on to every shred of hope, because facing the loss of a child is too painful to face until they absolutely are forced to do so. Penny’s statement is in complete contradiction to this. She basically says without saying it, she has no hope, which doesn’t make sense…unless, of course, she knows more than she is telling us.

Most parents, while heartbroken and devastated at this point, would force themselves to forge forward with courage, because there is no other alternative. They wouldn’t dream of giving up. But it appears Penny has here. It’s very unusual behavior.

Penny also shows she is distancing herself away from Karissa, which is a concern. I suspect these clues come from deep within her subconscious. I’ll bet she wasn’t even aware she said these things. She says in her plea to Karissa, “Your Aunt April is here. Your mom is here“. She doesn’t say “It’s me, mom.” She doesn’t refer to herself as I. She doesn’t say “I” miss you, “I” love you. Instead, she she says “we”. These word choices are unusual.

Penny also acts like Karissa won’t be able to see the TV, but will only be able to hear it, which is another oddity. If you don’t know where your daughter is, how can you make this assumption?

Why would you make such assumption?

And later, she says another statement that shows distance when she says, “It is hard not to know where your kids is.” To refer to her daughter as “your kid” is strange and removed. Most people would say “It is so hard not knowing where my daughter is.”

Furthermore, I find it odd how Penny talks to Karissa as if she merely ran away. She says “Please just reach out to someone, at least call us and just let us know you’re okay.” Penny seems to be acting like Karissa is an adult here who left on her own free will. What if Karissa can’t reach out because she has be abducted? Most parents would fear that their child could have been abducted in a circumstance like this, but Penny doesn’t seem to even think about that, which I find unusual. It’s another red flag.

I am not one to use lack of eye contact as a clue to deception, but here it is so outstanding, and usual, it is a red flag. Penny pleads to her daughter to make contact, yet she doesn’t look at the camera. She looks down or away. Then later, after she finishes talking to Karissa, she looks back up normally as she talks. It is this distinction in her behavior that is a big red flag. It’s the change of behavior that is notable. When you compare the behaviors side-by-side, it’s astounding. She makes no eye contact, then suddenly she starts to again. She also stops crying after talking to Karissa. The timing is a bit odd.

Yes, Penny is reading something previously written when she talks to Karissa, but she should still want to “connect” with her daughter in some visual form, but she doesn’t even attempt it. I would think she would want to speak from her heart to tell her daughter she is sorry and no matter what the differences of opinion are, it can all be worked out. But Penny doesn’t get personal in any way, which alarms me.

When people talk to others on camera, who are not present in the studio, especially when they are missing and they are pleading for their safe return, they usually make direct eye contact with the camera. But Penny isn’t here. Why?

Penny also doesn’t seem to shed a tear, which I find odd. She does seem distraught to me, and in distress, but how come there are no tears? I have seen people cry themselves dry. Was Penny crying all day before this? Her eyes don’t hit me as extra puffy, but only people who know her could judge that. I’d be curious to know.

I do see fear in Penny’s eyes. Is that fear that her daughter may never return, or is there another reason for the fear? Penny’s hand on her face is an indication she is trying to calm herself down, to self-soothe herself.

I find Penny’s behavior odd here, to say the least. I suspect she knows more than she is telling us…as painful as that is to write. I hope I am wrong.

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Update June 16, 2008:
Penny Boudreau Has Been Arrested

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Update January 30, 2009:
Penny Boudreau Pleads Guilty

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Karissa Boudreau

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Karissa Boudreau was a 12-year-old girl from Nova Scotia who disappeared after her mother says they got into an argument in the parking lot of a grocery store at 5:30 pm on January 27.

Penny Boudreua, Karissa’s mother, says she went into the grocery store for 15 minutes, and when she came back, Karissa, who had never run away before, was gone. Three hours later, Penny reported her daughter missing after conducting her own search.

Two weeks later, Karissa’s body was found on the bank of a nearby river, and now a homicide investigation is under way.

Karissa’s mother, Penny, made two emotional pleas for her daughter. Here is one of them.

What are your thoughts?

Confess to a murder you didn’t commit?

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Brief Case Summary Here at Wikipedia

CBS News show 48 Hours profiled a case on Saturday night about a Halloween night murder in Columbia, Missouri, a few years back. A newspaper editor, Kent Heitholt, was found bludgeoned to death beside his car in the parking lot at 2:00 in the morning — and police couldn’t solve the case.

For two years.

