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Sheila Nabb Attacked in Mexico

Sheila Nabb, 37, from Calgary, Canada, was vacationing in Mazatlan, Mexico, with her husband when she was brutally attacked. The details are sketchy about how Nabb ended up in an elevator in the middle of the night.

Apparently video surveillance has identified the perpetrator as Jose Ramon Acosta Quintero, 28.

Quintero says that Sheila came into the elevator that he was on in the middle of the night:  Naked. He confesses in the video above about his involvement, but now says that his written confession was coerced and he was tortured.  He says that he was coerced into signing a confession that he wanted to kill Nabb. He only admits to hitting her.

Several things stand out to me in this video with the first one being how there is very low levels of stress in Quintero’s face.  A man being coerced would be under severe stress, but Quintero isn’t showing us this.  This is a huge red flag.

He is, however, nervous, because we can hear his voice quiver.

Quintero also shows no emotions whatsoever outside of being nervous and low stress levels.  When he talks about Sheila supposedly entering the elevator naked, he doesn’t show surprise, which is most startling!  Most men would be totally shocked if a naked woman walked into a hotel elevator. It’s something most men won’t witness in a lifetime and yet Quintero is totally blank.   His reaction is very notable. 

Some people wonder if Sheila was naked when she entered the elevator because she was sleep walking.  The family has neither denied or confirmed that she has a history of doing so. All Sheila’s husband remembers is waking up and finding the door to his hotel room open, and Sheila gone.  Sheila was later found unconscious in a pool of blood in the elevator with nearly every bone in her face broken. 

Quintero says about his interaction with Shelia in the elevator when the doors opened, “I put my hand on the door, because ah…I wanted to keep talking to her…(shoulder shrug) because I don’t know…because we were…because I thought we were talking normally.  And she got afraid when I didn’t let her out.”

Quintero shows a lot of self-censoring, which is a strong indication of deception. And he doesn’t say anything that makes sense either.  I don’t believe he is being honest with us. He just wanted to talk to her because they were talking normally?  Ridiculous.  Her family does confirm she wasn’t sexually assaulted.

He goes on to say, “I hit her four or five times in the face with my fists and then I left.”

Notice how he says as an add-on, “with my fists”.  Why did he have a need to clarify this?

You can hear a reporter in the background say, “The video says you were kicking her.”

Quintero responds with a little stress in his forehead, “No, uh…I wasn’t kicking her. In the video, I’ve seen the video, and ….it…it does show that I put my foot back into…into the elevator, but I, ah…it wasn’t a kick…I…I think that I…I… just…I think that I just, ah,  maybe pushed her hand back in so the doors would close and I could leave.”

“Maybe pushed her hand back?”  That doesn’t sound like a clear memory to me.  It sounds like a suggestion!

Quintero admits to being drunk and high on cocaine.  Cocaine is known to affect dopamine in the brain, memory and cognitive function.  Does it affect how one feels emotions?  Why is this guy so emotionless?  It immediately begs the question of psychopathy.

Quintero says, “It wasn’t planned or anything like that, it just happened in the moment . . . I didn’t try to abuse her, I didn’t try to rob her or anything. I was just afraid and I wanted to leave.”

Do you believe him?

Clearly, Quintero doesn’t want to admit to what he did. He is trying to avoid it at all costs.  I also don’t buy his apology as anything other than the thought that he wished he never got himself in the position he is in:  self-pity.

Sad story.

Update: A reader on FB says that another Canadian man is suspect, and that Quintero could be the fall guy. This cannot be ruled out. Quintero is not being forthright, but I never claim to know what a lie is about.
Read more here.

Lisa Irwin’s Parents to be on Dr. Phil Friday

This Friday, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin will be on the Dr. Phil show with their attorney Joe Tacopina.  Mark Fuhrman talks about this with Fox’s Megyn Kelly.

Watch Mark Fuhrman answer Megyn’s question wondering if someone could still possibly be arrested and charged in this case.  Mark shakes his head from left to right when he says, “Absolutely”.  Many people will tell you that this means he does not believe what he is saying.

Shakes and nods of the head do have significance, but there is much more to them the direction they go. Be cautious!  Some people will tell you this is a lie because of his head shake.  It is not.

In this case, Fuhrman is emphasizing subconsciously what he believes, and he is telling the truth that he believes an arrest is still possible.

* Thanks, Karon, for the link and update!

Obama and Arizona Gov. Brewer: Photo of the Day

This is a photo you have likely seen in the news. The day after President Obama’s State of Union Address, he flew to Arizona and was greeted by Governor Jan Brewer.  While I am not going to get into politics and will not tolerate a political debate here, I think this photo has some fascinating body language.

This photo clearly depicts a heated and emotional situation on the part of Governor Brewer.

