Tip No. 1: Inconsistencies
"When you want to know if someone is lying, look for inconsistencies in what they are saying," says Newberry, who was a federal agent for 30 years and a police officer for five.
When the woman he was questioning said she ran and hid after hearing gunshots -- without looking -- Newberry saw the inconsistency immediately.
"There was something that just didn't fit," says Newberry. "She heard gunshots but she didn't look? I knew that was inconsistent with how a person would respond to a situation like that."
So when she wasn't paying attention, he banged on the table. She looked right at him.
"When a person hears a noise, it's a natural reaction to look toward it," Newberry tells WebMD. "I knew she heard those gunshots, looked in the direction from which they came, saw the shooter, and then ran."
Sure enough, he was right.
"Her story was just illogical," says Newberry. "And that's what you should look for when you're talking to someone who isn't being truthful. Are there inconsistencies that just don't fit?"
Inconsistences.
If you know immediately that your child has been snatched why keep searching in cupboards?
If you see an open window why close it? It's evidence. Leave the room alone, move the kids.
If you're concerned about the unusually deep of sleep your children why not mention it?
If you're sure someone entered your apartment and snatched one of your children why run out and leave the remaining two unprotected?
If one of you sees a man carrying a child why not mention it so people search in that direction immediately instead of rushing off in other directions?
If it's your child who disappeared why not go to reception yourself to make sure the police are called?
if the resort felt 'so safe' why tell relatives soon after your child disappears that the Algarve has 'lots of paedophile gangs'? Has someone just given you this news?
Why publicise a 'coloboma' which wasn't one?
If the curtains were closed and billowing why tell the police that the window, shutters
and curtains were open when you discovered the child gone?
All things which I find strange.