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The Case of Chris Watts - Part 2 - The Polygraph — Transcript

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  1. 0:00[Music]
  2. 0:09I got to find him, right?
  3. 0:13I need your help.
  4. 0:21When we find the guy who took him,
  5. 0:25what do you think we should do?
  6. 0:28This is what is known as a
  7. 0:29behavior-provoking question. An innocent
  8. 0:32person will usually give what is known
  9. 0:33as a draconian response. They will
  10. 0:36immediately respond with the harshest
  11. 0:37sentence possible for the crime they are
  12. 0:39falsely being accused of committing. A
  13. 0:41deceptive individual will often give an
  14. 0:43equivocating response. This means that
  15. 0:46they will fragmentize and divert from
  16. 0:48the question to a certain degree as a
  17. 0:50means to avoid responding to the query
  18. 0:52in its entirety.
  19. 0:53They're going to come home safe.
  20. 0:54Correct. when you find the guy.
  21. 0:57When we find the guy, they're going to
  22. 0:58come home.
  23. 1:02Life in prison would be the That's what
  24. 1:05I would That's what I would think with
  25. 1:07two kids that are involved.
  26. 1:12What if he hurt them?
  27. 1:18Did they
  28. 1:20I'm not sure if like that penalty is
  29. 1:22even used. Is it used in Colorado? I am
  30. 1:25not even sure what is a death penalty.
  31. 1:27Okay.
  32. 1:28I mean like if these kids are not alive
  33. 1:31like there's no there's nothing you
  34. 1:33could do to to cope with that to make me
  35. 1:37cope with that if those kids are not
  36. 1:40okay.
  37. 1:43Okay. Can we keep talking about some
  38. 1:45complicated things? Some things that are
  39. 1:47going to make you uncomfortable? That's
  40. 1:48fine. Okay. You've done very good in
  41. 1:51talking to me about this really hard
  42. 1:52conversation you guys had. Okay. Very
  43. 1:55good. That's sometimes hard and I
  44. 1:58understand why sometimes someone in your
  45. 2:00position says uh doesn't want to tell me
  46. 2:03about that cuz please go help me find my
  47. 2:05kids and you don't need to know about my
  48. 2:07my marriage argument. Okay. So, I got to
  49. 2:10say you've done very good at that. Um
  50. 2:12and I need you to keep doing that. So, I
  51. 2:14need to ask you about um your marriage
  52. 2:18and uh infidelity.
  53. 2:20Okay.
  54. 2:20Okay. Tell me about it. Yeah, I have
  55. 2:23never cheated on my wife. Okay.
  56. 2:25And I fully suspect she has never done
  57. 2:27that to me.
  58. 2:28Oh, okay.
  59. 2:29The interrogator was already aware that
  60. 2:31Chris was cheating on his wife with a
  61. 2:33woman by the name of Nicole Kessinger.
  62. 2:35He had handed over his phone earlier on
  63. 2:37this interview for what he thought was
  64. 2:39for the purpose of going through his and
  65. 2:41his wife's mutual contacts to look for
  66. 2:43potential suspects. Judging by Chris's
  67. 2:45bold-faced denial, it's safe to assume
  68. 2:47he deleted all of his correspondence
  69. 2:49with Nicole beforehand. Yet, he was most
  70. 2:52likely unaware that the FBI have
  71. 2:54programs that can recover every single
  72. 2:56piece of digital exchange sent from a
  73. 2:58device, even long after it's deleted.
  74. 3:00Highly trained investigator over here,
  75. 3:02right? I see pictures of you from a few
  76. 3:05years ago.
  77. 3:06Mhm.
  78. 3:06And I see you standing before me now.
  79. 3:09Okay. You've gotten pretty fit.
  80. 3:11Okay. You can imagine when guys start
  81. 3:13cheating or want to cheat, that's what
  82. 3:15happens. Yes. So, tell me about it. I
  83. 3:17did not cheat on my wife. Okay. What do
  84. 3:20I do to help you walk out of this room
  85. 3:23and not look like the person who's
  86. 3:25responsible?
  87. 3:28You have to trust me. I had nothing to
  88. 3:30do with these with this act of like
  89. 3:34evil, cruelty, whatever has happened
  90. 3:35here because my love for these two girls
  91. 3:39and my wife, like I don't want anything
  92. 3:41to happen to them. I've never wanted
  93. 3:43anything to happen to them.
