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The Humintell Blog April 14, 2012

Zachary Tomaselli Admits He’s a Liar

Last year, Zachary Tomaselli accused Syracuse Basketball Coach Bernie Fine of molesting him when he was 13 years old. His allegations were in addition to two other individuals who came forward claiming to be victims of abuse.

Today, Tomaselli admitted that he had fabricated the whole story and that he’s a “sociopath”.

66 year old Bernie Fine was fired in late November of last year, but has maintained all of the allegations are false.

Tomaselli, 23, is set to serve three years and three months in prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy in a separate case. He had pleaded guilty to those charges.

Take a look at some videos of Tomaselli discussing his allegations to Anderson Cooper below.

Do you see anything that raises a red flag?

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Filed Under: Hot Spots, Nonverbal Behavior

The Humintell Blog April 7, 2012

Analyzing Drew Peterson’s Facial Expressions

A former police sergeant Drew Peterson is being charged with the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio and is a suspect in the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy Peterson.

Peterson’s third wife’s death was originally classified as an accidental drowning (2004) but after his fourth wife Stacy vanished from their home in October 2011, investigators reopened the case and in light of new evidence and re-examining her body Peterson is being charged with Kathleen’s murder.

The Huff Post Chicago reports that The Illinois Supreme Court ordered an appellate court to reconsider if hearsay evidence, which is being disputed should be allowed.

The hearsay evidence purportedly illustrates that Peterson had a financial and emotional motive to kill Savio, according to ABC Chicago.

Watch the video below from Larry King Live:

What do you think his body language in conjunction with his words is communicating?

Do you see any Hot Spots (where Peterson’s nonverbal behavior contradicts what he is saying)?

Filed Under: Hot Spots, Nonverbal Behavior

The Humintell Blog February 7, 2012

The Powell Family Tragedy

Utah mother of two Susan Powell disappeared in December of 2009 after her husband Josh claimed he had taken their young sons camping in sub-zero temperatures only to return to find his wife missing.

Josh Powell, who had been under severe scrutiny for several years over the disappearance of Susan, had his first in depth television interview late last year. We blogged about a portion of the interview, in which Josh claimed he knew nothing of his wife’s disappearance and readers commented on many red flags and hot spots they saw.

This story took a dramatic turn this past weekend when Josh set fire to his own house with him and his two sons inside, killing all three. Before he took his own life and the life of his sons, he left an emotional voicemail on several family member’s answering machines.

Susan’s sister, Denise Cox had a television interview shortly after the tragedy where she discussed her sister’s missing person case and the brutal murder of her two nephews. The interview can be seen below. It is evident that Denise is quite emotional about the subject.

Denise is also an excellent example of someone who has shifty eyes but is not being deceptive. Notice how she often looks around- sometimes one could mistake this as being deceptive, but this seems to be part of Denise’s baseline behavior.

Remember, lack of eye contact is the biggest myth about liars. In fact, eye gaze has little to do with detecting deception.

Filed Under: Hot Spots, Nonverbal Behavior

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