Sunday, 26 April 2015

Statement Analysis of Timothy Sparks 911 Call


Statement Analysis of Timothy Sparks 911 Call

The Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) system was developed by Avinoam Sapir, and it is the basis for all Statement Analysis today. Mr. Sapir's website is LSI and his work is applied to 911 calls in the same manner as it is applied to all statements. Work on 911 calls is to the credit of Mr. Sapir. Any claim to the contrary is fraudulent and is intellectual theft, whether or not the one taking credit is a trained analyst or not.





Mason police are investigating after a 56-year-old woman, Susan Sparks was found dead at a home on Mackenzie Court.

Police originally responded to reports of a shooting around 6:45 a.m. in the 4200 block of Mackenzie Court, officials said. The caller is her executive husband, Timothy Sparks.

The death is considered "questionable" and an investigation is underway, Sgt. Craig Kline of the Mason Police Department said. An unidentified man was taken to the police station and is being questioned.

The woman's husband called 911 around 6:45 a.m. Monday and told emergency dispatchers that he needed an ambulance because his wife had been shot. Thanks to John for the transcription.


Operator: 911 whats your emergency ?

This legally sound open-ended question allows:

1. The subject (caller) to choose his own words in his answer.
2. The subject to choose where, in his account, he wishes to begin.
3. He will tell the operator what is most important to him, in the order reflecting his priority.

We begin our analysis with the presupposition of truthfulness. This is not a moral or ethical exercise, but a specific tool necessary for analysis.

We now ask, "What would I say if my wife shot herself and was bleeding profusely before me?

What would be the very first thing on your mind, as an innocent caller?

Each of us has an internal dictionary of words. This dictionary, on average, is estimated to contain at least 25,000 words. Most all of these words are subjective and personal to us, and will need clarification. A "boy" for example, could be anything from a new born, to a 21 year old soldier, and everything in between. Therefore, "boy" may need clarification by the subject.

Pronouns, however, are not subjective, but objective. "We" means more than one person, no matter who says it, when they say it, or how they say it. "I" is singular.

"4PM", that is, time on a clock, is objective and 4PM means the same thing to all of us.

Articles are also objective. "A man" will become "the" man, after introduced, to all of us, at all times.

Therefore, the three elements of English language that do not need clarification are:

1. Pronouns
2. Time on the Clock
3. Articles

When the operator asks this open ended question, the subject (Timothy Sparks) must:

Go into his dictionary of 25,000 words (those of higher intelligence may have between 30,000 and 35,000), and:

1. Choose what words to use
2. Choose what information to not include, since no one can tell us everything that happened;
3. Choose the order of information according to his priority
4. Choose which verb tenses of which words to use;
5. Choose where to place words, next to each other, to make sense

He does this in less than a measurable second of time, with the brain signaling the tongue what to say and how.

We then listen to let him guide us, by this incredibly rapid speed of transmission. In fact, it is this speed of transmission that makes Statement Analysis so accurate. A disruption of speed is stress inducing for the subject who is deceptive. We note this even in what is called, "self - censoring", that is, in this incredibly fast transmission, he stops himself from the potentially self-implicating words:

Timothy sparks: Ugh please, my wi.. i need an ambulance quickly quickly quickly.

1. "Ugh" is a pause, or signal that the speed of transmission is interrupted, causing stress.

Liars have internal stress, not so much for morality sake (though many do) but because a deceptive response interrupts the incredibly fast transmission of information from the brain to the tongue. This is a pause to think about what to say.

Ask yourself: if your wife shot herself and lay bleeding before you, would you need a pause to think about what to say? It is not likely. The pause, therefore, is the "unexpected" in analysis.

2. "ug, please, my wife..." is to begin with what we think would be most important to be said: his wife is bleeding, yet we have a self-censoring of words. This broken sentence indicates suppression of information, that is, the deliberate stopping of what he knows he should say. He successfully suppresses the most important information: that his wife is in dire trouble.

3. "I need an ambulance" is to ask for help, not specifically for the victim, but for himself.

Please note that when one asks for help for himself, it is only appropriate if the help is about instruction for CPR or First Aid. Here, he does not give any indication (or anywhere else in the call) that he needs instruction.

Guilty callers will often ask for help for their own selves, rather than for the victim.

We note that he asks for help for himself. If he is, at this time, performing CPR and is in need of instruction, it is appropriate. By adding "ambulance" he shows us that the context is not CPR or First Aid for the victim.

If he is not performing any type of First Aid in which he needs instruction, it is a red flag for possible status of "guilty caller"

We listen to the call to see if he seeks specific First Aid or CPR directives or not, in the future, but already, due to contextual wording ("ambulance") it is not so.

OP: What your address ?

TS: Er 4293 Mackenzie court.

Op: And whats going on ?

TS: Ahh my wife had a ahh a gun my gun, the gun went off the gun went off my wife she's been shot. Oh my god Susan, please baby.

First: Note the self censoring of incomplete sentences.

Next: Note the order of information represents his priority:

1. My wife had a gun
2. my gun
3. the gun went off
4. the gun went off
5. my wife; she's been shot

"My wife had a gun" is an attempt to put the responsibility of what happened upon the victim. This is called "blaming the victim."

Blaming the victim is often heard in guilty callers where a child has been shaken to death or injured. "uh, my daughter, well, she would not finish her bottle..."

This shows the priority is not asking for help for his wife. The first thing out of his mouth should be help for his bleeding wife.

He wants police to first know that it was his wife who had a gun. This strongly suggests that he, himself, may be responsible for the shooting as it shows a need to influence the police. The first statement is always important. The first statement of the call is asking for help, for himself. The first statement after being asked the open ended question of what is going on is that his wife had a gun.

Next, he admits it is his gun. The ownership of the gun is part of his priority that is above seeking medical intervention for his wife. This intervention includes gaining instruction on how best to treat her, which presupposes him saying first: "my wife is bleeding!"

Then note "the gun went off" in his speech. Guns do not go off; people pull triggers.

Note next the passivity of language. This is used to conceal responsibility for the shooting. That "the gun went off" is repeated is yet another signal of sensitivity regarding the responsibility of the shooting.

Note the term of endearment, "Baby" is often used in scripting and is a sign of a bad relationship.

Already, in the first moments of this call, there are enough indicators to conclude that this is a guilty caller, who has shot his wife.

So far, he has not sought help for her, nor has he told what happened. He has avoided saying "my wife shot herself" using his own language.

"Yes or no" questions are said to be less stressful to lie to, which is accurate. This is because the simple one word response will not interrupt the speed of transmission.

Recall former police chief, William McCollum, who not only used passive language, but made it through an entire 911 call by not using the words "wife" or "Maggie", but gave as little information as possible, so much so, that the 911 operator was forced to ask, "Who shot her?" and, "Is she your wife?"

When asked, "Who shot her?" he only said, "me", so as to avoid the internal stress of transmission disruption.

Timothy Sparks has skillfully avoided saying the words "My wife shot herself", which, if he is a guilty caller, would be a fabrication of reality.

Please note that fabrication of reality is a very rare form of deception. Most all deception is done by withholding information, which is precisely what he has been doing.

He forces the 911 operator to ask:



OP: Who shot her ?

TS: She had the gun. I tried to take it away from her, i have no idea. i was i was..

The question, "Who shot her?" is either avoided entirely, or answered in deception with "I have no idea", as his brain, loaded with 25,000 or more words, chose which words to use, how to order them, which to leave out, all in less than a micro-second. It is safe to conclude he does not want to tell police the answer to this question.

Question: Who shot her?

Answer: She shot herself.

This, itself, in context, would be "unreliable." We would not say, alone, that it is "deceptive", but "unreliable" because the speed of transmission is not disrupted in "parroting language", that is, by repeating the words of a question.

He avoids it, nonetheless, even though it would be less stressful due to parroting.



"I have no idea" is not truthful, as he will soon indicate. That he is deceptive on the call is one issue, but that he is deceptive about who shot her means the deception is specifically related to the topic of who shot her.

Note it is "the" gun. This is appropriate since he introduced "a" gun earlier.

"tried" in past tense, means attempted and failed.

We look for him, in the "free editing process" to say, "She shot herself":

By "Free editing process":

his own words
spoken in an open statement
spoken as a response to the open ended question, "What happened?"
spoken without qualifiers or anything else interrupting the speed of transmission
without using the operator's, nor anyone else's words.




OP: How old is she ?

TS: She's err err err 56.

OP: Is she breathing ?

TS: I can hear her gulping gulping, she's like gulping.

OP: Alright, where are you at at the residence ?

The 911 operator instinctively is concerned for the safety of the responders.

TS: I'm in my bedroom.

Married couples often use "the bedroom" and not "my", which is possessive. By using "my" bedroom, he is giving us an indication that the place of sleep (rest, peace) has something amiss. This should lead investigators to learn if they

slept in different locations
talked about divorce where he keeps the house and she goes elsewhere.

OP: Whats your name ?

TS: My name's Tim.

Please note that he parrots back the word "name" by entering into her sentence. This is a slight indication that he may want to be cautious with his answers. It is only a slight indication. However, when we have "self censoring", the slight indicator is taken with the other, stronger indicators, in conclusion.

Please next note that he uses his first name only; informal, or, "friendly" which shows need to "win over" or "be friends with police." See other 911 calls for this attempt to sound friendly, or at peace with police.

OP: Whats you last name Tim ?

This question is forced by him, which, by necessity, takes away from possible first aid care to his wife.


TS: Sparks, Sparks.

OP: Is your door open, unlocked ?

TS: Err No i i i..

Stuttering on pronouns indicates increase of anxiety. This principle is seen in an even more acute manner when it is the pronoun "I", which, in the English language, is a word used by our brains millions of times, and is one in which a non stuttering person will not stutter on, unless there is anxiety. A single stutter would show an increase in tension, or fear, but 3 "I's" shows a significant increase in anxiety.

Objection: his wife is dying before him, who would not be anxious?

