Mark Redwine: Statement Analysis and Distance

Pronouns do not lie.  Statement analysis is in bold type. 

Statement Analysis looks at needless or "unnecessary" words.  Needless words are those that can be removed from a sentence with the sentence still being a complete sentence.  A needless word, according to the law of economy, is to be deemed "doubly important" to the analysis.  When an entire sentence is "unnecessary", we are looking at something very important.

If two unnecessary words are used in a sentence, the importance of the sentence increases, but if two completely unnecessary sentences are used consecutively, we have extremity in language to view. 

In this case, we have two unnecessary sentences, that are not only unnecessary on their own, but employ the pronoun "we" while speaking as a singular entity.  After these two sentences, we have the most shocking use of a pronoun that readers may ever encounter. 

First, a short lesson:  

We also view pronouns for guidance, as they are instinctive, and never wrong. 

Qualifiers. 

We view qualifiers, like the word "think" and how it can appropriately be used, and how it can reveal inappropriate weakness in deceptive statements. 

Let's look at why the word "think" is a weak assertion. 

"I locked my keys in the car" is very straight forward. 
"I think I locked my keys in the car" shows doubt. 

"We think we locked the keys in the car" shows not only weakness, but the word "we" shows a possible desire to share blame.  

If someone does not know where the keys are, doubt is expected.  This is call, "the expected."  If someone is certain, we expect the word "think" not to be used. 

We also look for the use of "think" with the pronouns.  Pronouns give us the best guidance into language, and the verbalized reality we are dealing with.  When we do not know something, or we assert that someone might "think" otherwise, it is appropriate. 

 The father of missing Colorado teenager Dylan Redwine said he believes his son is still alive and the family has plans to appear on the Dr. Phil show.

“I have no reason not to believe that (he’s alive),” said Mark Redwine.

Always note what anyone says in the negative as important and possibly sensitive.  He "has" no reason.  

Dylan, 14, disappeared in Southern Colorado nearly three months ago — the Monday before Thanksgiving. There are very little clues to his disappearance.

“It’s frustrating for all of us because there’s so little to go on,” said Mark Redwine. “The tensions are very high between all of us.”

Context:  Mark Redwine is alone.  He is supposed to be speaking for himself.  In fact, not only is he alone, but he is embittered towards his ex wife; very distant. 

Note the use of "all of us" is not only additional wording, it is repeated, making it sensitive.  Who would think it is not frustrated?  Of course a parent of a missing child would be frustrated at not finding him.  Why the need to assert this?  The need is what makes it a sensitive statement. 

Yet, Mark Redwine is embittered and distant from his ex, who's quotes show she believes he knows more than he has let on.  

We have seen how, when one is talking for himself, goes to the plural, there is often a desire to share guilt or responsibility.  This is something every mom of every teenager knows intuitively.  

Dylan vanished while visiting his father in Vallecito, outside Durango. He lived with his mother in Colorado Springs and was on a court-ordered visit with his father.

 Redwine said he’s still working with search crews.

“Basically they want to come up here and eliminate the Vallecito area as a possibility for where Dylan could be so we can focus our search efforts on other places that he could possibly be,” said Mark Redwine.

If we follow Mark Redwine's words, authorities should be searching in water.  (See Kaaryn Gough's analysis) 

Without any clues there are still countless unanswered questions. The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office said it doesn’t have a suspect.

A divided family is in the middle of the tragic situation.

“My ex-wife and I both agree that Dylan is not the kind of kid that would run away but I also think that there’s a possibility that Dylan was torn between his parents,” said Mark Redwine.

Note the incomplete social introduction indicates a bad relationship. 

Note the additional word "both" added for emphasis upon agreement. 

Note the word "but" to refute that which preceded it.

Note "I think" is weak.  

“My fear is he’s out there somewhere, able to see what’s going on and he sees the conflict going on between his mom and I,” said Mark Redwine. “I think that’s a huge concern. But who knows what goes through a 13-year-old’s head?.”

