Is Melissa Huckaby Smiling?

Several of you have inquired if Melissa Huckaby is smiling during her arraignment yesterday. Do you think Huckaby is smiling?

Read moreI do not see this as a smile. To me, Huckaby is trying to hold back her emotions and trying not to break into a cry. She is notably pulling up her lower lip and shows true indications that she is distraught here.

During the footage above, her chin quivers. I don’t know if it is my mirror neurons, but I get the feeling she is nauseated at this point, perhaps from her emotions. She is breathing heavily. She closes her eyes slowly, which is often an indication that the person can’t believe what they are experiencing. When the judge talks about rape, she truly is bothered by it. I wonder if she has cried herself dry. I do not see any cold, callous emotions at this point.

A mother raping a child seems so strange to me. It is highly unusual. I have wondered how police would prove she was the rapist? Could they have found the object used in the rape, which has Huckaby’s DNA and Cantu’s DNA all over it? Would they have been able to run a DNA test already on it? I just wonder, if Cantu was raped, could she have been raped earlier by someone else?

From ABC “Why Do Some Women Kill”:

Dr. Michael Welner, a forensic psychiatrist and chairman of The Forensic Panel, told “Good Morning America” today that the arrest of a woman in a murder such as Sandra’s is “really strange and peculiar.”

“There’s more to the story,” he said. “And instinct tells me to sit back and let the case come to all of us.”

I tend to feel like Welner does, so I will be curiously watching this case unfold, too.