Preview: 48 Hours Lady in the Pool
As always, I can’t wait to see Saturday night’s mystery!
Inappropriate Laughter
Inappropriate laughter in always very striking, and I saw a good example of it this week that I wanted to share with you, my readers.
In this video, at time marker 2:53, you will see an older woman by the name of Wanda talk about her daughter’s murder. Before she speaks, she fight off deep laughter. She grins, even snickers as she holds back the laughter, and yet she is talking about her daughter’s murder. It’s amazing to see.
What do you make of this laughter?
Click here to read my thoughts.To me, this inappropriate laughter does NOT raise any alarm bells. I don’t know this woman and I don’t know what ultimately happened in her daughter’s case, but Wanda’s laughter is truly and deeply surrounded by genuine pain and anguish. When she laughs, notice the confusing body signals she sends out? She looks up, as if to get away. She even shakes her head like “no”! She is having a battle of mind over body here.
Clearly what is happening to Wanda is that she is profoundly overwhelmed and emotionally confused. She is having a horrible time accepting the reality of what has happened. She has moments of pure denial and disbelief. It is precisely this conflict of being unable to accept her reality, yet knowing the truth, that caused Wanda to react the way she did in my opinion. She is having an emotional battle at a level we rarely see, but we know exists. Hence, the confusion comes out like a short circuit of insane laughter. It’s absolutely fascinating to watch and in no way resembles duper’s delight–not even for an instant!
Do you see the difference?
Comment Failure
I have had nothing but problems with Echo commenting since I was asked to upgrade in December. They are unable to support their new system, want me to make changes to code that is beyond simple HTML doesn’t even exist when I search for it in my template! Their customer service blames me for their bugs. I am so done with them. If you run a blog, my advice is to steer clear!!!
With that, I was wondering if someone out there is techie and can help me switch to a different comment service. I’ve downloaded my comments, now I just need help with the code.
I am tired of all the headaches from a failed Echo system.
State’s Attorney on Jarred Harrell
I thought this was interesting from WOKV.com.
State Attorney Angela Corey can’t say much about where the investigation is at, but she says his status might not change anytime soon. “There is not a timeline on how long someone can remain a person of interest,” said Corey. Corey is in regular communication with Clay County Sheriff Rick Beesler…
Paradise Lost
One reader was kind enough to share with me that Paradise Lost was on YouTube (Thanks, Angel). It’s in 15 segments that are 10 minutes long each. Thanks to all the people who shared links with me. I was fortunate enough, yesterday, to have the time to watch all but one segment of the documentary (segment 7 wouldn’t load for me, so I skipped it), and it is an excellent documentary.
Read moreIf the footage shown in the documentary is in actual sequence of events–that is, the footage of the boys talking in the videos were recorded prior to or during trial, I believe what these boys are saying in the segments shown in the documentary is truthful. That is all I can say. If, however, I find out differently, that any of the footage comes from after the trial, I retract this statement.
I was troubled by two things I saw in the while watching the trial. I was troubled by Mark Byers’ testimony about the knife that he gave to the HBO crew while they were shooting the documentary. The crew found what they thought was flesh and blood in the crevice of the knife, and so they gave it to police.
Police sent Byers’ gift knife to HBO to the crime lab, and the DNA matched both Byers and his son, Chris. With that, the defense team decided to put Byers on the sand. Byers, however, couldn’t remember a lot of things on the stand. When he was asked tough questions about the DNA on the knife, only then does he conveniently remember he cut his thumb out of the blue, when minutes before he didn’t. It was alarming, yet it is later discussed that he had a brain tumor. This may or may not explain his erratic behavior, but it needs to be taken into account.
Also, at the end of the documentary, I was really taken back at the footage that is shown of Byers after the verdict was read. They show him in utter surprise when hearing the verdict. Why on earth would he be surprised?
Everyone else in the courtroom seemed to feel the convictions were coming, or they were overwhelmed with grief. Yet in a strange twist, he was utterly shocked! So much so, you couldn’t miss it. It makes you wonder, does he know something that no one else knew? Even Damien and Jason felt like they had lost the case before the verdict. That’s what so surprises me about Byers’ behavior. Why on earth the shock? It’s very perplexing to me.
Clearly, this case is a travesty of justice, and needs new hands and fresh eyes. Where was Byers that night? Does he have a credible alibi? How about Terry Hobbs? Does he have a credible alibi? And last, who was that guy at the fast food restaurant that was all bloody? We need many more answers, I think, before we will know the truth.