If Dylan was "out there somewhere" he would likely have other things to concern himself with than his father's bickering about his mother.  This folly is followed by the weak, "I think" with the exaggerated, "huge concern."  Note that he himself, adds in the word "but" to contradict what he weakly asserted.  

Note the question asked is rhetorical.  This may be the subject asking himself. 

Dylan’s 14th birthday was last week. Dozens gathered to celebrate in Monument in his absence with cake and balloons, holding out hope he will be found soon.

The entire family said they just want their youngest member to come home.

“We don’t know where Dylan’s at. We have no idea where Dylan’s at. Dylan could be anywhere.”

This statement is alarming. 

Note:

1. "We don't know where Dylan's at." is something that it needless.

Needless information is doubly important to the analyst.  Why would he feel the need to say this?

2.  Note that he does not say "I don't know where Dylan's at"; but says "we" don't; making it not only needless, but sensitive, since he is speaking for himself. 

3.  "We have no idea" is also completely needless and is an unreliable denial, even while there is no apparent allegation of knowledge.  It is weak, in itself, but its weakness (and sensitivity) is very note worthy as he adds in the plural pronoun "we"; especially given the distance between him and Dylan's mother. 

Pronouns do not lie.  Pronouns are learned in early childhood and are instinctive.  Mark Redwine says "Dylan", and "Dylan" the second time, but then changes the proper name to the pronoun, "it" in his statement. 

Please note that "we have no idea" and "Dylan could be anywhere" are distancing and hopeless language.  

It reminds me of the following phrases that guilty parents of missing children make:

"And that's all I know"; therefore, stop asking questions. Misty Croslin. 
"I told them everything";  this is something no innocent parent says because each night the parent loses sleep thinking of something else, some small, minute detail that might help.  See Justin DiPietro. 
"We've looked everywhere" indicating that there are no other places to search, so why bother?  Lena Lunsford. 

In common, these answers seek to hinder the need to search or stop the flow of information. 


Distancing language in missing child cases. 

We saw something similar in the Celis' language where, while missing, they quickly sought to "move on" in life. 

We saw this in the language of Tiffany Hartley, just as we did in Ronald Cummins, who got married while his daughter was "missing" because "Haleigh would have wanted us to do this..." and in other cases where a child was missing. 

Tiffany Hartley, merely weeks after reporting her husband shot, was out shopping and traveling talking about how "David wanted me to be happy" as she removed her wedding ring.  

"I would never harm that girl" said Shawn Adkins, unable to issue a reliable denial, while showing distancing language. 

Deborah Bradley had a camera follow her around Trick o Treating shortly after Baby Lisa was reported "missing." 

Elaine Redwine's language reveals deep pain, but not guilt, nor deception.  Sensitivity indicators are used to discern deception.  Life's most painful events often do not trigger linguistic "sensitivity" indicators in innocent, suffering parents.  "I did not kill my daughter" said Kevin Fox, and Clint Dunn, both in emotional distress.  The topics could not have been more sensitive, but they both were able to say these sentences without qualifiers, or any sensitivity indicators.  

Mark Redwine's statement has the elements of guilt.  It was needless for him to say that he did not know where he was, but to add in the pronoun "we" and then to move on to the repetition of "no idea" makes it even more alarming.  Recall that when someone says "I have no idea", it is rarely true since we have ideas about most everything in life.  After taking out a life insurance policy on his toddler, Justin DiPietro reported her "kidnapped" and said, "I have no idea what happened..." even after asserting that he did have an idea:  someone came in the home and took her.  It is something deceptive people cling to, yet here, Redwine used it in a follow up sentence to an already needless (doubly important) statement. 

To add in the pronoun "we" compounds this for us, but the change in language, more than anything else, tells us that what happened to Dylan changed Dylan from "Dylan" to an "it" in the language of Mark Redwine.

Police need to search the dam and the waters between Redwine's home and the McDonalds.  

That Mark Redwine was speaking for himself, while alone,  is verified by this video:

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