Answer: The pronoun "I" is directed towards self, and stuttering on it shows the anxiety is directed, not towards his wife, but himself, and is consistent with him expressing a need for help, for himself. Should he stutter even further on the pronoun "I", it may be that he, himself, will need ambulatory care as he may have a nervous breakdown. "I" is the one word in which anxiety towards external circumstances will not produce stutter. It is always focused upon the self; not knowing what outcome will be upon self, rather than victim. It focuses the language upon himself, not the one in need of assistance. This is why we seek to learn if an innocent caller will ask for help, specifically for the victim, or specifically for self, if administering life saving aid.

OP: Were you guys having a fight, or what was she doing with the gun ?

poorly worded: Avoid compound questions as they let subject choose which he wishes to answer

TS: No, i was, she was she, i was getting ready for work and i just came in came in and she's standing there with the gun, i said Sue what are you doing ? Oh hurry hurry please. What do i do ?


1. Note self censoring where he stops himself from speaking a full sentence as the brain signals "shut off" in order to protect himself
2. The question about having a fight, or her having a gun, is sensitive to him.
3. Note the chronological order: "I was getting ready for work" and "I just came in" avoids, by delay, getting to what happened.

Is this because he "has no idea" how she was shot, as said above?

4. "She's standing there" gives her body posture, which is unnecessary; therefore, very important to him. It is a signal of increase tension, or stress, not for his wife, but for him. Recall the training:

"My supervisor said for me to fill out the forms" versus, "My supervisor stood and told me to fill out the forms" shows an increase in pressure, or tension, for the subject, as he recalls not only what his supervisor said, but included the additional words describing the body posture of his supervisor. The law of economy is suspended and additional effort is used to bring additional wording in.

5. Next, he tells the operator about their conversation with soft language, "I said..."

Please note that he does not answer the question, but interrupts himself giving an answer by telling them to hurry, yet does not ask for help for the victim, which is now a red flag, since he does not know what to do. He is not performing CPR or any detailed First Aid.

"What do I do?" is likely leakage and he does not know what he, himself, is going to do. This may have been in a moment of rage.

OP: Where was she shot at ?

TS: Err, it looks like right in the chest. I tried to take the gun from her she pulled it toward her.

"right" is the language of hitting the correct point in shooting. "Tried" in past tense, indicates failure.

Ask yourself, "Would you say this?"

Note that the law of economy would have said, "in her chest" and then may have asked for guidance on how to help her. Instead, he adds in his alibi building and self-absorbed view: "I tried to take the gun from her..." which he had already said that he had "no idea" how she was shot.

This repetition shows the sensitivity he has about "what happened" and should be viewed with the passivity.


OP: Can you tell where she's breathing from ?

TS: She's bleeding from the chest.

OP: Ok.

TS: She's bleeding a lot.

OP: Can you get a clean rag and try to hold pressure where the wound is ?

TS: Yes yes.

OP: And i need you to see if she's breathing when you start CPR.

TS: Err she's gul..she's gul

OP: Is she still gasping ?

TS: I'm holding my hand on her chest.

OP: Ok, can you get like a shirt or a towel or something to hold over the top of that ?

TS: Yes yes..(inaudible)

OP: Is it 4293 Meckenzie court right ?

TS: Yes yes.

OP: ok.

TS: I got the blanket i'll take the blanket. I'll hold the blanket on her.

OP: Ok. Is there anybody else in the house with you ?

TS: No no no.

OP: How old is she ?

TS: Uhg Uhg Ugh, she's 50..6

OP: And how old are you ?

TS: 58

OP: Has she ever threatened suicide before ?

TS: Uhg erm, she she she, she suffers from depression.

He stutters at this question about threatening suicide. This question has caused him anxiety.
OP: Is the depression really bad ?

TS: she would never do this..She didn't do this on purpose. I tried to get it from her.

This may be an admission.
OP: Was it a hand gun ?

TS: No, its a its a shot gun. That we keep in the closet.

The shot gun makes it more difficult to shoot "right in the chest" by suicide. Note he uses "we" regarding the gun, which may indicate need to share guilt.
OP: And where is it at now ?

TS: Uhg aahh, its laying on the floor.

Instead of "it's on the floor" he uses body posture for an inanimate object, often a linguistic signal that he put it there. This would be different than a suicide since he only "tried" to take it from her. It is likely that it did not fall to this position, but he put it there deliberately.
OP: In the same room as you ?

TS: Yes yes

While the OP is typing you can hear TS in the background saying "honey, honey, honey, honey.

OP: Is she still breathing ?

TS: Sh's..no. She was gulping..

OP: Can you feel on the side of her neck and see if you can feel a pulse Tim or..

TS: Hang on...No, i don't know how to feel it, no, i don't feel anything.

OP: Ok.

TS: Her chest was moving i can feel it now.

OP: OK

TS: Chest stopped moving, chest stopped moving

OP: Is it moving still ?

TS: No no it's not moving.


OP: Ok, take a deep breath for me. Is she on her back ?

TS: God..

OP: Is she on her back ?

TS Yes, oh my god oohhh.


OP: Can you start CPR ?


TS: Are they here, are they here ?

OP: They'er coming. It's gunna take them a couple of minits but they are all on the way. Can you start CPR again ?

TS: (Inaudible)

OP: Ok. Lets give her two breadths

TS: Ok where

OP: You are gunna tilt her head back a little bit and pinch her nose and give two breaths into her mouth.

OP: Where at in the chest was she shot at ? Are you gunna...

TS: In the middle, oh my god.

OP: Is it like between, like her breast bone ?

TS: Yes yes.


OP: Ok. Are you able to do chest compressions over the top where the gun shot wound is ?

TS: I got the blanket on her

OP: Ok

TS: Oh my god oh my god. Come on baby come on babe. Baby look at me. Honey come on, oh my god. What did i do, what did i do ? She's not breathing, she's not breathing

Note the terms of endearment spoken into the phone:
Baby
Babe
Honey

OP: Alright, ok Tim

TS: She's not breathing

OP: Alright, are you able to do chest compressions on her ? Over the top of where the gun shot wound is.

TS: Whats that, just push on her ?

OP: Yeah just give her thirty compressions

TS: Just like push on it

OP: Yep

TS: OK......Oh My God, oh my god oh my god...Baby, baby.


OP: Are you giving her compressions Tim ?

TS: Yes i'm pushing on her

OP: Ok. After you have give thirty of those, go back and give her two breaths again

TS: OK i did..Thirty

OP: Where are you at in the house ?

TS: I'm in the bedroom

OP: Is it a two story or one story ?

TS: It's a two story, do i need to unlock the door ?

OP: Are you upstairs in the bedroom ?

TS: No, it's on the first floor,. When you come in the door, turn left

OP: OK

TS: I need to unlock it though

OP: Yes, get the front door unlocked

TS: Ok i'm gunna unlock the door

OP: Do you have any dogs or anything in the house

(Dogs barking in the background)

OP: can you put the dogs in another room ?

TS: Yeah. Come here, come here. (Talking to the dogs)

TS: I don't think she's breathing ?

OP: Ok

TS: Honey

OP: Lets give her two more breaths. Did you get the dogs secured ?

TS: Yeah

OP: Ok. Lets give her two more breaths

TS: Oh baby, oh noo oh noo

OP: You are doing good Tim

(Inaudible) TS is saying something

OP: Do you have a Police Officer with you ?

Police in the background

Police: sir let me see your hands, let me see your hands, slow down

TS: She's not breathing, she's not breathing

This is a call with an abundance of indictors of guilty caller status for Timothy Sparks. He attempts to portray this as a suicide, but it is a homicide. His use of passivity shows:

Timothy Sparks deliberately shot his wife and deceptively reports this as a suicide.

What is not known from this short 911 call are issues that the subject's original written statement (if taken before the interview) would reveal, including:

*the nature of their relationship
*premeditation

The social introduction of "my wife" is appropriate in context, while the terms of endearment, if intended for the recording, is a form of 'scripting' and in general, terms of endearment are indicative of a poor relationship, just as "I love you" and others are. Here is why:

When you put your children to bed, it is likely that you say "I love you" to them.

When a person feels the need to put this in a statement, or in the case of scripting, to be heard by someone other than the children, it is indicative of:

a. Need to persuade
b. poor relationship

I have advised police to look at terms used in departures, such as, "See ya, Babe" within a statement, as this can help pinpoint the time of death. I ask that they look at the timing in the statement where this is found and ask the coroner if the time listed (or in the pace of the statement) equals, or comes very close to, the medically deduced time of death.

This analysis is not conclusive, but general, and it is not difficult to discern the status of "guilty caller" which indicates:

a. The caller has guilty knowledge of what happened;
b. The caller, himself, is guilty of what he is reporting.

Analyst Kaaryn Gough has said, "the brain knows what it knows" even as the subject attempts to deceive. This is why "I'm sorry" and/or "I need help" can enter the language of the deceptive caller.

The deceptive caller knows that he is in need of help, and may be even expressing remorse, having gone through with either his plan, or even his angry impulse.

This caller's words guide us, and reveal his need to persuade. Truthful people report simply what happened, and unless challenged, will not show a need to persuade.

What would an honest 911 call look like in a domestic situation?

I just analyzed one sent to me via Facebook by a reader who noted red flags, but sought guidance. I do not know who the caller is, but simply analyzed, in context, what the reader sent me.

It is also useful for teaching, particularly show why, in context, a caller might ask for help specifically for himself.

If we used only a "checklist" (that is sometimes used by departments), we may have erred in our conclusion of that call.

A checklist can be useful, but it also can be for the lazy-minded who wish to reduce principle to the most simplest of forms.

Detecting deception is hard work, and it is not easy.

When I teach law enforcement, I encourage supervisors to send their "best and brightest" for this reason. A checklist, while convenient, is a temptation to rush to a conclusion, the very element that a good investigator must not possess.

The analysis is found HERE and should be studied. Note how the check list mentality would have worked in this call. Read the analysis at the link, but also note the abbreviated points that follow:

8/9/13 Call to 911:

911: what is your emergency?

Caller: yeah I need some help. I found my wife on the floor. She’s passed out and unresponsive. I can’t wake her.

In the checklist, asking for help for himself here is a "red flag" checked off. Slavish devotion to simplicity can backfire. Here is why:
The caller asks for help for himself rather than the victim, which is something we look at, specifically, in context.

If the caller is administering specific First Aid or CPR, he, himself, does need help to save the victim.

