Intent in Statement Analysis and Analytical Interviewing

When we look at a statement, we are of the presupposition that the subject spoke or wrote in order to be understood.  If you have a statement, you have the meaning of the statement intended.  This is "intent" and what we will view in Statement Analysis. To not have a meaning intended, you have marks on a page, nothing more, which cry out for meaning.  This is the point:  a person has spoken in order to be heard, therefore,...

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Crime Wire Tonight 7PM EST

You can hear Crime Wire Investigates Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern.Please visit our Crime Wire Website for more discussion in the Forum section.Together we can make a difference.LISTEN LIVE: CLICK HEREThe remains found in Scurry County, TX have been positively identified asmissing 13 year old, Hailey Dunn.On March 16, 2013 badly decomposed and skeletal remains were found in a field of cactus and brush in Scurry County, Texas, 30 miles away from the...

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Statement Analysis Lesson: "You're Hopelessly and Endlessly In Love With Me!"

"You're hopelessly and endlessly in love with me, aren't you?" the married man said to his co-worker, with a broad grin."Oh, yes," she laughed, "I lose sleep dreaming of you. Ha!  Get over yourself!" she said with a smile .        What does Statement Analysis make of sarcasm?  What about flirtation? Witty banter?"If you don't take out the garbage right now, I'm gonna kill you!", mother said to 17 year old son. We do...

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Dunn: Message Posted On Facebook

The following was another message left on FB, reportedly from the mother, and 2nd Person of Interest in the disappearance and death of 13 year old Hailey Dunn, by Peter Hyatt and Kaaryn Gough. "I beg all pedophiles,child murderers & their families,you must've had an inkling that demon was in there,kill yourselves,save our babies! And shame on your families,who know you best for not getting you placed somewhere where you can't murder babies! Shame...

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Crime Wire Announcement: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7PM EST

Curtis Lloyd will not be appearing on Crime Wire, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. We will continue to cover the case.Here is something posted on my Facebook wall of interest to readers about Narcissists:Narcissists crave to be the center of attention. These individuals often come across as exciting and entertaining, especially in the beginning, but beneath this garb of being happy-go-lucky, they are aggressive and highly manipulative in nature. In the long run, their true colors do surface, but then, it is usually too late for the person on the receiving...

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Person Of Interest In Hailey Dunn Case on Facebook

By By complaining about the plea bargain, it presupposes that she knows there is something to bargain about.  Would your first concern be a plea deal or that someone has been identified as your daughter's killer? If it has been confirmed with a plea deal, wouldn't a mother first be thankful that her daughter's killer has been found?She is mad about the plea deal but no commentary on the fact that he killed her daughter??????I think...

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Statement Analysis and Jury Selection

Statement Analysis, specifically, the SCAN technique, should be used in jury selection, by the prosecution, in the interviewing process.Prosecution needs to weed out, quite specifically, certain personality aspects from this case. Opinions about the death penalty are a given, as this is a standard part of the initial interviewing of potential jurors.Open-Ended QuestionsThis is not something we often hear about in jury selection but it the single...

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Statement Analysis: Shawn Adkins on Andrea

The following is transcripts from the radio program in which Shawn Adkins spoke about the woman, Andrea. Statement Analysis is in bold type.This girl, her name is Andrea, I met her a few times almost a year ago and the short time I known her I really didn’t take a liking to her because in a way I feel that she was having a fatal attraction toward me. I remember days when she was telling me she loves me and I wanted to put an end...

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