Becky and Sergio Celis 3rd Interview

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Becky and Sergio gave a third interview to the media at an undisclosed location in the past few days, and this interview, like all of the others, is littered with inconsistencies.

The most notable element of both parents is their lack of urgency to find their daughter. They are as relaxed as a Sunday brunch with friends when I would expect them to be on edge and very stressed considering their daughter has been abducted.

Furthermore, they are emotionally as flat as ice cubes when it comes to expressing fear, sadness and concern, yet they tell us their heart is breaking.   If their heart is breaking, they would be giving us indicators (oblique eyebrows, frowns, tears, etc), but we see absolutely nothing. It’s hard to ignore.  Faces do not lie.

Becky says without any emotions whatsoever, “…we break down every night.  Sorry that we are not breaking down in front of you guys every five seconds.  I am very private.  I am not one to show my feelings in front of people.  You can ask anybody.  I need my friends and family.  I am very closed person. And I cry by myself.  I break down by myself.  I don’t even break down in front of my kids and my husband.  That is my thing, my private — I’m sorry, that is just the way I am.”

Yet when she says this, I see a glimmer of positive emotions as shown below. How can she feel positive emotions in a time like this?

Becky and Sergio were asked if they had any suspects in their minds and listen to Becky’s answer:  “From the get-go, we…I don’t think we ever…eh….I mean, its all been so…(shoulder shrug)…we just don’t understand. We don’t understand who would take her.  There is no reason to take her.”

Becky shows what are called false starts. She starts a sentence in one direction and then change directions multiple times. This means that Becky is thinking on her feet as she talks and changes her thoughts constantly. Becky and Sergio both do this repeatedly through this interview.  Then Becky finally says, “There is no reason to take her.”

I find Becky’s answer odd. There is no reason to take her?  Of course there isn’t, but it doesn’t take long for any adult to figure out why a child could be abducted and none of them are positive, yet they don’t seem to even consider this, which is highly abnormal.

Sergio talks further about who could have taken Isa.  He says, “We literally wanted anyone whose been in our home to go through all the questioning, because yes, how are we going to trust anyone whose been in our home because we really don’t know.”

Its interesting that Sergio is saying they suspect everyone, yet if someone took their daughter out her window, wouldn’t that support a stranger abduction?  Which one do they believe it is? They don’t ever seem to clarify this.

Becky continues that they want everybody… anyone who has been in their house to be held under the same scrutiny as they were.   When Becky says this, she shows disgust.  Why is Becky disgusted?  Sergio continues, “To be held under the same scrutiny as us.”

If you notice, they don’t want people questioned to get to the truth.  Instead, they make it clear they want people scrutinized just like they were.  That seems to be most important to them.  It’s very odd.

Parents of abducted children could careless about being scrutinized about the missing child so long as police hone into the right direction, and Sergio acts like its no big deal to them, yet Becky shows clear disgust when talking about this.

What these two say versus what they express emotionally are two different animals!

Sergio goes on to says, “And now its giving thanks to the community”.  Giving thanks?  This really flags me.  No one has found Isa!!!  How can you thank people before you get results?  Most parents of missing children don’t think about thanking anyone until they find evidence and get an outcome. It’s the furthest thing on their mind until they get answers!  They continue to beg for help and they don’t want people to think they’re done and finished with a thank you!

It’s like these two don’t seem to need answers, do they?

Becky is asked and talks about the funding that is being raised for Isabel. She says, “We’ve asked that it goes straight to them, to find Isabel. I mean we’re okay, financially, we will make it.  We’ve made it through worse, and uh, financially, and uh, there’s no…we’ll make this though.  What we want is all the effort towards Isabel, finding Isabel” and this point she shakes her head no, and gives a blended contempt disgust expression!!!

I was blown away!!! See a screen capture below.

Furthermore, if you notice Becky says they’ve been through worse? REALLY?  Then she corrects herself by saying financially.  Becky is self-censoring herself. Why does she feel the need to do this?

Why does Becky have such contempt and disgust about money being used to find Isa?  This disturbs me.  Its like she doesn’t want people searching and looking for Isa nor for the money to be spent, or she is disgusted and contemptuous at the reporter, but why?

Sergio then talks about the ransom and gives us many false starts when he says, “I wanted to be clear that nothing had been mentioned…there was no, you know…….I wanted….if there were demands, please let us know something…let us know something.  Why is this happening? What is the reason behind it? And the fact that nothing has been mentioned about that–that’s why we’re even reaching for that. It’s like they’re not even mentioning anything….as far as a reward, or anything like that.  And even the reward money when we were first saw it and 88 crime put up their reward, and to this day everything as far as we know is an anonymous donation.”

Does that even make sense to anyone?  Sergio is talking nonsense in all directions, isn’t he?  What’s up with these two?  Ransom and reward money are two different things!!! And he suggests he is reaching for a ransom.  What?

I can’t believe they laughed at what ransom money they would have when asked.  “I guess we could get rid of our cars and our house,” says Sergio.  He guesses? Would you ever say that?  Most parents would say if this comes down to a ransom, we will come up with whatever money is necessary! Or they wouldn’t even entertain this concept, but these two make you feel like they wouldn’t give up a dime for ransom, don’t they?