This is not inappropriate if the caller is administering first aid, CPR, attempting to revive the victim, etc, showing a need for help, for the caller, specifically. Even if the caller is knowledgable (like a nurse, for example), if success is not forthcoming, the caller may still ask specifically for help. A doctor trying to save someone's life and is not having success, will want help.


911: okay, address?
Caller: 45** 8 Street.

911: 8 Street?
Caller: 45** 8 Street, in Addis.

911: Oh okay, I’m sorry.
[pause]
Caller: Send somebody quick.

This would be seen as not asking help specifically for the victim, and might have ended up on the "check list box"

911: Okay Sir, I am taking down the information.

Caller: She’s not breathing. [long pause] I can’t wake her up.

In the original analysis, he had strong pronoun use of responsibility for her revival, which is indicative of someone with First Aid and CPR training. EMTs, for example, often feel personally responsible for outcomes.


Dispatcher: alright…
Caller: I don’t have a pulse.


The caller is taking ownership of his wife's pulse here. This pronoun ("I") strongly connects the caller to the well being of the victim in the context of his care for her. This could be misinterpreted as not asking for help for her, since it is only a check box.


Dispatcher: Okay — [pauses]
Caller: She’s not breathing. I can’t wake her up.

The same pattern of responsibility for her care continues.

Dispatcher: Okay, I need you to get him flat on his back on the floor, okay? Flat on the floor.
Caller: She’s on the floor!

noted exasperation and frustration with the 911 operator. There is no need to "make friends" or show friendliness or even make a show of cooperation to 911, which is the police.

Compare this with the Sparks call in which he gives his first name only. Compare it also with initial (this is important: "initial") response of parents of missing children when they praise police for not finding their child. Later, when police accuse them, this "make friends" attitude or display, usually disappears. See Justin DiPietro and the Celis family.

...


Caller: uh, she’s not breathing, she has no pulse. Her eyes are open. I can’t wake her up

Note that he already gave her name, so he does not repeat it, instead, the information of her age is "overruled" in priority by the extremities of the situation:

a. She is not breathing
b. She has no pulse
c. Her eyes are open
d. I can't wake her

Note that, again, he takes responsibility for her care with "I can't wake her." Guilty callers often find subtle (and strange) ways to distance themselves from their victims and even blame them, with "she won't wake up", whereas he, instead, blames himself and it is his own frustration, as seen in the instinctive use of the pronoun "I"

Dispatcher: Hold on Sir, I need you to stay calm with me. Did you see her stop breathing or did you wake up ——

Caller: [interrupts] No! I got up and I came downstairs!

The interruption was added by the transcriber, yet it shows how quickly he responded. This is the opposite of the sensitive "pause" of "well, um, "I'm sorry" and so on.

This establishes an alibi; he was not there when it happened. The location of the alibi is critical.

In guilty callers, the priority is the alibi.
In innocent callers, the priority is helping the victim.

Please note that in alibi building this information is likely found earlier in the call as the guilty caller's priority is himself, and not the victim. The location of this information suggests that his priority is her lack of breathing, that is, her condition.

Recall Misty Croslin's 911 call in which she was asked what the emergency was and her first words were:

"I was sleeping..."

Dispatch: Okay. Once again, I want you to —she’s on the floor? I want you to go ahead and I want you to put your uh, place the heel of your hand on her breastbone, right between her nipples —

Caller: [interrupts and talks over dispatcher irritated] I know how to do CPR!

Thus showing why he needed help. He knows how to do CPR but it is not working revealing why he, himself, asked for help.

Dispatcher: okay well I want you to do that 600 times. I want you to feel the chest come all the way up between pumps and count loud so that I can hear you, and count with you, okay?

Caller: How many times do you want? I’m sorry

We note the inclusion of "I'm sorry" within the call. In context, he has used the pronoun "I" repeatedly, in taken ownership of the CPR care. Here, "I'm sorry" is produced in context to the specific count of CPR, which he has stated, is not working. This is likely an appropriate response and not "leakage" due to the context.

Dispatcher: it’s okay, you’re going to go 600 times. Go!
Caller: 600?

In the interview, my guess is that he did not know that "600 times" was supposed to be done, prompting the answering of a question with a question.


The "check box" used to make things easier for police would not have served justice in this case.

Always beware of short cuts and anything that promises to make Statement Analysis easy. 101 courses are good for introductions, but it takes years to learn Statement Analysis to the point of it being a sharp tool.

A detective recently told me that Statement Analysis is a "short cut to success" for his career, but a "life long learning process."

What prompted this?

In a recent college rape case, (another involving 'rough' violence) his analysis, which was sharp and distinct, indicating deception in both the alleged victim's and the alleged perpetrator's statements.

Working with the statement, trusting the subjects to guide us, he saw:

They had a prior relationship;
He had sexual dysfunction;
She had bitterness...

and both had reasons for deception.

It was not rape, however, in the legal sense, but yet another case where the influence, perhaps, of "50 Shades" has set upon college kids.

In the second call, the caller is innocently seeking help for his wife.

In the case of Timothy Sparks, he should be charged in the

murder of his wife.


By Peter Hyatt.

Monday, 2 February 2015

911 Call: Mother of Two Beaten To Death By Boyfriend

911 Call: Mother of Two Beaten To Death By Boyfriend




The Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) system was developed by Avinoam Sapir, and it is the basis for all Statement Analysis today. Mr. Sapir's website is LSI and his work is applied to 911 calls in the same manner as it is applied to all statements. Work on 911 calls is to the credit of Mr. Sapir. Any claim to the contrary is fraudulent and is intellectual theft, whether or not the one taking credit is a trained analyst or not.


Mother-of-two 'brutally beaten and left for dead by her new boyfriend' who she went to visit for the weekend
Emily Lambert, a third grade teacher, was found dead after being beaten to death and now her boyfriend Robert Earley is under arrest. Thanks to John for posting.

911.

Operator-"911 what is your emergency?

Caller-"Yeah erm, my girlfriend whe..left last night er we were at the Stevens bar inn (inaudible) and she hasn't made it back to the hotel. She-i don't know where she went. She left with, she was talking about leaving with someother guy, and she hasn't made it back."

First note that there is an incomplete introduction; "my girlfriend" but without her name. He is reporting her missing.

A truthful report of a missing person should be where the subject tells us what he knows, what he saw, thought, etc.

Here we have two "lefts" indicating withheld information regarding what happened to her in this time period of missing info.

Note also any struggle with a pronoun. "She, I..."

Pronouns are instinctive. There should be no mistake with pronouns.

Note the change from "left" to "talking about leaving"

When one mentions speech in the statement (call to 911) it may be the reason for the crime.
Operator-"Ok, and where you at


Caller-"The Stevens Inn"

Operator-"What room"?

Caller-"Er 402"

Operator-"What is your name?"

Caller-"Its Robert Early"

Operator-"How do you spell your last name?"

caller-"E-A-R-L-Y"

Operator-"And you phone is--------------------"

Caller-"Yes, yes"

Operator-"And where do you live Robert?".

Caller-"Er, er,er US Texas"

Operator-"And is (Inaudible)

Caller-"Yes Mamm"

Operator is typing. The Caller fills in the silence by saying "Ive been pacing since 5:30 this morning"

Operator-"Ok"

Caller-"Erm, just because--she was pretty intoxicated and she has some insecurities and..

Note the need by the caller to disparage the victim.
Note the need to express his "pacing" and the reason.
operator-"Ok, What is her name?"


Caller- "Emily Lambert, i just, i didn't know maybe she got picked up for PI" (maybe she walked down the road, she was, she was in a really cute dress and some high heels, and i had her ID, and her phone was in the room on the charger. We took my phone. And, i really didn't think anything of it because she was like, she was like, well this guy over here has been hitting on me, and he said if you arn't going to treat me right that he will take me home.And i was like whatever if thats what you really want"

Note that he not only tells us what he did not think, but also the reason. This is very sensitive.

Note also the attempt to once again, disparage the victim, and seek to cast blame away from himself.

He also verbalizes the argument between them. (see the mention of speech above)


Operator-"Ok, what kind, what color dress?"

Caller-"Erm, it was like white and black (pause) with black high heels, with little biddy silver balls, i think on the bottom of the heel. And her purse is in the car and she doesn't have anything with her. Ive driven up and down the street, and looked to see if she was walking down the road or something."

"to" here is the same as "because" as he feels the need to say why he looked for her.
Operator-"uh uh"

caller-"And havn't seen her. I mean ive called, ive talked to her parents, her ex husband, she aint, nobody has heard from her"

In an open statement he is reporting a missing person yet feels the need to say that he has not seen her. This is a very strong indication of deception. He was not asked if he had seen her. A person should tell us what they saw, heard and said, not what they did not see, did not think, etc.

He also reports what she does not have.
Operator-"Ok, is her phone in the room, or, her purse is in the car?"

Caller-"Yes, her phone, her phone is here. she didn't, she was wearing a little, she was wearing, she didn't have any pockets"

Operator-"Ok, let me have an officer come and see you2

Caller-"Ok, thank you"

Analysis by Peter Hyatt.


http://statement-analysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/911-call-mother-of-two-beaten-to-death.html






Sunday, 4 January 2015

Statement Analysis of 911 Call of Police Chief William McCollum Shooting Wife:

Statement Analysis of 911 Call of Police Chief William McCollum Shooting Wife:





The Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) system was developed by Avinoam Sapir, and it is the basis for all Statement Analysis today. Mr. Sapir's website is LSI and his work is applied to 911 calls in the same manner as it is applied to all statements. Work on 911 calls is to the credit of Mr. Sapir. Any claim to the contrary is fraudulent and is intellectual theft, whether or not the one taking credit is a trained analyst or not.



The importance of obtaining and analyzing the 911/999 calls made by individuals during homicides, alleged suicides, alleged accidental deaths, alleged abduction, kidnappings and thefts Etc. Do the callers words indicate innocence, and NO involvement of the crime, or do they indicate deception, guilt or guilty knowledge of the crime being reported?: Statement Analysis Gets To The Truth.




Statement Analysis of 911 Call of Police Chief William McCollum Shooting Wife


Police Chief shoots wife 911 call has now been released.