  94. 3:45No matter if me and my wife separate or
  95. 3:47not or divorce or anything, I never wish
  96. 3:51harm on anybody on a human being in
  97. 3:53general.
  98. 3:54Okay?
  99. 3:54Like just seeing that picture like I
  100. 3:58need them I I want them just to run
  101. 4:00through that front door and just grab me
  102. 4:02or just barrel just tackle me, knock me
  103. 4:04to the floor, bust my head. I don't
  104. 4:05care.
  105. 4:07The amount of love I have for my family
  106. 4:10is exponential. And I it's never going
  107. 4:12to die.
  108. 4:14They need I want them back.
  109. 4:16Okay.
  110. 4:17I have to have them back.
  111. 4:26When you walk out of this room,
  112. 4:29there's nothing I can say to a room full
  113. 4:31of police officers that's going to
  114. 4:32convince them that you have nothing to
  115. 4:35do with this. I know.
  116. 4:36You know what they think?
  117. 4:38I I know I'll Yeah.
  118. 4:40Here's a guy who didn't call 911,
  119. 4:42who woke his wife wife up at a
  120. 4:45ridiculous hour because he was so guilty
  121. 4:48about something that he had to get it
  122. 4:49off his chest and say, "I don't love you
  123. 4:51anymore. I'm leaving you."
  124. 4:54That didn't go well.
  125. 4:58Okay. So, what happened?
  126. 5:00She told me she wanted me to wake her up
  127. 5:02before I left. That's why I didn't just
  128. 5:05wake her up like just to tell her this.
  129. 5:08Like I woke her up. That's what she
  130. 5:10wanted to do. And we talked like usually
  131. 5:13at 4:00 a.m. I wake up. I go down to
  132. 5:15work out. This day I wanted to talk to
  133. 5:17her about this.
  134. 5:34I love these girls. I love these girls
  135. 5:37so much. And this picture right here,
  136. 5:41Celeste and Bella, those are my life.
  137. 5:44I'm helped make those kids.
  138. 5:47There's nothing in my life that means
  139. 5:50more to me than these kids.
  140. 5:55Nothing. Kids, that's that's your life.
  141. 5:59That's your lifeline.
  142. 6:01That's everything. Like you make kids,
  143. 6:03they're they come first before anything.
  144. 6:05Kids, spouse, family. That's what it's
  145. 6:08always been.
  146. 6:16Nothing you've told me tonight makes
  147. 6:17sense. Nothing you've told me tonight
  148. 6:20feels like the truth.
  149. 6:27Can we start over? Sure.
  150. 6:31Tonight's been pretty intense. I can
  151. 6:33imagine. How are you feeling?
  152. 6:37I slept like two hours last night, so
  153. 6:39I'm like running on empty right now, but
  154. 6:41I know I can see it. So, why don't I do
  155. 6:43this? I'm sure you don't mind if we take
  156. 6:46a break for the night.
  157. 6:49Um, and I'm sure that you are
  158. 6:52um feeling some of the pressure from me.
  159. 6:55Okay. I'm going to commit to you that
  160. 6:57we're not going to stop working until we
  161. 6:59find them.
  162. 6:59Okay.
  163. 7:00Okay. And I want to commit to you that
  164. 7:04there is going to come a time when
  165. 7:07you're going to feel this pressure from
  166. 7:08other people. I'm not the only one who
  167. 7:10thinks that there's a possibility you
  168. 7:12have something to do with this. Like
  169. 7:14another FBI agent like pressure or like
  170. 7:16just like
  171. 7:17everyone. Okay. Everyone Chris.
  172. 7:18Okay. The interrogator is clearly
  173. 7:21receptive to Chris's anxiety and
  174. 7:23endeavors to amplify this emotion before
  175. 7:25ending the interview. He wants to
  176. 7:26inflate Chris's apprehension as much as
  177. 7:29possible for the looming polygraph test
  178. 7:31that approaches the following day.
  179. 7:33Tonight when you go home,
  180. 7:36one of two things going to happen.
