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You’ve probably heard the story that is breaking out of Italy this week. A British Exchange student, Meredith Kercher, 20, was found murdered in her bedroom, and one of the accused is American-born, University of Washington student, Amanda Knox, also 20. Both girls shared a house with other students while living abroad.
Reports are saying “Extreme Sex Game killed Meredith.”
Steve Huff over at True Crime Weblog details the story here, if you want to get into all the details.
Several papers have printed a statement made by Knox to police, and if this statement is true, I find it quite interesting and telling that perhaps Ms. Knox is not being forthright with us.
Read more Knox says:
“Patrick and Meredith were in Meredith’s room while I stayed in the kitchen. I can’t remember how long they were together in the room, but I can only say that at a certain point I heard Meredith screaming and I was scared so I covered my ears. After that, I don’t remember everything, my head is very confused.” (source)
Furthermore, there is this report:
Ms Knox made her “confession” to police when she was taken in for questioning at dawn yesterday. She had claimed earlier to have left the cottage at 5pm on Thursday and returned only the next morning when Ms Kercher’s body was discovered. She now admits that she was at the house. She said that on the evening of November 1 she had met Mr Lumumba, who owned the Le Chic pub where she sometimes worked, at about 9pm after they had exchanged texts. She told police they had gone to the cottage. “I don’t remember if my friend Meredith was already there or whether she came later. What I can say is that [Meredith and Patrick] went off together.” (source)
It has been pointed out to me that Knox’s statement may have been translated from English to Italian to English again. If this is the case, I withdraw any and all conclusions, as it is ESSENTIAL for me to have Knox’s words VERBATIM to make a determination (see comment section below).
If these are Knox’s words verbatim, the four-sentence statement (above) gives us many red flags that are hard to ignore.
If Knox wasn’t in the room participating in the killing, then her words (if they are indeed hers) certainly hint that she knew what was going on behind those closed doors. It hints she was involved with Patrick and Meredith, yet her story is leaving out any involvement with Meredith.
Each of these four sentences has a red flag in it. That’s a strong indication of deception. I don’t believe Knox is being honest with us –if these do in fact prove to be her words verbatim. That is now the question.
* Modification added 11/10/07 4:14 PM
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Several people have asked me my opinion about Hans Reiser in the last few days. Apparently, 20/20 has returned to their normal scheduled time, and I didn’t realize it so I missed the show sadly. Furthermore, I had not seen this story in the news.
A reader pointed me to 20/20 where there is video of Hans Reiser talking about his missing wife. When I watched it, I was immediately troubled by Hans’ demeanor. It didn’t sit right with me.
When Jim Availa says to Reiser that his father and others say that Nina ran away and is alive and well, I don’t like the way Reiser says, “Well, this is very reasonable.”
Read moreHis voice is weak, and he shows fear and doubt in his expressions. If you believe something fervently, I would not expect to see this. Clearly, Reiser doesn’t believe with any certainty what he is saying here. This is a notable red flag for me.
I also saw in the 20/20 transcript text the following:
Asked if he thinks that Nina is alive today, Reiser said, “I think I’m a person who doesn’t know.”
Who talks like this? What is up with this guy? And he is a genius? One plus one isn’t equaling two here. This is another red flag — perhaps thinking-on-his feet behavior?
I also searched and found another video of Reiser here from an ABC news affiliate in California. In this video, Reiser talks about being a good father, a traditional father. When he does, he shows normal emotions and inflections when he talks. Yet when he talks about his wife later (time marker 1:00), Reiser is completely lacking emotions and voice inflection here. He is a blank slate when he says things that should provoke serious emotions for him. Yet strangely there is none. This is not normal.
I also wanted to see if I could find video of Reiser prior to the disappearance of his wife and I lucked out. I found a video of him here on YouTube talking about his Reiser4 Filesystem back in February of 2006. This video shows you what Reiser looks like when he is not under pressure. You see the real man. You see his baseline personality by which to compare his behaviors. In this video, while it is notable that Reiser is softer-spoken, we can see that he does show normal emotions, facial expressions and behaviors.
Why have they now changed?