Then, a local young man started talking to his friends and telling them he was dreaming about the murders. The young man finally went to the police and told them.

You have to watch the video of the young man, Chuck Erickson, talking to police. Go to this page, and then on the right-hand side of the screen, you will see Chuck on a video screen . Watch the video footage. Chuck is being lead by police.

For some strange reason, this young man either convinced himself he was the murderer from his dreams, or was lead by police and then convinced by their actions he was the murderer. Perhaps this young man is mentally ill and twisted and wanted to see how far he could take things by trying to get his friend convicted and sentence to prison. I have no idea what the motivating factor is to admit to a crime he didn’t commit, but I can tell you I don’t believe Chuck killed anyone.

I have little doubt that Chuck Erickson has a troubled past. More than that, I think Chuck Erickson is likely to be pathological. He is a classic “neutral person” who doesn’t express one OUNCE of emotion. He is like a drone. Void and empty. With that, I can tell you what wouldn’t motivate a young man like Chuck to go to the police and confess: a guilty conscience. Chuck didn’t and still doesn’t have any emotions — let alone a guilty conscious. When Chuck talks and points out Ryan Ferguson in court, he is saying what he thinks he should say without any conviction in his face or voice.

I do not believe that Chuck Erickson murdered anyone. Nor do I believe his friend, Ryan Ferguson is guilty, either. (FYI: Ryan was sentence to 40 years in prison. An innocent man is sitting in jail).

When I see Ryan Ferguson talk, I truly believe what he has to say. In the first thirty second clip of Ryan on the show, when he said he was glad his parents believed him, Ryan flashed a an expression which showed genuine relief — which was congruent to what he was saying. It was at this point, I knew Ryan was innocent. And the more Ryan talked, the more he convinced me. His emotions matched his words and his actions. It was all congruent.

Here are other reasons why I don’t believe either committed the murders:

  1. The crime scene was bloody. Blood spatter was everywhere — yet no one saw these unprofessional high-school-aged killers with bloody clothes, or found bloody clothes disposed of.
  2. Nor did the police ever find the murder weapon.
  3. Don’t tell me youth like these can commit the perfect murder without a conscious plan to commit murder. I don’t buy it. I personally suspect this was a politically motivated murder executed by a hitman. It was too perfect.
  4. How come the police were never able to link the two boys to the crime with DNA? The police had DNA — a hair in the victim’s hand.
  5. While there was a janitor in the building who thought he saw two boys in the parking lot, he wasn’t able to give any description of them for years! He only remembered when the police told him what he was supposed to remember. Furthermore, this janitor has a shaky past (as he was in prison).
  6. Chuck Erickson comes across as a man who feels no emotion, has no emotion or feelings for any other person. He is emotionally void. When he spoke in court, I did not get one hint of support that he was telling the truth. Everything he said however points to a lie.
  7. The evidence against Chuck that he is a liar is mounting. Chuck’s story about the murder involves the two boys who were at the time of murder in high school going back to a bar after the crime. If this is accurate, the boys would have returned to the bar after 2:00 a.m. The bar closed at 1:30 a.m. Chuck’s story is a lie.
  8. Ryan Ferguson emotions, and facial expressions were all consistent with what he was saying. I have no doubt this boy is honest in the face of all of these facts.

Neil Entwistle

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Have you heard about Rachel, Neil and Lilian Entwistle?

Rachel and Lilian were found shot to death in their home, and Neil, the husband and father, was later located back where he grew up in England. Authorities put the time of death of Rachel and Lilian somewhere between Thursday and Sunday. Neil Entwistle’s flight left early Saturday morning.

Authorities are calling Neil Entwistle a person of interest but not a suspect.

What is most odd about Neil Entwistle right now is his behavior. He hasn’t come back to the U.S. after learning about their murderers — but worse, he hasn’t come back to see that they are properly buried nor to attend their funerals. This behavior makes me very suspicious.

When two people who you are supposed to love the most are murdered, most people can’t help but become passionate – and want to aid in the search for their loved one’s killer. They want to make sure they take the care that is needed to tie-up the loose ends. They do it out of love and compassion for the ones they love most. Mr. Entwistle doesn’t seem to be showing any care, whatsoever.

Furthermore, I’ll bet you murder rates are higher among unemployed men. Mr. Entwistle was unemployed.

I would love to see Mr. Entwistle on video speaking — if anyone sees it — let me know. The case doesn’t bode well for Mr. Entwistle regardless.