  181. 7:38You're going to pass out cuz you're so
  182. 7:40tired. Okay? And that's probably not
  183. 7:42going to be what happens. Your head's
  184. 7:44going to go racing. Okay? So tonight
  185. 7:46when you lay down and your head starts
  186. 7:49racing, there's going to be things that
  187. 7:50come to your mind. Okay, this always
  188. 7:52happens. Always. It's very natural.
  189. 7:54You're going to say, "I wonder why he
  190. 7:56asked me that." Okay, you're going to
  191. 7:58say, "Screw him. How dare he accuse me."
  192. 8:01Okay, you're going to say, "I wonder if
  193. 8:03they thought of this." Okay? And then
  194. 8:05you're going to say, "I probably should
  195. 8:07have told him something or this or
  196. 8:09that." Okay? Those are the most common
  197. 8:12things. Um, when those thoughts come to
  198. 8:14your head, I want you to call me.
  199. 8:20And those are beautiful kids. Those kids
  200. 8:22have a good dad and I know it. I just
  201. 8:24see the picture for him.
  202. 8:26Yeah,
  203. 8:27it's a better one, but it's just
  204. 8:30I'm sorry to
  205. 8:35those kids have a good day. The
  206. 8:36following discourse from the officer
  207. 8:38could be construed as the reframing
  208. 8:40technique where an interrogator will try
  209. 8:42and shift the suspect's view of
  210. 8:44themselves from negative to positive as
  211. 8:46a means to lightening the iniquity of
  212. 8:48their crimes and increasing the chances
  213. 8:50of a confession. However, this is more
  214. 8:52likely what is known as passive
  215. 8:54accusation, where the interrogator is
  216. 8:56almost certain of the suspect's guilt
  217. 8:58and indirectly accuses and in some
  218. 9:00manner indignifies the suspect. This is
  219. 9:03made evident by the high praises the
  220. 9:05officer gives to Chris for extremely
  221. 9:07trivial deeds.
  222. 9:08A lot of deaths don't
  223. 9:11get second pairs of clothes and cook
  224. 9:14eggs and give him snacks at night. You
  225. 9:16know, a lot of men that's woman's work,
  226. 9:18right?
  227. 9:19I like to get involved.
  228. 9:20You're not that kind of guy. Okay. So,
  229. 9:23can we say that tomorrow at
  230. 9:2611:00?
  231. 9:27Okay.
  232. 9:28We can do a polygraph
  233. 9:29here.
  234. 9:29Here. Um I appreciate you coming in
  235. 9:31tonight.
  236. 9:31Mhm.
  237. 9:32All right.
  238. 9:33talking.
  239. 9:34This is Tammy. Did you meet Tammy
  240. 9:36yesterday? No, I was good at all. I
  241. 9:37always Tammy.
  242. 9:37Hi, Chris. How are you?
  243. 9:39Is it on this?
  244. 9:40Yep. I know it's I'll explain what that
  245. 9:41is here in a little bit, but you don't
  246. 9:43have to worry. It's not on or anything
  247. 9:45right now. It's not going to It's not
  248. 9:46going to buzz you or anything.
  249. 9:48Obviously, you're probably nervous about
  250. 9:49taking today's test. Honestly, I would
  251. 9:51think something is wrong with you if you
  252. 9:52weren't nervous about coming in here to
  253. 9:54take a polygraph. Even if people are
  254. 9:56like, I don't have anything to hide, it
  255. 9:57is nerve-wracking. I have taken tons of
  256. 10:00polygraphs obviously in my training. Um
  257. 10:03I went to 10 weeks for training. I've
  258. 10:05been a polygrapher about for about 5
  259. 10:06years. Um I went to the best school in
  260. 10:09the country. So I want you to have
  261. 10:11confidence in the fact that if you had
  262. 10:12nothing to do with this disappearance
  263. 10:14like we're going to find that out today.
  264. 10:15Okay? I have the best training that they
  265. 10:17offer in the United States. Um I we use
  266. 10:20the most validated testing um that the
  267. 10:23way I'm going to ask you the question.
  268. 10:25So believe me, if you had nothing to do
  269. 10:27with this, I will be able to show them
  270. 10:29that today.