Look at the close proximity of the two.  Brewer is upright, stiff and lifting her finger — either making a point or telling Obama off.  When we look at Obama, we can see that he is actually leaning away.   This is indicative that Brewer is the aggressor at this moment.

Brewer also appears she is talking quite aggressively at the President.

In contrast, Obama shows no stress in his forehead, on his face, or in his body.

There is a pulling back of Obama’s lip on his left side, which could come from speech, could be a sign of disagreement (“I don’t know about that”) or it could be a mild form of contempt. We can’t discern this from the photograph.

Obama has a slight squint, which could come from the sun in his face, or it could be a mild smile or smirk.

If you also look closely, Obama has lifted his right arm and hand, and could be possibly trying to soothe Brewer with an arm or hand touch.

If Brewer wanted to rattle Obama, I don’t think she succeeded.

Ryan Widmer: 911 Call Analysis

First published February 2011 Ryan Widmer, 30, stood trial three times for the murder of his wife, Sarah, 24. On August 11, 2008, his wife was found unresponsive in their bathtub in Ohio.  The first time Ryan was convicted, but that conviction was overturned. The second time, the jury was hung and now the third time, Widmer was convicted this month again, and he was sentenced to 15 years to life.

I  have been asked to take a look at the 911 call.

Read moreWhen you listen to the 911 call, its interesting. Ryan says, “My wife, ah, fell asleep in the bathtub and I think she’s dead.”

How would he know that she fell asleep? Notice he doesn’t speculate when he says it? I find that interesting. Second, he thinks she is dead? He didn’t check–he doesn’t know for sure? Last, notice his lack of interest to get an ambulance immediately to try to save her? That’s a huge red flag.

A few seconds later, Ryan says, “Yeah, she fell asleep in the bathtub, I think. I was downstairs and I just came up here and found her and she was laying face down in the bathtub.”

Notice the afterthought of the words, “I think”?

When people fall asleep in the tub, do they end up face down? That sounds weird to me. Furthermore, I would think if you fall asleep and breath in water, it would make you wake up and cough, as your body struggles to get oxygen. It would be an automatic response.

They way Ryan says, “24”, is notable to me. There is no signs of fear, sadness, or distress in voice.

The dispatcher says, “She in the water right now?” Ryan says, “Yes, the water’s draining right now…I tried to do it…everything.”  

The dispatcher continues, “Have you taken her out of the water now?” and Ryan says, “Yeah, the water’s completely drained and she’s just laying here unconscious.”

The dispatcher asks again, “She’s still in the bathtub?” Ryan says, “Yeah”.

WHAT? He didn’t take her out of the tub the instant he found her? That’s what a loving husband would do unless she was so large that he couldn’t lift her, but I would expect him to say that, and beg for help if that was the case, but he doesn’t do that either.

Also, the second time he says she is “unconscious”. I thought he thought she was dead.  Why would he jump to the conclusion she is dead immediately??  Most people hold out hope they can revive a loved one and don’t give up so quickly, but Ryan seems to have given up when he called 911.  That’s very notable.

Ryan is intently listening. You can just feel it.

The dispatcher asks, “Have you tried CPR?” Ryan says, “As much as I could…what little bit I know.” How do you do CPR on a victim who is in a bathtub, supposedly face down? You either know CPR or you don’t…

The dispatcher says, “There is no way you can get her out of the tub.” Ryan says, “I’ll try, but I have to put the phone down.” Why wouldn’t he have done this earlier?

“I’ll try?”…Caring husband, isn’t he?

Notice Ryan was able to get his wife out of the tub without much effort. Why didn’t he do this instinctively? 

The dispatcher tells Ryan to give Sarah CPR, and Ryan doesn’t ask for directions. You would think if he wants to save her life, he’d ask, “How do I do it?! I need help.” Afterall, he already admitted to not knowing much about CPR. He doesn’t.  There is also no urgency when it comes to Ryan’s actions at all.  That is flat out inconsistent, if you ask me.

Listen to how Ryan says in the calmest of calm voices, “Okay, they are unlocked now” and then “we’re upstairs”. People who are truly distraught don’t shift emotions so quickly.

Listen to the breaths Ryan makes into the phone. It doesn’t sound like it is going into his wife’s chest, does it? If you’ve done CPR, even if only on a dummy, it doesn’t sounds like this! Hello

The dispatcher doesn’t pick up on the fact Ryan was doing CPR just there with those breaths and says, “Ryan I need you to put down the phone for me and do CPR, okay?” Ryan responds, “Yes, I am.”

Doing CPR and holding the phone are not very compatible.  Ryan thought he was doing CPR…maybe to the phone he was, but not to his wife.

We then hear Ryan in the background going “Come on, man…come on…” and then the call ends. He must think CPR is two breaths and that’s it.  He couldn’t be more against saving his wife than he displayed in this call.  Something is very wrong.

I think the jury got it right. There are way too many red flags in this 911 call for me!!