In Statement Analysis, we view the Expected versus the Unexpected in 911 calls. In a domestic shooting, how the caller relates to the victim is critically important. He will either show a good relationship in the call, or he will show a troubled relationship.



Presuppositional Thinking in Statement Analysis means going word by word, first, presuming innocence (de facto innocence, not judicial), seeing if the language "fits" or is appropriate.



Then, re-do the analysis presupposing that the caller has had a domestic dispute with his wife and see if the language is fitting with this presupposition.



The Expected Versus The Unexpected.



We set up what we expect to hear from an innocent caller, who's wife has now accidentally been shot. What do we expect to hear, in such a case as this?



It is expected that the caller will:



a. ask for help for the victim, specifically for the victim; not in general, and not for himself.



b. show concern for the victim not for the caller himself. His wife is, perhaps, mortally wounded, and we expect to hear him care only for her.



c. use direct language befitting an emergency not staged language for the recording. This should sound like "excited utterance" and be helpful.



Given that he is law enforcement, we expect him to not only answer the questions, but to offer relevant information to the operator.



Remember, this is an Interview. The 911 operator is asking questions because she needs information.

In every interview, there is an impression:



Either the subject is working with the Interviewer to get the information, or the subject is showing resistance or reluctance, to impede the flow of information. This also can be where the subject impedes information by using tangents or avoidance.



d. Passive Language: passivity is used to conceal identity or responsibility In an accidental shooting, it would be expected about the gun going off, but nothing else. If there is passivity, it must be noted. The passivity should not be coupled with distancing language, since passivity already shows distance.



e. The social introduction is key to understanding the relationship at the time of the call.



If he and his wife fought, and this caused him to threaten her, perhaps, and the "gun went off", we may see him distance himself from his wife by avoiding her name, coupled with her title: "my wife______"



I expect him to say, "This is William McCollom, I just shot my wife, Margaret. She needs help." and give the address. Then when he is asked for details, he will say that the gun went off accidentally.



Order teaches us priority.



Police Chief William McCollom's 911 call analyzed.





911: Fayette county 911, what’s the address of your emergency?



Chief: 103 Autumn Leaf.



911: What’s going on there?



Chief: Uh, gunshot wound…accidental. Need medical asap.



Note the order shows priority.



Gunshot Wound is first, and not his wife.
Accidental --alibi set
Medical is asked for after responsibility for shooting.



The priority is not the victim.



Please note:



Here is where we expect him to say he shot his wife, If it is his gun, using her name, and asking for help for her.



If she owned a gun, and slept with it, it may be appropriate.
If this is his gun, we expect him to take responsibility because his concern is not being blamed or not being blamed, but his wife, Margaret's, condition.



Instead, he speaks in short, broken sentences:



1. "Uh" is a pause to think.



2. "gunshot wound" avoids saying "I shot my wife" or "my wife needs help!" He does not say who has the gunshot wound, or how she got it.



2. "accidental" is not to say "I shot her by accident"



3. "Need medical asap" is without a pronoun.



He does not ask for help for her, specifically. This is not expected. This early in the call we looked for a complete social introduction which would tell us that it is a good relationship.

Note that "I just shot my wife, Margaret, by accident, she needs medical assistance asap!" would:



1. Use the pronoun "I"
2. Give the complete social introduction "my" showing ownership, "wife" is her title, and "Margaret" her name. A complete social introduction indicates a good relationship.



In this opening, he has indicated that there is a problem in their relationship.



Their history will have to be explored.




911: OK. Where are you shot at?



Because of his failure to properly inform the operator, she has to ask where he has been shot. It is not clear to her what has happened. This is coming from a man who has likely spent many years in this specific field of information. His wording appears careful and cautious. We now look to see if he will give indication of a good relationship, and care for her life and get the flow of information to the operator.



Chief: What’s that?



911: Where is the person shot at?



Chief: In the back.



He gives short answers. Because he has yet to give a social introduction, he forces the operator to ask:




911: Is it a male or female?



The 911 operator had to ask this. She should not have had to ask.



Chief: Female.



Here is where we expect him to now use the introduction since he has not used it yet.



He continues to avoid saying, "my wife, Margaret" This is another place where he could identify that it is his wife in need of assistance.



That he has not yet used his wife's name is distancing language indicating a poor relationship and/or a need to distance himself from her.



This is not expected when there is a good relationship and the married couple are "one", in their minds and in their language.




In a close, married relationship, the couple often feel like "one", so that when one suffers, they both suffer.



Here, in the midst of a life or death trauma, he will not even use her name.



911: How old is she? How old is she?



Chief: 58





he does not use her name.



*911: She’s shot in the back and in the side?



Chief: Yes…and numb in back. Come on. Let’s get them here.



He does not ask for help specifically for her. He has not used her name.



911: Somebody else is dispatching help. I need to get some more information from you. You said it was an accident?



Chief: Yes.



911: She was shot twice accidental?



That she was shot "twice"
The gun went off twice? This is not something expected in a shooting where a trigger is pulled accidentally, by, for example, someone rolling over on it in bed.



Chief: Yes.



**At :58…911: Who shot her?



Chief: Me.



911: How did you shoot her?



Chief: I was…the gun was in the bed. I went to move it…uh, put it to the side and then it went off.



"I was" is broken off: this is self-censoring. Note "the gun" and not "a" gun. This means that there is something sensitive about ownership of the gun.



If the gun went off inadvertently, passive language is appropriate because one does not know how it went off, therefore, no responsibility is assigned. This is especially true if it is her gun, and she generally sleeps with it.



However, we note here that



"the gun was in the bed" uses passive language.



This conceals or refuses to identify how the gun got into the bed. Is it possible that she brought her own gun to bed?




As police chief, if it is his gun, we expect him to take ownership of it.



Please note: "I went to move it" tells us what he intended to do. We let his words guide us.



Question: Did he say he moved the gun and it went off?



Answer: No



He only "went to" move it. He does not say he moved it.



He further distances himself from the gun.



Please note that "the gun" is not "my gun", nor even "her gun." This is a strong indication that the gun belonged to him and he does not want ownership of it.




"Went": this word is important. "I went to move it" means that he knew it was there. This indicates intention, but not action.



Where was he when he "went" to move it?
Was he in the bed with her?
Was he in a different room, realizing that it was left in the bed where she was sleeping?





This is an important place to focus the interview.



Please note that this use of "went" could be a figure of speech, or even a regional expression.




911: Is she awake?



Chief: No. Everybody was sleeping.



note "everybody" is not defined.
He has not used his wife's name; this is distancing langue. We must now learn who "everybody" who is in the home as this is an indication that there are more people in the home than just he and his wife.



What caused him to say "everybody was sleeping"?



a. If it was just the two of them, it may suggest editorializing (story telling)
b. Was he thinking of someone else?
c. Was someone else there previously?
d. Had he plans to leave to meet someone else, a love interest, who was sleeping?



This is very strange and not something expected from one who is alone with his critically bleeding wife.



911: No, is she awake now?



Chief: Huh?



911: Is she awake now?





Chief: Yes.



911: Is she breathing?



Dispatch is asking questions because the subject is only answering specific questions and not giving any additional details. In a marriage, this is most unexpected.



Chief: Yes.



911: And…103 Autumn Leaf. What’s your nearest intersection or street?



Chief: Uh we’re in Center Green



**At 1:32…911: Where’s the gun at?



Chief: Uhhh, geez I don’t know. I threw it to the side. It might be in the bed here. I don’t know.



The location of the gun is important for the safety of the responders.



Note throwing the gun produced the pronoun "I" and he had the presence of mind to "throw it"; why the need to throw it?



Also, if he threw it, was this in anger? staging?
**At 1:43 Chief: You having trouble breathing Dear?



This is a term of endearment. Investigators will need to learn if this was a usual term used by him, or something for the call.



911: Alright, I want you to…you are with her now?



**At 1:50…Chief: What’s that? I’m the Chief of Police. It’s a…the bed, the gun is on the dresser.



**At 1:57…911: OK. You’re the Chief of Police in Peachtree City?



Chief: Yeah, unfortunately. Yes.




Here, we have the subject showing concern for himself. This is not expected. This may have prompted the next question:


911: Alright, is this your wife?



Chief: Yes.



911: OK sir. Um, I do want to ask you some more questions about her health right now. Somebody else has already dispatched help so we’re not delaying that OK?



Chief: OK.



**At 2:25…911: Is that her crying?



operator shows concern. Also, did operator feel need to identify who it was that was crying, thinking that someone else might have been there, based upon his language?




Chief: Yes, she’s having trouble breathing now.





911: OK.



**At 2:35…(you hear moaning/crying in background)



911: OK. (more moaning) This just occurred now right before you called?



Operator is suspicious of a possible delay.



Chief: Yep..yep went off in the middle of the night.



Note "yep" instead of formal "yes."



Some people use "yep" when they are agreeing with someone else.



We will note where he uses "yep" versus where he uses "yes."



I am concerned that this call was not made immediately after the shooting, based upon his response:



"yep" is repeated, as if 'agreeing' with the 911 operator
then taken with "in the middle of the night" rather than "just now" in his language.



This suggests a delay in calling.



This may be difficult to understand on the audio but the call should be right after the shooting. "went off in the middle of the night" sounds more like editorializing, or story telling.



Note that he even drops the pronoun "it"



This is more distancing language.



The passivity over a gun going off is expected if the subject does not know how it went off, but the dropped pronoun is not expected. Let's say that one rolled over and the gun discharged, it would be passive, since the caller did not know which of them caused it, but might say, "it went off" with the pronoun, "it." He wants to distance himself from the gun.



"in the middle of the night" is not necessary because it just happened. This is something that sounds more like story telling.



"Middle of the night" could cover a great deal of time. The expected answer is "just now" and nothing else. Even a slight delay for trying to stop the bleeding would still be an immediate response. His need to editorialize may have confirmed the intuitive suspicion of the 911 operator.



911: Is there any serious bleeding?



Chief: Well, it’s internal but yes there is.



She is in critical condition, shot in the back. The only answer to this question is "yes"



He uses "yes" after the word "but"; note it is not "yep"



911: OK, is she completely alert?



Chief: Yes



"Yes" rather than "yep"



911: OK



Chief: And you already told me it was the back.



Chief: She’s starting to have trouble breathing now so it must be internal.