  271. 10:30This is psychological pressure disguised
  272. 10:32as reassurance. It's not a routine
  273. 10:34procedure during the pre-EST phase of a
  274. 10:36polygraph exam. Yet, this technique will
  275. 10:38be used when the suspect's guilt is
  276. 10:40almost conclusive. Polygraphs are not a
  277. 10:42foolproof system, and they can be
  278. 10:44beaten. But with a heightened state of
  279. 10:46anxiety, it becomes considerably more
  280. 10:48challenging and unlikely. On this
  281. 10:50occasion, the polygrapher distinctly
  282. 10:52applies this technique for maximal
  283. 10:53effect. There's actually only two ways
  284. 10:55you can fail a polygraph. Okay? The
  285. 10:57first way would be if you fail to follow
  286. 10:58my instructions. I'm going to give you a
  287. 11:00lot of instructions today about how to
  288. 11:02sit still, how to answer questions,
  289. 11:03things like that. So, if you fail to
  290. 11:05follow those instructions, you will not
  291. 11:06pass today's test. Okay? The second way
  292. 11:08would be if you choose to lie to me
  293. 11:10today. You know, if you did have
  294. 11:11something to do with their
  295. 11:13disappearance, um it would be really
  296. 11:15stupid for you to come in and take a
  297. 11:16polygraph today,
  298. 11:18right? Like it it would be really dumb.
  299. 11:20like you should not be here right now
  300. 11:22sitting in this chair if you had
  301. 11:23anything to do with Chenan and the
  302. 11:25little girl's disappearance. Okay.
  303. 11:32But yeah, we just everything flourished
  304. 11:34from there. Like in 2011, I I proposed
  305. 11:36to her over in Ocean Beach.
  306. 11:40It was she was just sitting there
  307. 11:42crying. It was a little eviction notice
  308. 11:43and she had she recorded it. It was
  309. 11:46really it was an amazing day just to see
  310. 11:48that. And then she Celeste, she was she
  311. 11:52was I was there like she had a midwife
  312. 11:54for this one. So like they actually had
  313. 11:56me like you can stand here and like you
  314. 11:58know catch her and like but Celeste came
  315. 12:01out like so fast that like I barely had
  316. 12:04a chance to go like this and they moved
  317. 12:06me out of the way. She just like came
  318. 12:07out.
  319. 12:07The polygrapher will also obtain the
  320. 12:10examinees version of the facts regarding
  321. 12:12the specific issues under investigation.
  322. 12:14Like I was just hoping that I would get
  323. 12:15that knocked on the door or a phone call
  324. 12:18or a text. I mean her phone I mean they
  325. 12:20have her phone. Like hopefully maybe
  326. 12:22it's a number. I don't know. Hopefully
  327. 12:24it's like you know like a burn her phone
  328. 12:27or some some kind of some kind of like
  329. 12:30phone she bought and she could just text
  330. 12:31me and call me like hey I'm okay
  331. 12:33something or just get a knock on the
  332. 12:35door and then the kids just run in. I
  333. 12:37miss like the kids like sitting at the
  334. 12:39dinner table and like having to tell
  335. 12:42them to eat their dinner and like I miss
  336. 12:44them throwing their chicken nuggets at
  337. 12:46me. Like I was I just want to find them.
  338. 12:50I want them to come home safe. Like
  339. 12:51wherever they are I hope they are safe
  340. 12:54and I really I really hope they can just
  341. 12:56come home. It makes me feel like, all
  342. 12:59right, maybe somebody has her that's not
  343. 13:02that's not keeping her safe
  344. 13:05or something terrible has happened. And
  345. 13:08that is that's the nightmare.
  346. 13:11And what would that terrible thing be?
  347. 13:14Somebody hurt them.
  348. 13:15Chris recounts a brief summary of the
  349. 13:17events and states multiple vague
  350. 13:19possibilities for his family's
  351. 13:21disappearance. The polygrapher then
  352. 13:23starts to elect specific timelines for
  353. 13:25Chris to give his account on. Um, you
  354. 13:29said the next thing you know is her
  355. 13:30getting into bed with you. Is that
  356. 13:31right?
  357. 13:32I could I felt her get in bed. We didn't
  358. 13:33say anything cuz I just kind of felt it.
  359. 13:36Okay. Do you know if she was on her
  360. 13:38phone or like how any of that works?
  361. 13:40I don't I don't think she was on her
  362. 13:42phone.
  363. 13:43Was she mad at all?
