Watch Stacey talk to the media. What do you see?

You see a mom whose emotions are odd when she talks about her little girl being murdered. People have written to me multiple times wondering how a mother could be so light-hearted as she is in this video.  Stacey, the mom, even laughs at one point. I think this is an excellent video for the study of honesty.

We might flag Stacey on these behaviors, if we didn’t know the truth. And to flag her is okay, but one must not rush to judgement.  I always say we must have three solid red flags or even more before we judge anyone, and here we only have two.

If we didn’t know the outcome as we do here, what could explain this behavior?

If we plug in shock and disbelief–that the truth hasn’t sunk in–it makes sense–that the mother hasn’t processed the situation at all.  She may also be having trouble grasping the situation for a variety of reasons.

Police say her little girl, Hailey, was found shot to death in the perpetrator’s home.