If anything, I would expect his emotions to be more pronounced if he is wrongly accused of killing his wife — most specifically when he talks about her. I would expect him to say a lot more than he did. Stress evokes strong reactions. Instead, I see the exact opposite. I see a withdrawal and a lack of emotions which is another huge red flag for me.
Do I trust Hans Reiser? No, I do not.
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Updates added July 8, 2008:
Hans Reiser was tried and convicted by a jury in the Spring of 2008. On July 7, 2008, Hans Reiser led police to Nina’s body in exchange for a lesser sentence just two days before his sentencing hearing. To read more, click on the labels below to see all of my posts on Hans Reiser.
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For those of you who know me, and have read through my blog, you are probably familiar with what I call paralleling. It’s something I do, that is innate, that helps me spot deception and relate to others at lightening speed.
Essentially, when I hear the voice of a stranger, see the face of a stranger or watch a stranger interact with their surroundings, many times a trigger is fired in my brain that instantly recollects someone I’ve known in the past who shares a similarity to this stranger.
A person that I’ve known in the past appears in my minds-eye without thought, and I instantly know there is a similarity between the two. Sometimes the similarities are striking and elaborate, other times the two only share a flicker of commonality in one or two areas — but there is no doubt a commonality in personalities.
It is paralleling that allows me to accurately assess a stranger based on a person I’ve known in my past.
Read moreParalleling the Voice of Rachel Ray
Right now on the radio in my town, there is a woman who has Rachel Ray’s voice. Every time I hear this radio announcer, I see Rachel Ray talking in my mind. This parallel connection either hints at the fact that they may have grown up within the same area of New York — hence I notice the similar voice inflections — or they share similar personality traits.
From what I know about Rachel and this radio announcer, I can definitely say they share the similarities of being outgoing, independent strong women who know what they want and what they like. Neither are shy or afraid to speak their mind. Both both have an interest in the media! If I were to sit down and write up the traits of Rachel Ray and present them to this radio announcer, I bet there would be more than a few coincidental similarities.
The Unknown Science
What paralleling tells me is that facial features, voice and behaviors all must somehow relate to personalities, and behaviors — or this unknown science of mine wouldn’t work.
Could a jaw line that is shared by my husband’s grandma and Warren Buffet indicate that one doesn’t hold grudges and is accepting of life? Warren Buffets jawline triggered a parallel connection to my husband’s grandma’s jawline, and instantly, when it did, I knew the two were similar in their approach to life. Yes, it is weird. I know. It’s wacky science, but who knows, maybe in 100 years it it won’t be. Facial features and their ratios may signify way more than we realize now. Then again, it could be something entirely different that makes paralleling effective. I don’t have answers, only questions.
Paralleling in Medicine?
One reader to my blog last Spring suggested that paralleling personalities could lead to a new paradigm in medicine. What if doctors paralleled people and used this information to treat their patients?
In essence, what if people who shared similar looks, or behaved similarily turned out to share a the same predisposition for certain diseases? What if the alignment ratio of your eyes to your nose meant you were predisposed to getting Alzheimers, heart disease and cancer of the lungs?
How we look, and sound – and hence behave — may very well be connected to more than just surface elements. Isn’t that a weird thought?
Applying that to my paralleling, could the alignment and ratio of facial features such as eyes and nose indicate one is arrogant, self-serving, insecure and predisposed to lying? Could the pitch of your voice tells us how outgoing and social you are? Could the shape and size of one’s lips tell us about how generous you are?
These are certainly interesting questions for which I have no answers. I just know paralleling has something behind it and it needs to be studied.
Photo link from the Chicago-SunTimes
The Stebic-Peterson Connection
When news broke yesterday that Craig Stebic said he could relate to Drew Peterson and the Chicago Sun-Times displayed a photo of the two men side-by-side (above), it was almost eerie. It stopped me dead in my tracks.
It was a parallel experience, set off not by my brain, but by the photos of the two men side-by-side.
Look at these two men. From the photo shared by the Sun-Times, you might mistake these two for the same person. While I know they don’t look exactly alike due to their age difference — the two share strikingly similar features. It’s as if they are brothers, isn’t it?