It would be important to ask him about her breathing earlier (not in this call, but the investigative interview).

911: OK. Is she on her back?

Chief: She’s laying on her stomach.

911: She’s laying on her stomach. OK. If you see any external bleeding, we’re going to apply direct pressure to that OK? Is she bleeding where you can see it?

Chief: Yes.

The expectation is that with his background, he had already begun basic emergency care applying pressure to the wound.

This is also "yes" and not "yep"

911: OK, I want you to get a dry clean cloth and I want you to apply direct pressure to the wound.

Chief: OK.



(sound of moaning) Chief: Ok



911: Ok I want you to hold the cloth there. Do not lift it to look at it. Just keep applying pressure …



Chief: (hard to understand)



would one of his background have already put pressure on the wound?



911: Ok. You want them to enter through the front door?



Chief: I don’t care if they come in the side door. It’s fine, I don’t care.





He should give the answer in which the victim is accessed in the quickest route. That he does not care may be an attempt to sound cooperative, as if coming through a different door does not inconvenience him.



He should have told them to come in the most direct route.




Chief: aLright, come on guys…get here.



This is still not to ask for specific help for the victim.



Chief: Yeah, I got the door open for them.



Chief: Oh my God.



Note the use of Divinity:



He does not ask God to help or save his wife.




911: What’s your name sir?



Chief: How did this happen?



Note the open question by the subject being asked out loud. Only he can answer this question yet he asks it, anyway. This is another red flag. This is concerning and may be a play for the recording.
911: What’s your name sir?

Chief: Will McCollum

**At 4:15…911: Were you asleep also sir when it happened?

Chief: Yep, are you alright dear? I know you are not alright. I mean, are you still breathing? Still alert for me?

"Yep" is not "yes" but more casual. "Yep" is often used when one finds an answer within the question, to agree to.

Please note: he affirms that he was asleep when it happened, making it an accident where one rolls over in his sleep, yet only uses the weak "yep", rather than stronger "yes", which must be compared with:

"I went to..." contradicts being asleep.



Regarding speaking to his wife:



She may have answered him harshly. This may indicate that an argument took place before the shooting.



911: Is there anybody else there with you guys?



That he said "everybody was sleeping" has likely prompted this question. Since "everybody" was sleeping, who else is there?



Chief: No.



Did he say "everybody" was asleep earlier? This is concerning. It could point to the attempt to build 'a crowd of support' due to guilt and the need to share guilt.



Guilty parties often feel that if others are around, they can spread the guilt out. We see this in school children. Yet, there was no one there but the caller and the victim, who's name is avoided.



Chief: Come on. Hurry, hurry, hurry.



Please note that he knows how the system works; dispatch while he is speaking.



This sounds staged, just as his other phrases, including "God" and "How did this happen"" do.



911: I hear them in the background. They are coming as fast as they can. Ok?



Chief: I can hear them.



911: Do we have that dry clean cloth on her wound?



This is intuitive. She uses the word "we", as cooperation, instead of saying "Do you have that dry clean cloth on her wound?" revealing her own suspicion.



To use "we" indicates a need for cooperation. She does not sense he is cooperative and she has her doubts that he has tended to her wounds.


Chief: Alright come on guys.



He is not engaged with the 911 operator.
911: You see them sir?



**At 5:30 Chief: Right there on the dresser is the gun.



911: Is there an officer there?



Chief: Jamie is here, yeah.



Please note that he used the officer's name while avoiding his wife's name in the entire call.

911: Ok, Chief I’m going to let you go…

There are enough red flags in this call for police to consider the chief a suspect and seek to learn about the marital relationship's discord. From this call alone,



I conclude that their relationship is not good;





that he uses distancing language from her;



he uses distancing language from the gun;



he inappropriately uses passivity in language, avoiding the responsibility of how the gun got into the bed.



He expresses concern for himself, but not for her, who's name he was unable to use in the entire call.



If I did not write the word "Margaret", you would not have known her name.
If the 911 operator had not specifically asked, she would not have been identified as his wife.



How does he get through the entire call without calling her his "wife", nor use her name?



He should be a suspect in this shooting. The sensitivity indicates trouble in the relationship.



Presuppositional Statement Analysis:



1. Presume innocence. Ask yourself, "What would I say?"

Could you make it through an entire 911 call without using the word "wife", in his shoes?

Could you make it through the entire 911 call without once using your wife's name? (or knickname)



Walk yourself through the call, putting yourself in his shoes. You have law enforcement background and may even use "cop speak", with such things as "ASAP"



Ask yourself what you might say if your wife was laying in the bed, internally bleeding from not one, but two gun shot wounds, and may not survive. Loving her, would you care about yourself, or your job, or reputation? Would you need to "not care" which door paramedics enter through?



If you are married, work it through with your spouse.




2. Now, Presume a poor relationship, an argument, and a guilty caller. Presume guilt.

Work through the statement again, presupposing that this was a domestic dispute in which he shot her twice.

Follow the same as above, even working it through with your spouse.

With presupposed guilt, does the language now "fit"?




Conclusion:

The chief is deceptive. He was not asleep when it went off.
He is concerned about himself, more than her.
The relationship was bad. His distancing language is acute. He was unable to use her name nor did he even use the word "wife" in the call.
He did not help the operator gain information but showed restraint and reluctance.
He likely shot her twice in an argument. There may be a third party in their relationship, who may not have been in the home, but was in his mind during the call.
He likely did not call 911 immediately.




Pray for Margaret to recover.

Thursday, 23 October 2014

Darlie Routier and Passivity of Language.

The Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) system was developed by Avinoam Sapir, and it is the basis for all Statement Analysis today. Mr. Sapir's website is LSI and his work is applied to 911 calls in the same manner as it is applied to all statements. Work on 911 calls is to the credit of Mr. Sapir. Any claim to the contrary is fraudulent and is intellectual theft, whether or not the one taking credit is a trained analyst or not.



The importance of obtaining and analyzing the 911/999 calls made by individuals during homicides, alleged suicides, alleged accidental deaths, alleged abduction, kidnappings and thefts Etc. Do the callers words indicate innocence, and NO involvement of the crime, or do they indicate deception, guilt or guilty knowledge of the crime being reported?: Statement Analysis Gets To The Truth.



Darlie Routier is on Death Row, awaiting execution in the State of Texas. As we have seen in other cases, Darlie has her own 'following' of sorts; those who believe that she did not murder her own children. They are a small, but vocal group, who protest not so much the death penalty, but her conviction.

Statement Analysis deals with the "Unexpected" in language; that is, we presume innocence on the part of the subject (speaker), not as a moral or legal issue, but to guide us. We put ourselves, in innocence, into the shoes of the subject, and ask ourselves, "What would I say?" This is "the expected."

If you were shopping in Walmart for groceries and your three year old wandered off, what would you do? You would likely leave off the grocery shopping, and both look and call out to your child. This is what is expected. What is not expected is what Statement Analysis is confronted by.

We would not expect you to:

a. finish your grocery shopping

b. check out

c. drive home

d. unpack the groceries

e. call out to your missing 3 year old.

In fact, Behavioral Analysis of the above would conclude that you are not all that interested in finding your three year old missing child.

The "Expected" versus the "Unexpected" is no different in 911 calls.

In an extreme emergency, we expect to hear priority:

if your child was missing, we would expect you to tell the 911 operator that your child is missing before you say much else. It would be your priority. You likely wouldn't have the time, or the wherewithal to discuss the weather, or even have the presence of mind to give a polite greeting: you'd be far too upset and would get to the emergency as quickly as your brain could process the words. If you called 911 to report your missing child, and it was not your priority, the language would suggest as much.

Darlie Lynn Routier (born January 4, 1970, Rowlett, Texas), was convicted of murdering her young son Damon, and is currently on death row awaiting execution by lethal injection. Two of her three children, Damon and Devon, were stabbed to death in the home on June 6, 1996. Darlie Routier was accused of killing both children but was only prosecuted for the murder of Damon, the younger of the two murdered boys. She claimed that an intruder came in and stabbed her, and them. Do the words of her 911 call bear this out? I have been asked to revisit this case and the best place to begin any case is from the beginning: the initial call to police. Put yourself, as reader, into the shoes of Darlie Routier. You and your children have just been violently attacked by a stranger. What would you say? This is the "Expected." When you hear (or read) something that is surprising to you, this is called the "Unexpected." The unexpected raises red flags.
We do not conclude guilt or deception on a single indicator. We allow the subject's own words to guide us. When we are confronted with the unexpected, we "red flag" the language.

In an emergency call: These red flags include:

*the call begins with a greeting. This is not expected in an emergency, nor is overly polite language expected.

There should be urgency. For an example of greetings or inappropriate politeness (giggling) in serious 911 calls, see: Tiffany Hartley, Sergio Celis and Adam Baker. This may even suggest that, psychologically, the caller wants to be "friends" with law enforcement and appear cooperative. *the caller disparages or blames the victim. See Adam Baker. *the caller asks for help for self, and not for victim. See Sergio Celis.

We note the order of the 911 call as priority.

For an example, see the 911 call analysis of Misty Croslin's report of Haleigh Cummings (5) being missing. In the call, Misty Croslin establishes her own alibi before reporting the child missing. 911 calls are sometimes labeled "Excited utterance" as a way of recognizing the Free Editing Process; that is, the person is speaking "extemporaneously"; that is, choosing one's own words, freely, rather than repeating back the words of another. This makes the order important in the analysis.

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Statement Analysis of the call is in bold type with emphasis of italics and underlining added. The color blue is used to show extreme sensitivity and the color red is used to indicate deception.

What do Darlie Routier's words tell us?

00:00:00 911 Operator #1 ...Rowlett 911...what is your emergency?

This is the best question. Some departments ask, "Where is your emergency?" still, though the address should come up from the call, but cell phone usage has caused more to have to ask for location instead. Just that this needs debate shows one thing: Rush for it is an emergency. The question allows the subject to report exactly what is wrong. The subject (Routier) must choose where to begin her account. It is expected that the victims' needs is first. In Statement Analysis, we presuppose innocence and truth; therefore, when the "expected" is not heard, we are confronted by the "unexpected" and stop, pausing to take notice.