  364. 13:45I mean, being crying crying like she was
  365. 13:48crying like I was. I mean Yeah. I mean,
  366. 13:50she was upset, but I mean it was it it
  367. 13:53comes with that kind of conversation. In
  368. 13:55the next moments, you will see another
  369. 13:57subdriuge of psychological pressure.
  370. 13:59This time disguised as routine
  371. 14:01questioning procedure.
  372. 14:02I know it's totally awful to think
  373. 14:05about, but what are ways, because I need
  374. 14:07to make sure that you know what I'm
  375. 14:09talking about. What are ways that you
  376. 14:11can make someone disappear?
  377. 14:16I mean, like if you talk about like what
  378. 14:18I've seen like on the movies or like how
  379. 14:21like how people if you read about other
  380. 14:23people I mean you hire somebody
  381. 14:27like a hitman.
  382. 14:28Yeah. I mean that's I mean
  383. 14:29I'm just being honest.
  384. 14:30Nope. That's what I want. That's what I
  385. 14:31want cuz I want you to go through all of
  386. 14:33these scenarios in your head because I
  387. 14:35want you to know for sure what I'm
  388. 14:37talking about when I say that you know
  389. 14:38asking you if you physically caused her
  390. 14:40disappearance.
  391. 14:41Okay? like like you would hire somebody
  392. 14:43or you have a
  393. 14:45somebody you know that
  394. 14:48that would do it. I mean it's like I
  395. 14:50don't I mean that's hard question.
  396. 14:52I didn't know this.
  397. 14:53That's a hard question to answer,
  398. 14:55right?
  399. 14:55Because I didn't it had nothing to do
  400. 14:58with this disappearance, but like I
  401. 15:00don't even want to think about like
  402. 15:02if I if if you're asking like how I
  403. 15:05would do it like I
  404. 15:06no anyone like how would how would
  405. 15:08anyone cause someone else's
  406. 15:09disappearance? I mean, you would
  407. 15:14say that
  408. 15:14you could cause someone's disappearance
  409. 15:16by murdering them. Would you agree with
  410. 15:18that?
  411. 15:18Yes.
  412. 15:18So, what different physical ways could
  413. 15:20you cause someone's disappearance
  414. 15:22through murder?
  415. 15:24You could stab someone.
  416. 15:25Stab someone, shoot someone,
  417. 15:28hit him with a blunt object.
  418. 15:31Um,
  419. 15:34what else is there? I mean,
  420. 15:37use a weapon of like gun or knife. I
  421. 15:39mean,
  422. 15:40okay,
  423. 15:41you could
  424. 15:49you could smother someone.
  425. 15:50Smother someone,
  426. 15:53you could strangle someone,
  427. 15:55hang some. I mean, yeah, you can all
  428. 15:56that kind of things. I mean, it's hard
  429. 15:59to even think about that kind of stuff
  430. 16:00right now.
  431. 16:01So, you could strangle someone, you
  432. 16:02could drown someone.
  433. 16:04Yeah.
  434. 16:05You could shock someone to death. Um,
  435. 16:07you could burn someone alive.
  436. 16:11Um, what other ways
  437. 16:14can you think of
  438. 16:18as far as like
  439. 16:22lure him into a trap? I guess.
  440. 16:25What do you mean? What?
  441. 16:26Like, you know, like have somebody
  442. 16:27waiting like around the corner and like
  443. 16:31Sure.
  444. 16:34[Music]
  445. 16:37They're in a coma.
  446. 16:38Sure.
  447. 16:40Um,
  448. 16:43so if I ask you that question on the
  449. 16:44test, Chris, are you going to have any
  450. 16:46issue with that about you physically
  451. 16:48causing
  452. 16:49going through every single one of those?
  453. 16:51Yeah, like that would be a way you could
  454. 16:52cause someone's disappearance.
  455. 16:53Okay. No, I I can definitely like I can
  456. 16:56pass. I mean,
  457. 16:56you could murder them, you could kidnap
  458. 16:58them, you could take them to another
  459. 16:59country, you could, you know, bury them
  460. 17:01in your backyard, you could you could do
  461. 17:02a million things. Yeah.
  462. 17:04As far as um trying to conceal them.
  463. 17:07Yeah.
  464. 17:07Right.
  465. 17:08So that no one can find them.
  466. 17:09Yes.
