Justin DiPietro: Father of Missing Ayla
Many of you have requested that I review this video and share my thoughts. Unfortunately, I have not been able to follow this case. From what I understand to date, Ayla went missing from her father’s home on December 17, 2011 when he was at home with two other adults in the house.
Ayla apparently suffered a broken arm prior to her disappearance, and DiPietro told Ayla’s mother a different story than he is now telling police about how she broke her arm. And the last development is that police have found blood in DiPeitro’s basement believed to be that of Ayla.
When I watch DiPietro in this interview, I see very little emotion on his face, though I do see flickers of anger and frustration, and indicators of stress.
What strikes me most in this interview is how DiPietro talks about how the night Ayla was supposedly abducted from the house. He says, “It was (shoulder shrug) just a normal night…there was nothing…I just put her to bed and…just…just a normal night.”
Why doesn’t DiPietro have any details in his memory? He doesn’t give us anything at all, which is notable to me. Why isn’t he reliving the last night he had with his daughter? It begs the question was he even watching her that night? He also isn’t showing stress and urgency in his plea for his daughter. He is completely calm, which I find notable.
He licks his lips, which is an indicator of stress and/or nerves.
It’s interesting how DiPietro self-censors himself when he says, “I can tell you what I’m not…I can tell you I love my daughter. I would never do anything to harm my daughter…” It was like he was going on direction with his sentence, and then he changed directions. Why did he have a need to self-sensor himself? I was expecting him to say, I can tell you what I’m not…I’m not a killer…but he stops just short. Was that what he was going to say? You have to wonder, and why couldn’t he say that, if he is innocent?
Another time, DiPietro also says, “It feels like a helpless situation at some points, but…” If he truly believes his daughter was abducted, why does he feel helpless? Why isn’t he organizing searches, banging on doors and looking for himself. Has DiPietro being doing searches?
While things aren’t looking positive for DiPietro, I need to see more before I can draw any conclusions. He is clearly on my radar and I think he needs to be looked at further, without question.