00:01:19 Darlie Routier ...somebody came here...they broke in...

00:03:27 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am...

00:05:11 Darlie Routier ...they just stabbed me and my children...

Please note that in a statement, order shows priority. This is especially evident in a 911 call as the first things reported are the most important.

Here is the order:

1. Somebody came here

2. They broke in

3. They just stabbed me

4. and my children. Please note that the most important priority for the caller is that police believe that somebody (singular, gender neutral) came to the caller's home. The investigator should wonder why the children being stabbed would not be first. Someone cannot stab her children unless they first come in. Listen to her words. Let her guide you. For her, it is a priority that she communicate to police that someone entered her home. This comes even before her own bleeding child. We also note that "somebody" being gender neutral may be an attempt to conceal identity.
Why is it important (a priority) that she first establishes that somebody "came" here? For someone to stab them, he would have to be there. bleeding children, why would it matter if they broke in or entered through an unlocked door? The priority is that someone "came" and that they broke in.

Unnecessary language: When language is used that it unnecessary, it is deemed "doubly" important to the analysis. From the subject's first statement to the operator, we find her priority is to make sure they believe someone "came" there, and broke into the home. This has, from the beginning, raised suspicion as to why this would be necessary for the subject, since it is utterly unnecessary language.

If you and your children were bleeding, what would be the first thing you say? Maternal Instinct: help for my child. It would be of no consequence if they came in, or broke in: your child is bleeding. For Darlie Routier, the priority is not such.

We listen; we do not interpret.

1. Someone came here

2. Someone broke in

3. I am stabbed These three things come before her own child's condition. Before this case was even investigated, something was terribly wrong.

00:07:16 911 Operator #1 ...what...

00:08:05 Darlie Routier ...they just stabbed me and my kids...my little boys...

Follow the pronouns: Please note that pronouns are instinctive and universal. Children, from the earliest days of speech, learn and use pronouns properly. As humans, we are experts at using pronouns, which is why we conclude deception most easily from pronoun usage. Here, she says "they" just stabbed me (naming herself first) and "my kids". Please note that she began with "somebody" (singular) and moved to plural ("they"). Pronoun usage should be consistent. Why is it not "he" or "this guy" or "this man"? Even if "they" could be referencing a single person (not plural), why is there no gender attached? Remember, a stabbing is very personal. It is up close. We already have indications of deception even as the call has just begun.

Change of language. When language changes, there should be a reason found within context. Emotion is the number one impact upon the change of language. "I heard someone knocking at my door. I saw a man..." In this sentence, "someone" changed to "man."

Question: What caused the change? Answer: She saw him. The change in language is justified by the context. Here, we do not see any apparent reason to change "my kids" to "my little boys" in the context. When someone is not working from memory, the language often changes.

00:09:24 911 Operator #1 ...who...who did... We may assume that this question, interrupted, would be the natural, "Who stabbed your little boys?"

00:11:12 Darlie Routier ...my little boy is dying... The question is not answered. In Statement Analysis, we do not judge the tone or inflection. We do not need to know if she sounded upset or not. We need only to know her words. The teaching from LSI is this: "The subject is dead; the Statement is alive", meaning that we are only listening to the words she uses, not how they are expressed. This is not about being persuaded with tone. The brain is choosing its words in less than a microsecond. We are listening. We note that the subject did not answer the question, making the question "sensitive" to her.

00:11:25 RADIO ...(unintelligible) clear...

00:13:07 911 Operator #1 ...hang on ...hang on... hang on

00:15:03 Darlie Routier ...hurry... (unintelligible)...

00:16:01 911 Operator #1 ...stand by for medical emergency

00:18:11 Darlie Routier ...ma'am...

00:18:19 911 Operator #1 ...hang on ma'am...

00:21:26 Darlie Routier ...ma'am... 00:23:00 911 Operator #1 ...unknown medical emergency... 5801 Eagle Drive...


00:24:00 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


00:26:24 Darlie Routier ...ma'am...


00:27:12 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am... I'm trying to get an ambulance to you... hang on a minute...


00:28:20 RADIO ...(siren)...


00:29:13 Darlie Routier ...oh my God ...my babies are dying... Please note that the language has changed again to "my babies"; We must always note the context. "Babies" is associated with death. "my babies are dying" Please note the ability to accept "dying"; rather than maternal denial which would deny such. If her babies are dying, why did she being the call with:


1. Someone entered


2. Someone broke in 3. Someone stabbed me and then on to her children. This is a very strong indication that Darlie Routier is concealing the identity of the attacker. It is passive language.


00:30:12 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


00:31:09 911 Operator #1 ...what's going on ma'am... The question is asked: "What is going on, ma'am?" while emergency services is en route.


00:32:13 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible) ...oh my God...


00:33:49 RADIO ...(tone - signal broadcast)...


00:34:01 Background Voice ...(unintelligible)...


00:35:20 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible) thought he was dead ...oh my God... 00:39:08 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


00:39:29 Darlie Routier ...I don't even know (unintelligible)... Every word is critical. Here, she now says she does not "even" know, with the extra word "even" used for emphasis. Does she not know? She reported that "somebody" came to her home, and "they broke in" (which is not in chronological order) and "they stabbed me" and "my children"; so she does know what is going on.


00:40:22 911 Operator #1 ...attention 901 unknown medical emergency 5801...


00:42:23 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


00:43:15 Darlie Routier ...I don't even know (unintelligible)...


00:44:04 911 Operator #1 ...Eagle Drive ...Box 238 ...cross street Linda Vista and Willowbrook ...attention 901 medial emergency...


00:49:28 Darlie Routier ...who was breathing... "I don't even know...who is breathing" may be the interrupted sentence. Since it is expected that she would know her son's identity, this does not make sense to us.


00:40:10 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


00:51:15 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible) are they still laying there (unintelligible)... If "they" are her sons, she reports their body posture as "laying there"


00:51:19 911 Operator #1 ...may be possible stabbing ...5801 Eagle Drive ...Box 238 ...cross street Linda Vista and Willowbrook...


00:55:06 Darlie Routier ...oh my God ...what do we do... The subject has not asked for specific help for her son. Note what do "we" do, not what she, herself, should do to either stop the bleeding or help with the breathing issue. We look for instinctive maternal reactions for life; helping, healing, etc. This is not evidenced here. The brain knows what it knows. Thus far, we have seen that her children are not her priority, but her story is. Next we see that she is not asking for help for them, and it is already late in the call. For mothers, this is the first thing sought.


00:57:17 911 Operator #1 ...time out 2:32...


00:58:26 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


00:58:28 911 Operator #1 ...stamp me a card Clint... 01:01:02 911 Operator #1 ...80...


01:01:16 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


01:02:13 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


01:03:05 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


01:04:07 911 Operator #1 ...need units going towards 5801 Eagle Drive ...5801 Eagle Drive


01:04:07 Darlie Routier ...oh my God ...my baby's dead... Note again that "baby" is associated with death. Before her "babies" were "dying"; here, her "baby" is dead. We note the absence of maternal denial again, and she has accepted that at least one "baby" is dead. Maternal denial is critical. In missing child cases, an innocent mother will not reference her child in the past tense, as if dead, even often under the pressure of mounting evidence, early on in the case. For some mothers, it may take years, if at all. Here it is instant.


01:07:08 Darlie Routier ...Damon ...hold on honey...


01:08:11 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)... 01:08:22 911 Operator #1 ...hysterical female on the phone...


01:10:03 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible)...


01:10:10 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


01:10:26 911 Operator #1 ...says her child has been stabbed


01:11:28 Darlie Routier ...I saw them Darin... The name "Darin" is here introduced. Thus far, her children have not had their names used. This is not expected. Motherhood is highly personal, therefore, we expect to hear the pronoun, "I" often, and we expect to hear a mother use her children's names. Please note the complete sentence: "I saw them Darin; oh my God...came in here" is reiterating that which is unnecessary: that "they" came in there. Why does she need to report that she "saw" them since they stabbed her and the children? This indicates the need to persuade, rather than report. In this 911 call, Darlie Routier has the need to persuade police and Darin that people "came" there. This is a strong indication that no one came there and she is deceptive.


01:12:21 Darin Routier ...oh my God ...(unintelligible) ...came in here...


01:14:10 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am ...I need you to calm down and talk to me...


01:14:24 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


01:16:25 Darlie Routier ...ok...


01:16:26 SOUND ...(unintelligible)...


01:17:12 911 Operator #1 ...twice Clint...


01:18:26 Darlie Routier ...didn't you get my address...


01:20:19 911 Operator #1 ...5801 Eagle... 01:22:00 Darlie Routier ...yes ...we need help... Note help asked for "we" here. She continues talking to Darin. She is bleeding and has just reported that she and her sons are bleeding, dying. Note what is on her mind:


01:22:03 RADIO ...(unintelligible) will be enroute code...


01:24:20 Darlie Routier ...Darin ...I don't know who it was... By using Darin's name repeatedly, it is a signal that she wants his attention. She has not asked for his help with the boys' breathing or bleeding issues, but has focused on "they" who "came" here. Here she now emphasizes that she doesn't know their identity. This is what comes out of her mouth rather than talking about how to stop the child's bleeding, or to get her other child, whom she declared dead, to breathe. This is a strong indicator that her priority is convincing both police and Darin that someone came there. Why would a stabbing victim need to persuade police and a person present that someone actually came and did this? She is attempting to persuade, while being recorded, both police and Darin that someone came there. It is her priority; not the children.
"I don't know who it was" Most mothers would now say, "Who cares who it was! How do I stop the bleeding?" The emergency is that children are bleeding. Yet, even in this most extreme of circumstance, it is important to her that she convince anyone that can hear her that she does not know who did this. This leads to the question: Why? Why does she use passive language to conceal the identity of the assailant? Why does she have the need to declare that she does not know the assailant? Why is her priority not the children?


01:24:23 911 Operator #1 ...2:33 code...


01:26:15 Darlie Routier ...we got to find out who it was... Repetition indicates sensitivity. Here, she continues her repetition of "who" the assailant is. The identity of the killer is more sensitive (important) to Darlie Routier than the condition of her children.


01:27:12 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am...


01:28:04 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am listen ...listen to me...


