Becky and Sergio Celis on The Today Show
When I first look at Becky and Sergio, I immediately notice their demeanor. It stands out to me. They are both extremely somber and hopeless looking. There is no urgency in them whatsoever to find their daughter. Why? Why have they given up? It seems they have been this way from day one. How do you give up if you believe your daughter is abducted and could still be out there?
When Becky first talks, I feel like she is making a conscious effort to talk about her daughter in present tense, and as soon as Sergio slips and uses past tense, he corrects himself. It’s notable. The last time Becky talked about her daughter, she used past tense, and while that can be a clue to deception, it isn’t always, but the change in her behavior now is what stands out. You can just feel her thinking as she speaks.
Sergio doesn’t seem to have a solid last memory of his last time with Isa. He doesn’t talk about tucking her into bed, hugging her good night, getting her ready for bed. I don’t hear him have recollection memories like “I didn’t tuck her in to bed that night and I so regret it.” Instead his memory is one of her walking past him not wanting to eat. He says, “I was asking her…” instead of “I asked her…”. He doesn’t talk in terms of what he remembers. His memories are… “She just was …she was…she is…”
Becky does a lot of shoulder shrugging as she is talking, which is showing a lack of confidence in what she is saying. Why doesn’t the woman have confidence in what she should know to be true? That they are innocent, that someone took their daughter, that she is out there and can be found, if people work together and no one gives up!?
For Sergio to say that Isabel doesn’t deserve this is odd. “Deserve” is a weird word for a child that he believes was abducted. I don’t think any parent would think in these terms if their child was a victim of a crime. However, if something happened to Isa under their watch which caused her harm, they might use these terms.
Sergio is asked if he believes his daughter is being held somewhere by the Today Show. If you notice, Sergio doesn’t answer the question, but he does say they have a reward ready. Are you kidding me? There there has been nothing said about a ransom! Where does this come from? Most parents don’t automatically think of a ransom when a child is abducted. This is very strange!!
Sergio says when talking about being looked at in this case, “We do feel sometimes that they’re wasting time with us even though we know we have to be under, you know, scrutiny, absolutely, understandable: but my goodness, she’s still out there.“
When he says this, he actually breaks out into a smile. How could he ever find that funny? Most people would be upset if the police were wrongly looking at them. They also wouldn’t feel that “sometimes” they are wasting time. They would feel like every time they look at the them, they are wasting time.
Clearly, their answers are not consistent with what they want us to believe.
I also find it odd that Becky only wants “prayers” to bring her daughter home instead of volunteers to search, people to look for their daughter at gas stations, supermarkets, convenience stories. Most moms would say anyone who you think looks like Isa, please call police. No lead is unimportant, but no she just wants prayers. That is stressed way more than their desire for people to search. Very strange.
Becky specifically says she wants prayers to “bring her…to help us bring her home.” You almost feel they are asking for prayers for someone to find their little girl’s body, to help them get her home without implicating them so this whole ordeal can be over with.
I have no doubt the parents know a different story than what they are telling us about Isa right now. Very sad.