Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Acid Attack Victim's TV Statement Analyzed


This came on an appearance on British TV shortly after the attack.  The host said that it would be good for Naomi Omi to get in touch with Katie Piper.  
Prior to the acid thrown in her face, Naomi Omi had, according to police, already researched Katie Piper online from her personal computer.  
Statement Analysis has shown that Naomi Omi's words reveal an attempt to conceal the identity of the attacker.  This, along with her computer searches, led police to question whether she did this to herself. A few weeks later, two people were arrested in the attack, and we learned that the two arrested are friends of Ms. Omi's.  
In Statement Analysis, we take note of where emotions appear in a statement.  In truthful accounts, most times the emotions will be in the "after" section of the account.  This is because it takes time for us to process our emotions.  A truthful statement will often be in three sections:
I.  Introduction
This is a short portion, often only 25% of the account, in which the subject tells us what happened just before the main event. 
II.  The Main Event   
This is the largest portion of the statement, often 50% of the entire statement being dedicated to telling what it is that happened to the subject.  
III.  Post Event
This is a short portion, after the main event, in which the subject uses only about 25% of the entire statement to tell us what happened afterwards, such as calling 911, or going to the hospital.  It is here, that in most truthful accounts that we find emotions.  
In story telling, we often find emotions in the Main Event (II) because it makes for good story telling.  "I was walking in the dark and felt a tingling of fear when suddenly..."
In truthful accounts, the subject will often simply report what happened, but afterwards, describe what he felt.  When we encounter emotions in the Main Event (II) we must ask if the emotion has been placed there artificially by the subject, in order to persuade.  We do not conclude deception on any one single indicator, but we do take this into consideration. 
We also recognize in Statement Analysis that a person who is truthful can only tell us what it is they remember.  A person should tell us, in an open statement (instead of a response to a direct question) what happened, what was said, what was thought, etc, and not what did not happen. 
Note that in this statement on television, Naomi Omi was asked what happened.  We listen carefully to where a subject begins her account, and note where the emotions are placed as well as her description of the "Muslim woman" who did this to her:  
"After getting off the bus I had a funny feeling... I looked behind me and I saw a person and felt shocked because I don't remember hearing footsteps or getting off the bus after me.
"I remember the person just staring at me - a cold stare. I don't remember anyone else around... as I turned my head, I just felt a splash and that's when, someone is out to kill me so I thought to myself that this person is not going to take my life. I didn't bother to look back, I just started running. I knew it was acid. It felt like something eating away at your skin..."
Here we look at it again, with emphasis added.  Statement Analysis is in bold type. 
"After getting off the bus I had a funny feeling... I looked behind me and I saw a person and felt shocked because I don't remember hearing footsteps or getting off the bus after me.
"I remember the person just staring at me - a cold stare. I don't remember anyone else around... as I turned my head, I just felt a splash and that's when, someone is out to kill me so I thought to myself that this person is not going to take my life. I didn't bother to look back, I just started running. I knew it was acid. It felt like something eating away at your skin..."
1.  Note the inclusion of emotion ("funny feeling" and "shock") in the main part of the story. 
2.  Note that she reported that she saw "a person" which is gender neutral.  Since she reported to police that the attacker was a "Muslim woman", we wonder why she now uses the gender neutral, "person" in her statement. 
3.  "I don't remember" in an open statement is something that we flag for possible deception because a truthful person can only report what it is that they do remember.  If someone is asked, "do you remember?", the answer in the negative is not considered sensitive, since it is a response. But in an open statement, one should only tell us what they do remember. 
4.  "this person" again uses the gender neutral "person", but adds the word "this", which indicates closeness.  (The word "that" shows distance).  Since closeness is used, we do not expect to see the word "person" again, but "woman" or even "attacker"
5.  "I didn't bother to look back" reports what the subject did not do, which is also unexpected. 
6.  "Your skin" is also unexpected distancing language ("your" is the 2nd person).  A physical attack is very personal and the expected is "my skin" since this is not a common event to others.  It is, however, a common event to the subject and Katie Piper, the victim she had previously searched on her computer.  Katie Piper has her own foundation which helps other burn victims and makes frequent media appearances. 
There are enough indicators in this short statement, alone, to know that something is amiss in this case and the subject is deceptive. 
The subject here, and in other statements, deliberately conceals the identity of the attacker, and as we now know, knew her as a friend. She not only had researched Katie Piper on her computer, but released to the media photos of herself in order to "help find" the 'unknown' assailant Muslim woman.  
There is more to this story.  