  467. 17:09Cuz at this point she's gone.
  468. 17:12So when I ask you the question on the
  469. 17:13test, I'm not asking you about guilt.
  470. 17:15I'm not asking you about did you make
  471. 17:17her feel so horrible that she ended up
  472. 17:18leaving. I'm saying that you were the
  473. 17:21one that physically caused her to
  474. 17:23disappear
  475. 17:24either by murder, kidnapping, you know,
  476. 17:26all of those other things that we went
  477. 17:28through. Okay.
  478. 17:28You want me to list You want me to list
  479. 17:30all those? Like why?
  480. 17:31No, no, no. You're just going to say no
  481. 17:32to that question. Okay. When I ask you
  482. 17:34if you physically caused Shenan's
  483. 17:36disappearance, your answer should be
  484. 17:38what?
  485. 17:38No.
  486. 17:39Right. So, do you have any issues with
  487. 17:40that at all? And have any question about
  488. 17:42what I would mean when I was
  489. 17:44No, that's total like I just like going
  490. 17:46through all those that
  491. 17:48that's a lot to really think about,
  492. 17:50right?
  493. 17:51Trying to figure out like Yeah, that was
  494. 17:57I'm going to have you take a bathroom
  495. 17:59break. We've been in here quite a while.
  496. 18:01So,
  497. 18:03you're going to be taking what's called
  498. 18:04a directed lie polygraph. So, what that
  499. 18:06means is they're going to be test
  500. 18:08questions on the test where I want you
  501. 18:09to lie. I know it seems kind of weird,
  502. 18:11but you're going to know which questions
  503. 18:12these are, and they're going to be easy
  504. 18:13to answer. They're all going to start
  505. 18:15with before 2018.
  506. 18:16The directed lie test has three types of
  507. 18:19questions. Known truth questions. These
  508. 18:21are easy questions to answer, such as,
  509. 18:24"Are you sitting down?" or "Are you
  510. 18:26wearing shoes?" They serve two purposes.
  511. 18:28The first purpose is to provide a
  512. 18:30baseline reading for when the subject is
  513. 18:32telling the truth and should elicit very
  514. 18:34little bodily responses. The second
  515. 18:36purpose is to disconnect the examinees
  516. 18:38thought patterns between each question
  517. 18:40as a means for resetting their
  518. 18:41celebration for a more accurate reading.
  519. 18:44Control questions. These are what the
  520. 18:46polygrapher just explained to Chris.
  521. 18:48Whenever she says before 2018 at the
  522. 18:51start of a question, Chris will know he
  523. 18:53is purposely supposed to lie. Each of
  524. 18:55these questions are deliberately
  525. 18:56constructed that all answers will be
  526. 18:58responded with no relevant questions.
  527. 19:01These relate specifically to the crime
  528. 19:03being investigated and the examinee will
  529. 19:05know that they are supposed to respond
  530. 19:07truthfully. A guilty subject will show a
  531. 19:09much stronger reaction to the relevant
  532. 19:11questions than to the control questions
  533. 19:13even though they will be lying on both
  534. 19:15of them. This is due to the immediate
  535. 19:16threat posed by the relevant questions.
  536. 19:19So, I'm going to say before 2018, did
  537. 19:21you ever lose your temper with someone
  538. 19:22you cared about? And you're going to say
  539. 19:24no
  540. 19:25cuz you're telling a
  541. 19:26lie.
  542. 19:27Awesome.
  543. 19:33The test is about to begin. Please
  544. 19:34remain still. Did you write the number
  545. 19:36one?
  546. 19:37No.
  547. 19:38Did you write the number three?
  548. 19:40No.
  549. 19:40Did you write the number five?
  550. 19:42No.
  551. 19:43This portion of the test is complete.
  552. 19:45Please remain still while I take the
  553. 19:46instrument out of operation.
  554. 19:50Okay, you can relax.
  555. 19:52How'd you feel?
  556. 19:55This is the last time the polygrapher
  557. 19:57will have any correspondence with Chris
  558. 19:59before the real test begins. She gives
  559. 20:01him an initial compliment in a
  560. 20:02reassuring tone.
  561. 20:03You did great.
  562. 20:05You remembered to lie and everything.
  563. 20:07That was awesome.
