A reader just informed me that Kiesha Abraham’s mom Kristi and her step-father Robert Smith have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of their daughter, Kiesha, in the past couple of hours.
Read more about it on ABC Australia.
You can read my original thoughts on Kristi Abraham and Robert Smith back in August of 2010 here when they first made a plea in the media for their daughter’s return.
I watched Kenia’s parents and while I doubt they have ever been suspected in her disappearance, I just wanted to say that I see no hot spots of any kind. They are a good example of honesty. When you watch the two speak, they each listen to the other and give us nonverbals that they agree with what the other is saying. They have tried to convince themselves that they believe someone is holding Kenia hostage, which is a normal and natural coping mechanism. The mom’s sadness expressions are held in check because of that belief. She won’t let herself go to that horrible place.
I also watched Kenia’s boyfriend, Laith Essmail, in two videos, and he does not give me any pings either in those two videos. He seems honest and resigned that something is wrong. Considering what has been released in the news about Travis Forbes, it is not unreasonable for Laith to think the worst.
The main suspect in my eyes is clearly Travis Forbes. See my analysis of him here.
I flew to NYC the other day to deliver training and had a hair-raiser of a flight. A person six seats away from me (across the aisle on the other side of the plane) had a drink ricochet off the overhead bins above her and land on me. The position of the plane at that point was not level by any means and we all felt it. At that moment I was wishing there was a webcam on board because what it would have captured on 200 faces would have been a classic expression expressed by all people on board at the exact same minute. Do you know what expression it is LOL?!
People were praying! And to the man who sat next to me on the flight and allowed me to squeeze your hand to death, thank you, truly!!! You made me feel grounded.
A reader on FB pointed me to this video of Travis Forbes (thanks, DN). He was last seen with Kenia Monge, 19, after he claims that he picked her up on the side of the road at 2:30 a.m. because she was crying and drunk. His story is absolutely fishy when you listen to him tell it. It makes no sense whatsoever. If he was a good samaritan who wanted to help a young, vulnerable girl, he wouldn’t drop her off to smoke with some dude and then just leave. That makes no sense. It’s a complete contradiction.
Travis gives us some incredible hot spots that are almost hard to watch, because what they reveal, is painful.
When we first hear Travis, we can’t see him, but we hear him say with a snicker, “I just want this girl to be found.” He continues, “I want her to be found because I hope she is okay …safe.”
Travis says as he notably shrugs his shoulders, “When I was dropping Eddie off is when we, ah, met the missing girl…er…um… what’s her name..Kenia, yeah.” Notice the change in the direction of his statement. He changes course notably. Was he going to say something he shouldn’t?
He continues, “There was this guy, he was smoking, she asked him for his cigarettes. They sat down, smoked his cigarettes, and, um…all of the sudden I was no longer important. I…I mean I was just one stranger, and then off with another stranger.” When he talks, notice all the shoulder shrugging? Worse, he is fighting hard to keep a smile off his face. Why on earth would he feel like smiling? Sadly, this is not the worst of his clues.
Do you notice how his story lacks details, like we were driving and she said she wanted to stop for cigarettes, but she didn’t have money, or something to that effect. All of his details are missing!
Watch when the reporter says, “Did you kidnap her?” He says no. The reporter continues, “Did you sexually assault her?” He says, “I did not.”
When the reporter says did you murder her, Travis gives off some indicative body language. He says, “I did not” without moving his eyes off of her. His eyes are locked (hot spot). But worse, his head shake of “no” blends into a mix of a shake and nod, which is highly suggestive of conflict from the subconscious mind to the conscious mind. And this battle between the minds continues on, if you watch. He repeats the word, “No” then shakes his head no, but then all of the sudden it changes to a head nod (indicative of a yes) (I personally think he is thinking here and that is what we see — his thoughts), and then he goes back to a no as he thinks that, too, to cover himself. This shows the conflict with him, which in my opinion, doesn’t support honesty. It’s actually very revealing.
Travis continues, “No, and you know, having that on you, having that energy on you….is….is very stressful.”
The news story cuts again to Travis, “If I had known she was going to go missing, I wouldn’t have left. I’ve…..Man…….. I’m sorry that I’ve….. that I was indifferent…that I didn’t think anything…I didn’t think anything…I didn’t think she was…was…was… going to disappear. I could have…I could have walked with them. I could have been more, like no, you know, I’m going to take you home…and you know, and you know, I…I could have intervened more, you know, and not just said, ‘okay’ and gone home, you know?”
He is displaying guilt here. Why would he be guilty if he was trying to be a good Samaritan?
It’s even more chilling when Travis says, “You know, everyone has their own choices, you know, and she chose…to walk off with this guy, and (shoulder shrug, smile), I can’t ….I can’t blame myself for that.”
If you want my opinion, Travis is holding back what he knows to the be the truth, and if we look at what his body language is conveying, it looks very bleak for Kenia, sadly.
Many people wrote to me and sent me the video of Abed Suleiman asking if I thought he was lying. While I always find it odd when someone claims their marriage is “perfect”, I told each of you who wrote me Abed’s interview was not conclusive. I didn’t see any outright hot spots that he was lying outside of saying his marriage was perfect. I needed more.
Apparently, Wazineh Suleiman is in hiding because she is afraid of her husband. Thank goodness this story has a good ending at this point! Let’s hope she stays safe.