21 comments:

BostonLady said...

I'm sure there is more to this story. The subject leaked information about herself as she spoke. One thing that jumps out is that she immediately thought someone was trying to kill her because something liquid was thrown at her? That's quite a jump. If the person was waving a knife or a gun, I could see that being a concern.

I don't know enough about the other case that she was pointed to but if she researched it prior to the incident, it's very concerning.

Anonymous said...

Right, and this person is not going to kill me is an ofd statement because it is like a battle cry, and that is premature here with the time span given. Acid wasnt going to kill her, how did she know they werent going to pursue with a deadly method. That is a statement way after the fact that Ms Piper would have used. She used a similar statement, that they failed in their mission. She doesnt know what their mission is, she said she did not know them. That was also something a survivor with a People Magazine Cover might try to convey to get adulations, donations, praise for their indomitable spirit. She has thought of the $$ possibilities, a pretty long 15 minutes...starting, oops, beginning of February?

Anonymous said...

The"victim"has 21 previous convictions for fraud.(I work in the media)
I'm Christopher gaylord.

Anonymous said...

As I've said before, the media in Britain is not covering this as they would most stories of this type. They are being very sparse with the news of how the attackers were caught and what their backgrounds are. Or anything about their appearance in court. Or how much their bail was. Why?

S + K Mum said...

She said the attacker was a 'muslim woman', then she said 'person'........could this be because after being interviewed by the police they have said 'how do you know it was a woman etc if all you could see were the eyes?'. Meaning, in a court of law, this statement could be easily dipusted by defence?
I think it's deception though, just thought I'd put that in!

Anonymous said...

You are NOT Mr. Gaylord.

Anonymous said...

Naomi Oni's cousin has set up a 'charitable fund' with a goal of 20,000. So far, over 1000 has been raised. The account is said to be for living arrangements and to give the 'victim' in question 'options.'

Anonymous said...

I am.

S + K Mum said...

It will be interesting to find out whos idea the charitable trust was.....I suspect the hints were dropped by Naomi,if not orchestrated by her.
I thought this was about fame, but I think money (to be shared by her and her accomplices) is just as much the motive here.
If someone can do this to themselves for fame and money, god forbid they ever have children!

CanadianGirl said...

These are some pretty crazy theories. Do you really think someone would purposely allow acid to be thrown in their face and risk being permanently blind, not to mention the pain of having burned skin? NO WAY!! There might be more to the story that is not being made public by the victim, but I doubt someone would volunteer to throw acid on someone knowing that if caught they could go to jail. $20,000 is nothing, that won't even cover medical costs.

Anonymous said...

Christopher, you're defensive. You say your name as if we should any of us know who you are. I've never heard of you, who are you? Calling someone you've never seen a bollocks or ass face or whatever makes you sound about 16. If you have inside info, we're all interested in your thoughts. But act like an adult.

Anonymous said...

@Canadian Girl, it does sound crazy, but you are rational. On this site we've read about people admitting to carving their skin and setting themselves on fire. This would not be the first case of someone throwing acid in their own faces for various reasons, one of which is a well known disorder called Munchausen's. Have you seen Katie Piper, the girl Naomi read about? She was horribly disfigured, had to wear a prosthetic facial pressure mask for over a year and her journey was not only genuine but clearly her ex wanted to ruin her life. In comparison this girl got spritzed gently. The fund set up by her cousin is not all the money this girl may be looking at, tv programs, book deals, fame...I don't mean at all to sound condescending, but you ouught to read about abnormal psychology, Munchausen's, non-political self immolation and look up cases like this. You are clearly rational and level headed, but the spectrum of disordered individuals is so vast you can't possibly relate it to what YOU wouldn't do or what rational people wouldn't do. There maybe intrinsic payoffs we can't fathom. While she may not have done this, it IS being done in this workd and is more common than you think.

Anonymous said...

a link for the cousin's site seeking money?

Anonymous said...

Why are we not finding out about these perps? Who are they, these "friends" of hers who were arrested...and how did the police find out who they were? We are not getting the whole story.

But do we ever on any story?

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