William Jody Byrd and Desta on Dateline NBC

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I finally was able to catch up on last weeks news shows and I have to say they got me really worked up last night.

The clues to deception were rampant and flew in the wind like a red kite on a bright blue sky day. Within minutes of the episodes beginning, clues were revealed that identified the truth.  There was no mystery, sadly.

In this story, Desta Byrd is found by her husband in the front yard dead by her husband, “Jody”.  All you need to hear to know the story is B.S. is Jody’s 911 call.  His words speak volumes alone.

Then add that later in the show, the police reveal Jody’s phone records show that Jody didn’t even call 911 for help first. Instead, he called Jody’s parents.

I was very relieved to hear that Jody was convicted of murdering his wife and has been locked up.  The other case I watched however didn’t have the same outcome.

More to come soon!

Christmas Joy

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Here is some Christmas joy for you…

Thanks to the two people who sent this to me.
  

Happy Holidays!!!

Jordan Graham Confesses, Takes 2nd Degree Plea

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Just before her trial ended yesterday, Jordan Graham confessed to recklessly pushing Cody off the cliff.  She took a plea deal from prosecutors for 2nd degree murder.

While each state’s definition of 2nd degree may vary, a general definition of 2nd degree murder from the FreeDictionary.com website is, “a non-premeditated killing, resulting from an assault in which death of the victim was a distinct possibility.”

Jordan was quoted by the Great Falls Tribune as saying, “It wasn’t planned, but was ‘definitely reckless with an extreme disregard’ for life.”

I do not believe Jordan that this event wasn’t premeditated.  I believe 100% that it was–her actions make that undeniably clear.

Jordan, in my perspective, is an extremely dangerous, cold and callous woman who should not see the freedom again.

Jordan will be sentenced in March.

Looking at Cody’s photo, I tell he was a warm, and very trusting soul. He would have never believed Jordan was capable of what she did, sadly, and I suspect Jordan profiled him.

Newly Wed Jordan Graham on Trial for Murder

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The murder trial for Cody Johnson started this week in Montana.  Just eight days after being married, Cody dies allegedly falling face-first to his death at the hands of his wife, Jordan Graham.

At first, Jordan claimed she wasn’t with Cody when he disappeared.  Then later after being seen on video surveillance, she confesses up, but quickly changes her story to self-defense. Oh, and she also ironically found his body and when she did, her face was deadpan and emotionless.

Hmm…

Jordan is embroiled in so many lies, its over-the-top, and yet legal experts say proving that she did it legally will be a challenge.

Based on common sense and logic, there is little doubt they have the right person on trial (can you believe she is not in custody?), but logic doesn’t always prevail in court as we have seen over the last few years.

If there is any questionable testimony that comes out from this trial, please let me know and I’ll be happy to shed some light on it!

Interpreter Fakes Sign Language at Mandela Memorial

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A reader has sent me this video of a fake interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial asking if I see any signs of deception.  I do not know sign language.

When watching the video, I do see several notable points:

1. The hand movements of the two signers are dramatically different.

2. One looks precise and the other sloppy.

3. The sloppy one doesn’t seem to be listening for the words to interpret them. He almost acts caught off guard as the speaker talks, like “oh yeah, I gotta do this”.

4. The woman’s gestures vary dramatically. The man’s gestures all seem all too similar and he doesn’t spell out words like the woman does.

5. The man has an arrogance about him. I can feel his love of attention. Can you?

I would definitely be put off by the sloppy, inattentive nature of the man and his arrogance.  He wouldn’t be someone I would trust if he came to speak to me.  I suspect if I were there and watched this, I would be suspect of the man, for sure, but that’s about all I can say.

Readers are asking why did this man do this?  Did he really think he’d get away with this?  While I haven’t spoken to him and I don’t know him, knowing human behavior I can speculate that yes, he thought he’d get away with it.  People who are arrogant often aren’t grounded and realistic.  He likely convinced himself there wouldn’t be enough deaf people listening to call him out.   Yes, that is humorous to us, but he didn’t have that foresight. His arrogance blinded him.

As I always say, arrogance is the biggest stumbling block for liars there is!  It brought this jerk down to earth real fast.