Look at how these men have behaved in the cases of their missing wives. Look at the stories told by their family members. The similarities are more than just coincidence.
I don’t know either of them well enough for my ability of paralleling to kick in, but I can apply the theory. What one does, the other might likely do as well simply based on the similarity of their looks combined with the similarity of what little we know of their actions.
We could speculate that they are both manipulative, controlling men who were stubborn, arrogant and yet at the heart, very insecure. We could speculate both men in their marriage attempted to wear the pants, be the disciplinarian in the family and that both had one heck of an ego. Both men berated their wives, were likely abusive, and didn’t respect anyone else (deep down inside) yet both demanded respect from everyone to the point they likely alienated people.
We could also speculate that these two men were likely suspicious of people and weren’t able to trust others.
If you introduced these two, I suspect they would either love or hate each other — because they would be so similar. And in a way, Craig Stebic has reached out to Drew Peterson because I suspect he sees it, too. I think he sees himself in Peterson much more deeply than the fact both have missing wives and have been hounded by the media.
The police would be wise to keep close tabs on both of these men. These two might really want to meet each other, or at minimum talk though they both might be afraid of the other because they each know what the other is capable of.
I suspect both men thought the same way about a lot more than just their wives. The Stebic and Peterson families could benefit from getting to know each other — because what one family knows about one might apply to the other.
I just hope these men both didn’t do the exact same thing to their wives. I hope they didn’t both find the ultimate hiding place for a corpse.
While I don’t understand the intricacies of paralleling, and how I do it let alone how it works, I am very curious to look more closely at it. There is more to paralleling than meets the eye. I know that for sure.
Stacy Peterson, 23, has disappeared from her home in Illinois on Sunday and has not been heard from since and even though she is married with two children, her husband, a police officer, doesn’t suspect foul play.
“I believe she’s not missing. She’s where she wants to be,” he said. “I have no reason to suspect foul play.” (source)
“Drew Peterson, 53, a 29-year police veteran, said he believes his wife left voluntarily, even taking clothes with her. He said she’s been suffering from “mood issues” since her sister Tina Ryan death’s last year from colon cancer.” (source)
He also didn’t report his wife missing. It was Stacy’s family who reported her missing at 4:00 a.m. on Monday morning. But the story takes a few more strange, if not outright, eerie twists.
Read more Stacy was Drew’s fourth wife. His third wife, Kathleen Savio, 40, was found dead in her bathtub though her death was ruled an accidental death by drowning. When Drew’s third wife died, they were separated, and in the final stages of divorce. That is certainly hair-raising as was how her body was discovered but I am not going to get into that here. Since Stacy has disappeared, it appears the investigation into the Savio’s death is now being looked at again as it clearly needs to be.
But if you look closely at the facts being reported on this case, there are things being said by Stacy’s family that need to be considered as well. While they are very suspicious of Drew as I believe they should be, they do mention that Stacy was depressed, in the care of psychiatrist, and that furthermore, she had a mother who would disappear for years at a time.
Stacy’s family, however, is adamant that Stacy is not like her mother, and did not show the same tendencies. Her aunt talks about how Stacy wanted out of the marriage, was unhappy and didn’t like how she was being treated.
Naturally, the odds are stacked against Peterson here. To have four wives, one missing and one dead. And the one who is missing isn’t using her cell phone. What are the odds?
At this point, Peterson is not talking to anyone on camera, though he is talking off-camera just sadly the conversations aren’t being reported. News outlets are only reporting brief sentences — unconnected and unrelated.
I don’t like the way Peterson said, “I believe she’s not missing.” When people are dishonest, they often add the qualifier and descriptive text to the end as an after thought. Most people would normally say, “I don’t believe she is missing”. They don’t start out with “I believe she’s….and then tack on “not missing”. This is odd, but this is not enough for me to say much. I want to see more and while I see other snippets of conversations Peterson has had with other reporters, until I can see it all in context in a complete conversation, I won’t draw any conclusions.
If anyone sees any transcripts of conversations with Peterson or him speaking on video, please let me know. Either way, it’s not looking good for Peterson at this point. I am sure most people agree.
Drew Peterson spoke to the Today Show on 11-14-07
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