01:29:27 Darlie Routier ...yes ...yes ...(unintelligible)...


01:30:23 RADIO ...(unintelligible) I'm clear ...do you need anything...


01:32:08 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


01:32:20 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


01:34:00 911 Operator #1 ...(unintelligible)...


01:34:22 911 Operator #1 ...do you take the radio Clint...


01:35:23 911 Operator #2 ...yes... 01:36:12 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


01:36:25 911 Operator #1 ...I...ma'am... 01:38:03 Darlie Routier ...yes...


01:38:17 911 Operator #1 ...I need you to ...


01:38:23 RADIO ...(unintelligible) start that way (unintelligible)... will revise...


01:39:28 911 Operator #1 ...I need you to talk to me...


01:41:21 Darlie Routier ...what ...what ...what...


01:44:25 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


01:44:28 Darlie Routier ...my babies are dead (unintelligible)... "Children" and "little boys" were stabbed; but "babies" are dying or are dead. This should cause investigators, particularly any investigative psychologist, to go into the topic of motherhood with her in the questioning.


01:46:20 RADIO ...go ahead and start that way ...siren code 4 ...advise...


01:47:10 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible)...


01:48:03 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible) do you want honey ...hold on (unintelligible)...

This appears to be directed to one of the children. She does not use the child's name. Guilty parents will sometimes distance themselves from the child by avoiding the child's name. See the analysis of the Baby Lisa case from St. Louis in which the mother, Deborah Bradley, appeared almost unable to use Lisa's name.


01:49:17 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am ...I can't understand you...


01:50:21 Darlie Routier ...yes...


01:51:18 911 Operator #1 ...you're going to have to slow down ...calm down ...and talk to me...





01:52:19 Darlie Routier ...I'm talking to my babies ...they're dying... Consistent use of "babies" with death. She has declared them both "dying" and "dead"


01:55:03 911 Operator #1 ...what is going on? The expected response is that her children are bleeding, or having trouble breathing. The question is posed to her again. She has been talking to Darin, and to at least one of the children. We expect to hear her ask for guidance or help on how to stop the bleeding, or how to keep the child breathing:


01:56:29 Darlie Routier ...somebody came in while I was sleeping ...me and my little boys were sleeping downstairs... She continues with the sensitive repetition (deception indicated) of the arrival to her home of assailant or assailants. Now she continues with more detail: "while I was sleeping" Please note the singular "somebody" which is also gender neutral. By now, she would know if "somebody" (singular) is a man or a woman. The use of the gender neutral suggests that she is concealing the gender of the assailant. Note "little boys" and not "babies"; they are still alive and not associated with death in her account, so they are not "babies" Please note that as she has continued to attempt to persuade that someone came there, she has indicated that the topic of someone going there is "sensitive"; to the point of deception. This indicates that no one came there. "While I was sleeping" is alibi building. She could not 'possibly' be involved because she was sleeping. Recall the 911 call of Misty Croslin. Before she reported that 5 year old Haleigh Cummings was missing, she needed to report that she was asleep. The child was not the priority of the call.


02:02:00 RADIO ...(unintelligible) I'll be clear...


02:02:20 Darlie Routier ...some man ...came in ...stabbed my babies ...stabbed me ...I woke up ...I was fighting ...he ran out through the garage ...threw the knife down ...my babies are dying ...they're dead ...oh my God... Note that now she gives us the gender: "man". He is "some" man. This is an indicator of deception: The assailant has already been introduced, twice, as "somebody" and now should be "the" man; not "some" man. This is an indicator of deception. that he is "some man" is deceptive and indicates withholding of the identity of the assailant. He should be "the" followed by "man" but more likely harsher terms.

Without knowing the case, the reader should now understand that Darlie Routier does not want police to know who stabbed her children.


Next, we note the chronological order: When someone speaks from memory, chronological order flows easily.


1. The most important issue to her is found in the repetition of the word "came" as it is used repeatedly. Since he would have to have "come" there in order to do all these things.


2. Now she changes the language and order from "stabbed me and my children" to "stabbed my babies" with the word "babies" associated with death (above) coming before herself.


3. She now adds in that she was stabbed and then she "woke up" This suggests, by her words, that he had already come, broken in, and stabbed the babies as she slept through it all, and was even stabbed before she woke up. When someone is lying, it is difficult to keep track of the chronology of the story because it does not come from memory.


4. "I was fighting" rather than "I fought"


5. He ran through the garage


6. He threw the knife down


7. my babies are dying


8. they're dead


The fact that he "came" there is first, and the babies are last. Note the continued change from "dying" to "dead"; neither are expected in maternal denial. Note that the babies being dead is repeated.


02:14:23 911 Operator #1 ...ok ...stay on the phone with me...


02:16:11 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


02:17:06 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


02:17:29 911 Operator #1 ...what happened (unintelligible) dispatch 901...


02:20:15 Darlie Routier ...hold on honey ...hold on... Note that the absence of the children's names. Note "hold on" is present tense, as if alive and not dead.


02:22:01 911 Operator #1 ...(unintelligible) who was on (unintelligible)...


02:22:26 911 Operator #2 ...it was (unintelligible) the white phone...


02:23:08 Darlie Routier ...hold on...


02:25:26 911 Operator #2 ...they were wondering when we need to dispatch ...so I sent a double team...


02:25:28 Darlie Routier ...oh my God ...oh my God...


02:28:08 911 Operator #1 ...ok ...thanks... 02:28:21 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


02:29:20 SOUND ...(unintelligible)...


02:30:01 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


02:30:20 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am...


02:31:06 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


02:31:14 911 Operator #1 ...who's there with you...


02:32:15 Darlie Routier ...Karen ...(unintelligible)... Note "Darin" was first name introduced, and now "Karen" is introduced into her language. This was not lost on the operator who will now ask who is in the house:


02:33:15 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am...


02:34:06 Darlie Routier ...what...


02:38:11 911 Operator #1 ...is there anybody in the house ...besides you and your children... question asked:


02:38:11 Darlie Routier ...no ...my husband he just ran downstairs ...he's helping me ...but they're dying ...oh my God ...they're dead...

Note that her first response is "no" since she already said that "somebody" who later became "some man" already "ran" through the garage and dropped the knife. Now it is "my husband" (after "no") ran.

Note that she said he is helping, but again "they're dying" and "they're dead" with acceptance of finality.


02:43:24 911 Operator #1 ...ok ...ok ...how many little boys ...is it two boys...


02:46:06 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


02:46:25 Darlie Routier ...there's two of 'em ...there's two...


02:48:18 RADIO ...what's the cross street on that address on Eagle...


02:50:15 Darlie Routier ...oh my God ...who would do this...

The subject continues to press the sensitive issue of identity. She saw "who" did this and the need to continue to repeat herself over and over shows that the sensitivity is due to decepetion.

02:53:13 911 Operator #1 ...(unintelligible) listen to me ...calm down ...(unintelligible)...


02:53:21 Darlie Routier ...I feel really bad ...I think I'm dying... This is critical. She reports how she feels, and it is "bad", qualified by "really". But it is her next sentence which shows deception:

"I think I'm dying" shows weakness. She only "thinks" that she is dying, but knows that the "babies are dying". This should lead investigators to check her wounds versus the wounds of her "babies", with hers being much less, so much less, in fact, that she would not have the same certainty of death that she had for her babies.

An innocent mother would not accept her babies "death", even in panic. This is the maternal instinct in language. It is the same instinct Solomon appealed to in the Bible when he called for the custodial dispute to end in death, knowing the maternal instinct of the biological mother would prevail.
Darlie Routier knows that she is not dying. Darlie Routier knows her children will die, or are dead. She accepts the unacceptable. This is an indicator of guilt, just as it is when a child is reported kidnapped or missing and the mother references the child in the past tense, as if dead. It goes against instinct and is indicative of guilt. See Susan Smith, Casey Anthony, Billie Jean Dunn, Rebecca Celis, Deborah Bradley; as well as fathers, Sergio Celis and Justin DiPietro.


02:55:06 RADIO ...228...


02:56:06 911 Operator #1 ...go ahead...


02:58:12 RADIO ...(unintelligible) address again (unintelligible)...


02:59:12 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


02:59:22 Darlie Routier ...when are they going to be here...


03:00:22 911 Operator #1 ...5801 Eagle Drive ...5801 Eagle Drive...


03:03:28 Darlie Routier ...when are they going to be here...


03:03:29 911 Operator #1 ...going to be a stabbing...


03:05:20 Darlie Routier ...when are they going to be here...


03:06:20 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am ...they're on their way...


03:08:00 RADIO ...(unintelligible)... 03:08:08 Darlie Routier ...I gotta just sit here forever ...oh my God... Note body position mentioned. This is associated with an increase of tension for the subject, herself.


03:11:14 911 Operator #1 ...2:35...


03:12:05 Darie Routier ...who would do this ...who would do this... Since she "saw" who did this, she knows the answer. She repeats the question as a point of sensitivity. This is yet another indicator that she knows the answer and wants to persuade the police that she does not. The greater the need for persuasion, the easier it is to discern deception.


03:13:09 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible)...


03:14:26 911 Operator #1 ...(sounds of typing on computer keyboard)...


03:16:08 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am ...how old are your boys...


03:18:20 Darin Routier ...what... 03:19:03 911 Operator #1 ...how old are your boys...


03:20:04 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


03:20:21 911 Operator #1 ...no...


03:21:01 Darlie Routier ...seven and five... The answer, "seven and five" comes from memory. Most children will always give the chronological order of their children.


03:22:17 911 Operator #1 ...ok...


03:23:08 Darlie Routier ...oh my God ...oh my God ...oh ...he's dead...


03:29:02 911 Operator #1 ...calm down ...can you...


03:29:03 Darlie Routier ...oh God ...Devon no ...oh my God... Note that "Devon" is now mentioned for the first time, in the negative, "no"


03:30:27 SOUND ...(dog barking)...


03:35:02 911 Operator #1 ...is your name Darlie...


03:36:11 Darlie Routier ...yes...


03:36:26 911 Operator #1 ...this is her...


03:37:09 911 Operator #1 ...is your husband's name Darin...


03:38:22 Darlie Routier ...yes ...please hurry ...God they're taking forever...


