"We can see from his vocal intonation and body language that his attitude is changing," I noted.
"The analysis of vocal intonation is tricky when dealing with interrogations as they are not admissible in court. But you can see that Richard is very uncomfortable with the situation and it is exuding from his body language." Sebastian told her quickly.
"Despite not being admissible in court, the knowledge can be used by the detective. Part of their job is to access and go with their gut in such situations. Can you explain Richard's body language to ?"
I thought about it for a minute, rewinding to a minute earlier and closely following his actions. "The way he is speaking cos across as slightly nervous and unsure. He would appear to be agitated in the way he is processing the information and communicating his stances."
"Good job," Sebastian complinted quickly. "This type of cognitive recognition is a difficult thing to articulate and investigators simply categorize it as instinct, which the detective no doubt had felt at this mont. He will be certain that Richard was guilty by the way he was talking, silent with a hint of nervousness. Incongruous with how a military person would normally carry himself." Sebastian's explanation was articulate, much like his lectures. Only, he was much more patient and happy to explain. His expression showed that he was going an extra mile for her.
I had to wonder if I was getting preferential treatnt or if he saw as a weak student and had to nurture more.
"Essentially, we wanted to talk to you about those four cases and see what you say to us. You have almost hit the nail on so of the issues that make us want to talk to you. Because there is a connection between you and all four of those cases, geographically. Would you agree?" My ears perked up. The detective broached the topic so casually, letting Richard tell for himself if he a probably suspect without saying it outright. It was a great move in front of a person who liked complete control of any situation.
"Uh I do drive past that--" Richard admitted quickly but stop mid-sentence.
"Hmm?" the detective prompted.
"Yeah, I would say there is a connection."
Richard was asked to state his movent and activities.
"This is known as gathering pretext. The detective wants to get an initial alibi of the suspect before the confrontational phase of the interrogation begins. This is the calst state the suspect will be kept in before the detective ramps up the pressure. The more relaxed the suspect is, usually the more detailed pretext and more information to scrutinize and correlate with will be provided. The detective can pick up on any changes or discrepancies in events later on citing this alibi."
I blinked. "So, it's literally the pleasure of catching soone in a lie. Sounds like fun," I snickered finally.
"Well, it can be fun but keep your expression straight. You shouldn't show your actual feelings on your face in front of a suspect!" Sebastian warned. I nodded enthusiastically and turned back to the screen.
The alibi went on and the suspect stated that he was in a different city, suffering from stomach flu. The detective asked more specific questions, asking for specific tis and events that he would rember.
"Not sure. Uh" The suspect started. He gave tentative timings, trying to evade commitnt to anything. He tried to act nonchalant but I could see the thoughts rolling in his head. He was trying to think of a way to disassociate himself from the cri.
Richard stared at the door with a thoughtful expression throughout his explanation, nodding his head sagely, almost showing signs of feeling triumphant that he could co up with an alibi so instantly.
He didn't look at the detective for prolonged periods of ti, almost scared that he would reveal sothing he doesn't want to. This was another sign of guilt that the detective must have picked up on.
"If you didn't have the stomach flu, what were you planning on doing?"
Sebastian paused the video imdiately. "Alternate questioning is a thod of seeing what the suspect will co up with as a separate alibi in an alternate situation. It brings out what their thought process is like. Usually, they will avoid any ntion of the situation and try to act like it is of no importance to them. Like, if the detective asked, how would you make soone disappear, he would have a hard ti answering that question because he has made soone disappear. He would probably give an answer after much hesitation, but he would purposefully avoid the thod he used to make the girl disappear. It is a choice he makes."
"A person who is not guilty will not feel like the question is very important and answer imdiately, listing off things others can do to make soone disappear. Another thing to note is that soone guilty will keep saying how horrible the thods are and how he was just stating the thods and that it had nothing to do with him. He might say sothing like 'I am not saying that is what happened. You understand, right?' He would constantly look for reassurance."
He played the video again.
"It was a standard schedule in the office. So, I don't rember the specifics, but there would have been a brief with a couple of officers in the morning and then a couple of etings." There were a lot of 'uh's and 'um's as he said those words.
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