It seems they want a ransom, but none has been mentioned.  Why would they even entertain this?  It seems absurd to me.

I do not believe Becky or Sergio at all. I think they feel very differently than they are telling us.

 

Photo of the Day

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Mr Pierce

I absolutely love looking at people to see what I can discern from their attire, facial expressions, facial features, demeanor, etc.  If we are cognizant, we can actual glean a lot of information about a person before a word is ever spoken, and this information is usually quite reliable.

This man is fascinating.  He is in a photo taken by a stranger and he doesn’t crack a smile.  The photographer wrote that he saw the man sitting outside a bar in the U.K. and just asked if he could take his picture and the guy said yes, and then afterwards, the man in the photo bought the photographer a drink.

He shows a serious side by his expression, and yet his attire is anything but serious, if you ask me.  It is very flamboyant–almost over-the-top, if you will.  His attire makes a bold statement that this man is willing to push the envelope, he is willing to step outside of societies expectations, and that combined with the flamboyancy of his clothing, we can speculate he is a man who likes attention.  We can further support that by the fact he let the guy take his photo and then bought him a drink.  He wanted to talk to a man who was interested in him!

His posture, jewelry and attire also suggest a bit of self-admiration. This man could be slightly arrogant, and perhaps insecure. He likes to portray a serious face that is somewhat foreboding:  “Don’t mess with me”  Yet he gives mixed messages with his clothing.  His attire tells me he’d crack a laugh without too much effort, and probably is quite the jokester.

I call what I have done here facial profiling. Science is researching this and finding that people do thin-slicing quite well and accurately.  Read more here.

Becky and Sergio Celis on The Today Show

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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.
 

Latest Update on Ryan Ferguson Case

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Here is the last update to the Ryan Ferguson case.  If you aren’t familiar with it, you can read my original post here.

Ryan Ferguson was locked up seven years ago for allegedly murdering Kent Heitholt, a newspaper editor in Missouri.  Two people testified against Ryan during his trial and now both have recanted their stories.

First, Chuck Erickson, Ryan’s friend, recanted his story that he was with Ryan at the murder, and now Jerry Trump, an employee at the newspaper where Heitholt worked has recanted his story as well as that he saw Ferguson.

I have said from the first time I saw this case that Ryan (& Chuck) are innocent, and hopefully a judge will agree after this evidentary hearing is ruled upon sometime in July.

I absolutely LOVE Kathleen Zellner. She is brilliant!

The person who I believe should be a person-of-interest in this case is Michael Boyd.  I agree whole-heartedly with Kathleen!

The original prosecutor in this case needs to be held accountable, if you asked me for abusing the system, and Ryan needs to be set free.

Jeffrey Locker and Kenneth Minor on 48 Hours

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This has to be one of the most bizarre stories I have seen since writing this blog for seven years!  Jeffrey Locker was found stabbed to death in Harlem, and what police uncovered in the search for the killer was bizarre.  Video footage quickly lead them to Kenneth Minor as their suspect and murderer, but Minor’s story was like a twisted nightmare like no other I have ever heard!

Minor claimed that Locker asked him to kill him because he was involved in a ponzi scheme and was in serious financial trouble.  Minor said that Locker wanted to be murdered so his family could collect on his insurance policies.  According to 48 Hours, his insurance policies totaled a staggering twelve million dollars.

When I watched Minor tell his story, I have to admit, I was going back and forth like a ship rocking:  I believe him here, he’s lying here, and then I didn’t know what to think.  I had to absorb everything to make sense of it all.  As with many cases, the truth and lies are often blended together, and I suspect that is the case here.

Clearly, Minor has no remorse for what he did, and would have no problem killing a man for money.  We can see he went out to cash in immediately.  He also hit me as someone who could lie to anyone without worry. I wonder if he is pathological.

In the end, I personally do not believe Minor’s version of events that Locker plunged himself into a knife that Minor held. I think that was a story concocted by Minor to say it was suicide, and only suicide–thinking he could get off.  I believe Minor outright stabbed Locker, but I also believe that Locker did have a plan and wanted to be murdered because of the evidence uncovered by police–specifically the email from Locker’s son and the bizarre behavior of Locker’s wife and kids when the police alerted them about his death.

You can’t write fiction this crazy.  You simply can’t!

48 Hours reported that during Minor’s trial, no one from the Locker’s immediate family came to the trial. The Lockers haven’t done any interviews about this story at all, which I find suspect.  If their beloved Jeffrey was killed by a stranger, without their knowledge, you would think they would want justice and would want to call out a liar, but they don’t.  They keep out of the public eye, and have pursued the insurance money.

How I would love to see Jeffrey’s widow speak about this!!!

48 Hours also mentioned that Jeffrey’s wife is suing one insurance company for $4 million dollars.  The other company that issued $8 million dollar policy refused to release if they paid the Lockers or not.   I suspect by that statement alone that they did pay, and that combined with the fact Mrs. Locker is only suing the company, supports that, too.

Can you imagine allowing your husband to get “murdered” so you can live a rich life? 

How creepy is that?