03:41:20 911 Operator #1 ...there's nobody in your house ...there was ...was...


03:44:05 911 Operator #1 ...you don't know who did this... Note that the Operator #1 has been listening to her repeat "who did this" over and over


03:45:19 Police Officer ...look for a rag...


03:46:11 Darlie Routier ...they killed our babies... Note that the "somebody" (singular, gender neutral) became "some man" (note lack of article, and now introduces gender, and is singular) now becomes "they" Deception indicated She is unable to stay consistent with singular or plural attackers. Here, they are plural.


03:48:03 Police Officer ...lay down ...ok ...just sit down ...(unintelligible) 03:51:11 911 Operator #1 ...(sounds of typing on computer keyboard)...


03:52:13 Darlie Routier ...no ...he ran out ...uh ...they ran out in the garage ...I was sleeping...


Note the order:


1. He ran out


2. They ran out


3. I was sleeping Deception indicated She is unable to keep her story straight. Is it one man? Is it "they", plural? She is unable to keep her chronological order straight because it does not come from experiential memory.


03:54:09 911 Operator #1 ...(unintelligible)...


03:56:19 Darlie Routier ...my babies over here already cut ...can I (unintelligible)...


03:59:29 Darin Routier ...(unintelligible) phone is right there...


04:01:28 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible)...


04:03:01 RADIO ...(unintelligible)... Darlie Routier has shown her priority is to prove that someone came and did this. Alibi building is priority. She now has the presence of mind, while "thinking" that she is dying, to instruct police on how to conduct their investigation:


04:05:02 Darlie Routier ...ya'll look out in the garage ...look out in the garage ...they left a knife laying on... Darlie Routier is directing the others on how to proceed with the investigation. This is a need to control. Guilt is often seen by the need to control; especially information. This is why someone like Billie Jean Dunn went on The Nancy Grace Show so many times, in spite of being roasted by Nancy, and lie after lie unfolding. There is a desperate need to control, and in this desperation, deception becomes evident.
She instructs them twice to look in the garage. This is important to her. Note that "They" is plural and note that "some man" left a knife.


04:08:21 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


04:09:19 911 Operator #1 ...there's a knife ...don't touch anything...
This would not normally be a non issue, especially since she is "sitting" there and "thinking" she is "dying", but given her repetition, the 911 Operator is acutely aware that something is very wrong with this caller, so the operator says what would not seem necessary: don't touch the knife.


04:11:18 Darlie Routier ...I already touched it and picked it up...
This means her DNA will be on the knife. She not only "touched it" but she "picked it up." This is unnecessary information. If she "picked it up", she would have had to touch it. The repetition indicates sensitivity. She needs police to know: Not only was I 'sleeping' and am withholding the identity of the assailant, but I already contaminated the crime scene, so don't bother with the DNA testing... Not very clever.


04:12:05 RADIO ...10-4...


04:15:20 911 Operator #1 ...who's out there ...is anybody out there...


04:16:07 Police Officer ...(unintelligible)...


04:17:06 Darlie Routier ...I don't know ...I was sleeping... Ignorance of the attack due to sleeping is part of the alibi building in her story.


04:18:14 911 Operator #1 ...ok ma'am ...listen ...there's a police officer at your front door ...is your front door unlocked...


04:22:11 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


04:22:15 Darlie Routier ...yes ma'am ...but where's the ambulance...


04:24:21 911 Operator #1 ...ok...


04:24:23 Darlie Routier ...they're barely breathing... Note that previously they were "dying" and "dead", but here, they are "barely breathing" but instead of asking for instruction on how to help them breath, or to stop the blood, she kept repeating how she did not know "who" did this.


04:26:17 Darlie Routier ...if they don't get it here they're gonna be dead ...my God they're (unintelligible) ...hurry ...please hurry...


04:31:13 911 Operator #1 ...ok ...they're ...they're...


04:32:18 Police Officer ...what about you...


04:33:06 911 Operator #1 ...is 82 out on Eagle...


04:34:18 Darlie Routier ...huh...




04:35:12 Darin Routier ...they took (unintelligible) ...they ran (unintelligible)... 04:36:28 911 Operator #2 ...(unintelligible)...

04:37:08 Darlie Routier ...we're at Eagle ...5801 Eagle ...my God and hurry...


04:41:03 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


04:41:22 911 Operator #1 ...82 ...are you out...


04:42:25 Police Officer ...nothing's gone Mrs. Routier... 04:44:10 Darlie Routier ...oh my God ...oh my God ...why would they do this...


04:48:03 RADIO ...(unintelligible) to advise (unintelligible) 200...


04:50:18 Police Officer ...(unintelligible) the problem Mrs. Routier...


04:50:21 911 Operator #1 ...what'd he say...


04:51:29 Darlie Routier ...why would they do this...


04:53:08 Darlie Routier ...I'm (unintelligible)... 04:54:07 911 Operator #1 ...ok ...listen ma'am ...need to ...need to let the officers in the front door ...ok... 04:59:11 Darlie Routier ...what...


05:00:04 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am..


05:00:22 Darlie Routier ...what ...what...


05:01:15 911 Operator #1 ...need to let the police officers in the front door...
The operator got her attention with "listen, ma'am" and prepared Darlie to know they were coming in the front door. Darlie said, "what? what?" so the 911 operator repeated that the police were coming in the front door. What reaction did this trigger in Darlie Routier?
Please take careful note of what is of concern to her, while her children are "barely breathing":


05:04:21 Darlie Routier ...(unintelligible) his knife was lying over there and I already picked it up... She is concerned, not about her children's lives, but upon communicating that evidence is contaminated.
She does not express concern for her children, but about her fingerprints and DNA being on the knife:


1. It is "his" knife. This gives ownership of the knife to the "somebody" and "some man". Note that it is singular, even though she has said, "they" did this.


2. Note "knife was lying". This brings us to a basic teaching in Statement Analysis.
Principle: When an inanimate object is reported to by "lying, standing, sitting" etc, the passive language suggests that the subject placed it there. Knives cannot "lie down", nor "stand" nor "sit"; so when this language is employed, it is a verbal signal that the speaker (subject) is responsible for the placement. This is commonly seen in murder weapons and in drugs.
"The drugs were sitting on the cabinet" is an example.


3. "already" attempts to shift blame: it was already touched by her before the operator warned her.
Did she do this while she was "sleeping" or was this part of the "I was fighting"? Deception indicated.
She has established that when her fingerprints are found on the knife, that it was already addressed. The mother's instinct should be on the children, which it is not. This mother's instinct is self preservation and alibi building, and an attempt to persuade all that someone did this, and it was not her. The need to deceive is an indicator of guilt.


05:08:19 911 Operator #1 ...ok ...it's alright ...it's ok...


05:09:20 Darlie Routier ...God ...I bet if we could have gotten the prints maybe ...maybe... She is dying from being attacked after watching her sons dying from being attacked yet uses the language, "I bet", indicating a disconnect (a linguistic disconnect) from the attack reported.


05:13:18 Police Officer ...(unintelligible)...


05:14:18 RADIO ...82 ...we'll be (unintelligible)...


05:17:12 Darlie Routier ...ok ...it'll be...


05:18:08 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am ...hang on ...hang on a second... She next turns to Darin and has the need to attempt to persuade him of the same:


05:19:09 Darlie Routier ...somebody who did it intentionally walked in here and did it Darin...


1. "Somebody" returns to the gender neutral. Deception indicated. Once someone has been identified by gender ("some man") returning to gender neutral is an indication of attempt to conceal identity.


2. "intentionally" This is an unnecessary word and shows that she knew the killer's intent. It indicates planning.


3. "walked" the inclusion of the killer's body posture ("walking") indicates an increase in tension for the subject at this part of the story.
Her willful attempt to persuade that someone came in indicates that the killer was there all the time. Her attempt to conceal the identity of the killer indicates knowledge of the killer's identity. The identity of the killer causes an increase of tension.
The mother accepts the children's deaths, even while they were still breathing.
The mother's concern is her alibi and not the welfare of the children. Her assertion of them being dead is strong, but of her dying it is weak. This shows intimate knowledge of the stab wounds' impact upon the victims; something the killer would know. The mother knows the intentions of the killer.


05:20:19 911 Operator #1 ...82 ...10-9...


05:21:23 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


05:22:28 911 Operator #1 ...received...


05:23:05 Darlie Routier ...there's nothing touched...


05:24:12 911 Operator #1 ...ok ma'am... 05:25:13 Darlie Routier ...there's nothing touched...


05:26:20 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


05:28:00 Darlie Routier ...oh my God...


05:29:08 Police Officer ...(unintelligible)... 05:29:23 RADIO ...received...


05:31:19 RADIO ...(unintelligible)...


05:33:25 911 Operator #1 ...ma'am ...is the police officer there...


05:35:14 Darlie Routier ...yes (unintelligible)...


05:35:23 911 Operator #1 ...ok ...go talk to him ...ok...


05:38:03 RADIO ...(unintelligible)... Total length of tape is 5:44:28

The analysis conclusion of the call is now given. This is without any investigation, nor interest in the evidence, DNA testing, interviews, or anything else about the case. It is just about the genesis of the case; the initial telephone call placed to police:
Deception Indicated: the 911 caller knew the identity of the killer. The language of the 911 call shows:

1. The caller has guilty knowledge of the murder of her children.

2. The caller has the need to persuade police that someone came to the home, indicating that it is likely that no one came into the home.

3. The caller cannot keep her pronouns or articles straight, indicating deception.

4. The caller cannot keep the chronology of her story consistent, indicating that it did not come from experiential memory.

5. The caller has intimate knowledge of the killer's intentions and thoughts.

6. The caller is more concerned with evidence pointing towards her than her children's lives.

7. The caller of this 911 call is more concerned with building an alibi than saving her children.

Deception is indicated in this call by Darlie Routier. The employment of passivity of speech is used to conceal the identity of the killer. The language shows that she, Darlie Routier, is the "somebody" who knifed her children. The language shows that her wounds were not lethal, but her "babies" wounds would indeed be; that is, known at the time of this call. Darlie Routier has guilty knowledge in the 911 call made in this domestic homicide. Darlie Router's words reveal that she, herself, is the killer of her own children