  564. 20:08That was
  565. 20:10This momentary boost in his confidence
  566. 20:12is then abruptly ripped away as he
  567. 20:14receives the following information.
  568. 20:16So, you obviously are a really bad liar.
  569. 20:19Have Have people told you that before?
  570. 20:20Like this? I mean, you tell a lie. Like,
  571. 20:22they can tell like on your face that
  572. 20:24because the second you lie to the number
  573. 20:26three, like I don't know if you heard me
  574. 20:27clicking, but like turn down the
  575. 20:29sensitivity because you're starting to
  576. 20:30go off the page. So, that is what I need
  577. 20:32to see as a polygrapher because that
  578. 20:35tells me that you know it's wrong to
  579. 20:36tell a lie. Um, and you're actually
  580. 20:38having a significant reaction when you
  581. 20:40lie. So, that is awesome. So, thank you
  582. 20:42for being a horrible liar. No, that's a
  583. 20:44good thing. That's a good thing. We
  584. 20:46don't want to be good liars. So, thank
  585. 20:48you for being a horrible liar. Um, and
  586. 20:50that just shows me that, you know,
  587. 20:51obviously on the test when we're asking,
  588. 20:53you know, significant stuff about your
  589. 20:54wife, um, if you're lying to that, it's
  590. 20:56going to be even 10 times more
  591. 20:58amplified. So, I appreciate that.
  592. 21:01I appreciate that very much. More than
  593. 21:03you know. So, that was awesome. And the
  594. 21:06coolest thing about this is right now
  595. 21:08there's only one person in this room
  596. 21:10that knows what the truth is. And in
  597. 21:12about five minutes there's going to be
  598. 21:13two of us. So, that's the coolest part.
  599. 21:15Okay? And I can go share that with them
  600. 21:17out there. Okay. Okay.
  601. 21:20All right, you ready? Let's
  602. 21:21do it.
  603. 21:22The test is about to begin. Please
  604. 21:24remain still.
  605. 21:29Do you understand? I will only ask you
  606. 21:31the questions we have discussed.
  607. 21:33Yes.
  608. 21:35Regarding Shenan's disappearance, do you
  609. 21:37intend to answer all of the questions
  610. 21:38truthfully?
  611. 21:39Yes.
  612. 21:41Is your first name Christopher?
  613. 21:43Yes.
  614. 21:44Before 2018, did you ever lose your
  615. 21:46temper with someone you cared about?
  616. 21:49No.
  617. 21:50Did you physically cause Shenan's
  618. 21:52disappearance?
  619. 21:53No.
  620. 21:56Were you born in 1985?
  621. 21:59Yes.
  622. 22:00Before 2018, did you ever say anything
  623. 22:03out of anger to a loved one?
  624. 22:05No.
  625. 22:07Are you lying about the last time you
  626. 22:08saw Shannon?
  627. 22:09No.
  628. 22:14Are you now in the state of Colorado?
  629. 22:16Yes. Before 2018, have you ever wanted
  630. 22:20to hurt someone to get even with them?
  631. 22:22No.
  632. 22:24Do you know where Shenan is now?
  633. 22:26No.
  634. 22:31Which portion of the test is complete?
  635. 22:33Please remain still while I take the
  636. 22:34instrument out of operation.
  637. 22:36All right. How'd you feel?
  638. 22:39Same roll of it. I think it was the same
  639. 22:43for you. We'll be right back. Okay.
  640. 22:48[Music]
  641. 22:54[Music]
  642. 23:05[Music]
  643. 23:09Oh my gosh. I did forget part of it,
  644. 23:11didn't I?
  645. 23:24So, I brought Graham in here because we
  646. 23:25want to talk to you about the results.
  647. 23:27Okay.
  648. 23:32So, um it is completely clear that you
  649. 23:35were not honest during the testing and I
  650. 23:36think you already know that um you did
  651. 23:39not pass the polygraph test, right?
  652. 23:41Okay. So, now we need to talk about what
  653. 23:43actually happened. I feel like you're
  654. 23:46probably ready to do that.
  655. 23:48I didn't I didn't lie to you on that
  656. 23:50polygraph. I promise.
  657. 23:52Chris, I I'm stop. It's time. I stop for
  658. 23:57a minute. Take a deep breath.
  659. 24:00I I want you to take a deep breath right
  660. 24:01now.

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