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Tonya Craft After The Verdict

Did you know one of the victims in this was supposedly Tonya Craft’s own daughter? No wonder Tonya is sad. She has to deal with the aftermath of this. Do you believe Tonya Craft now has to fight for custody of her daughter? That amazes me. I had no idea!!

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Tonya Craft Found Not Guilty

News just in — Tonya Craft has been found not guilty!!!

If there was ever a case that I hoped for justice, it was this one! The truth has prevailed! This makes me really happy. I hope Tonya has recourse for those who I suspect have falsely accused her.

You can read the news from the TimesFreePress.com.

Tonya is the 31st person who I have called accurately on truth or deception in the past five years. I have only missed the clues to deceit in one case to date, which leaves my accuracy rate at 96.9%. According to Dr. David Matsumoto, the average person’s accuracy is 53%.

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Verdict Watch in Tonya Craft Trial

High angle view of five business executives in a meeting

Yesterday the Tonya Craft case went to the jury who deliberated a few hours before going home. They have resumed again today. I was surprised to read that there are 7 men and 5 women on the jury, but I feel in this case this is good news for Tonya, who I believe is telling us the truth. Simply put, of all the public, the group of people who would most likely sympathize with the accusers in this case would be moms, especially moms of young children. To get to the truth, it is always best to remove people who might hold an emotional bias.

So we are on a verdict watch now. As one reader pointed out, there is a good chance with the community being so polarized by this case, the jury will hang. That would be devastating news for Tonya, who would have to pay for a second defense. It is also possible that the jury will sympathize with children, simply believing that for three kids to say something, there has to be some reality to it. I don’t believe that and if this happens, I am sure there will be years and years of appeals.

Let’s hope the jury sees the truth! There is no doubt this case will be on 20/20 and 48 Hours in the future. Maybe even Dateline. Tonya’s story, whatever the verdict, needs to be told. I hope we get to the “real truth” one day, because I believe we have yet to hear it, and I am not talking about from Tonya, but that may take a decade or more.

Melissa Huckaby Pleads Guilty

I just saw this news from Jane Velez-Mitchell on Twitter. CNN is reporting that Melissa Huckaby plead guilty to killing 8-year old Sandra Cantu today. You can read more here.

The only person I gave any conclusive opinions on in this case was the mother of Sandra Cantu, Maria Chavez. Several people speculated she was faking her sadness, and wondered if she was involved in her daughter’s murder. Melissa Huckaby’s grandfather’s behavior was odd when I watched him, but his behaviors were not conclusive for me. I still wonder if he knew at that time what was going on before we did. We never got to see Melissa Huckaby talk before (or after?) her arrest.

It will be interesting to hear if we get more information on this case. It’s an odd story, to say the least.

More of Tonya Craft On the Stand

I believe Tonya Craft. I do not see any signs of deception.