Friday, August 14, 2020

Missing: Marilane Carter Husband Statement

"She's a loving mother, loving wife. We have a great relationship. I miss her terribly. I want her home. I want her home with our kids,"

Adam Carter on missing wife, Marilane

notes:

He has strong psychological presence in this short statement.

He aligns (unifies) himself with her via the pronoun “we.” This is his perspective.

The three sentences that begin with the pronoun “I” are very important—they show his presence and are without equivocation or qualification.

The use of “our” kids indicates sharing. It’s often used in step parenting or adoption.

It can be found in a context where others, such as family members, are caring for the children.

It is also found in homes contemplating divorce.

If she suffered from mental health issues, it may be that she’s had suicidal ideation and/or the subject has fretted over it (processing the information--- thinking of the unthinkable until numbness sets in).

With young children (heavy childcare responsibility) the need to share, and the current lack of sharing responsibilities due to her departure, may be weighing upon the subject’s language.

It’s not unusual to list “mother” first when kids are young (in need) as a priority. Some will later use “wife and mother” as the kids are older (capable of more self care or young adults).

“We have a great relationship” —

Where mental health issues may exist and stress a relationship, a reminder of the status may be present.

There may also be an element of denial, wishful thinking or even an attempt to address her. The subject may be aware of what others have said or speculated. This is another warning for us that heavily edited quotes are difficult to analyze.

Also, a troubled relationship can produce this—as the subject may be reflecting upon the good times and choosing to be positive. Nostalgia can produce it as well as denial.

The quotes are disjointed in media. We don’t know what was asked of him or what was said.

Insomnia —-this can be a result of depression or anxiety and can exasperate the struggles. Or it could lead to despair, depression, erratic thought patterns and even a psychotic breakdown.

If it is chronic, in can lead to suicidal ideation.

When people publicly state that a loved one is seeking treatment for “mental health issues”, it’s likely more than what may be considered. There’s a natural desire to protect the reputation of the loved one. There is also a desire to minimize the loved one’s condition as a form of self preservation. When announced publicly, minimization should always be considered.

Caring for young children is exhausting.

Not sleeping while caring for young children may overwhelm.

We seek various (potential) contexts that can produce a statement where no context is provided by media.

Complete interviews are always best for analysis.

I’ve not seen red flags of guilty knowledge in the short quotes, including the video. Marilane's mental health may be key to the case.

If you wish to study deception detection, please visit here.

39 comments:

Hey Jude said...

Transcript of an excerpt from Overland Police press conference which was held earlier today - this is just the last couple of minutes:

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Reporter: Do we know the nature of the initial trip - was this impromptu, or was this a planned trip?

Detective: Yes, I do have some specifics on that. So, I spoke with, obviously, Marilane’s mother and Marilane’s husband, and it is my understanding that Marilane’s sister in Alabama is supposed to have a baby - I think the due date is maybe this Monday - or, I’m not sure - don’t quote me on the due date - but she was going to make a trip to go down and see family, and possibly seek some uh - healthcare. What the extent of that healthcare is, you would have to ask the family.

Um, I know that she - I spoke with her husband - and she had purchased a ticket with Southwest Airlines, to fly Southwest from KCI to Birmingham, Alabama, um, on Sunday August 2nd - they purchased that ticket on Saturday August 1st - it was a late purchase - um - she took a nap - they purchased it in the early afternoon, I believe - she took a nap during the day, woke up, and something in her mind - the anxiousness or whatever, she was like, I’m not going to wait for the flight, I wanna leave tonight.” So, it was planned, but it was also spur of the moment - she was planning to go to Alabama, but she never used her flight, and she left to go to Alabama in the middle - 8.15 that night.

Reporter: Did she tell her family she was going ahead to drive, or did she just go?

Detective: She told her husband. Her husband knew that she was leaving, and her husband was concerned she was going to go, but again, you know, he - I don’t think we know the extent sometimes of our loved ones’, you know, thoughts, or anything - and if she’s anxious, and she wants to go, maybe it’s because she’s excited to get down there and see her sister and she just wants to drive through the night, right?

So he was comfortable in letting her go, and I don’t fault hI, for that, and nobody else, on social media or whatever, should - okay, because I don’t look at a lot of that social media, but I’ve been told by people what’s been going around. So, yeah - good question, you brought up something I wasn’t going to answer, but I talked about the airline ticket because I think that helps give a you know, kind of view into her mindset.

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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=315317692920036&id=56053548644&_rdr

Hey Jude said...

But who diagnosed Marilane with mental health issues? Hopefully not the pastor husband. Marilane’s brother in law (sister’s husband) said only that Marilane had difficulty sleeping, which anyone might, especially if they suspected their husband would announce to the world that his missing wife had mental health issues.

It’s worth bearing in mind that some people use “mental health issues” in others to account for difficulties in their relationships, or as a way to discredit allegations which could be made against them.

The husband is not calling out for Marilane , but he does “want her home”. Well, that could just be an unfortunate turn of phrase - it can be taken in more than one way. Who owns their home?

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I hope Marilane is safe and wants to remain under the radar - but with three young children, the youngest of which birthday is around now, it seems doubtful she would not have contacted them, if she were able.

Hey Jude said...

Has anyone been able to verify if Marilane recently converted to Roman Catholicism?

If so, might that be regarded as a genuine mental health issue by a Baptist pastor?

I listened to one of his recent sermons, three times - worldy wisdom vs godly wisdom - not able to work out if he would regard mental health care as worldy wisdom, only that listening to him would probably drive me round the bend and make Catholicism seem appealing. Maybe you would let your wife alone on a long road trip through the night if you found the help she possibly sought, godly or worldly, to be verboden.

Speculative, but it would be interesting to know if Marilane really was received into the Catholic Chirch in July.

Hey Jude said...

Marilane’s brother-in-law (sister’s husband) in conversation with reporter - if there were questions they are not included. The statements were interspersed with the reporter’s commentary:

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BIL: if we can just find out some information that would be huge.

BIL: She made a quick decision to leave her home and uh, make her way down to Birmingham area to seek mental health counselling.

BIL: She didn’t really pack many bags, she was wearing the clothes that she wore, maybe a back pack, and uh was planning on making the drive down

BIL: She had multiple phone calls with her husband and with her mother and father and others in our family uh on the way down, and that phone contact was made all the way to about 8pm Sunday night, at which point the phone went silent, no more credit card charges, and no - no other location of her vehicle

BIL: Some of them are in Memphis right now searching, uh today they’re trying to accomplish a ground search of a three mile kind of radius fr-from where she was last pinged,

BIL: She loves her family, she loves her kids, her husband loves her, her kids love her, she - we’re ready to just figure out how - how we can make sure she’s safe

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Video published 6th August
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEX5tEEpx48

Hey Jude said...


Marilane’s husband in conversation with reporter - if there were questions they are not included. The statements were interspersed with the reporter’s commentary:


Adam C: Uh, I just told our three kids to be praying for Mommy, and we’re going to find her, uh - it just might take a few days.


[referring to staff at gas station, Desota County]
Adam C: We showed them pictures of her, and they said they felt like they - they definitely had seen her.

Adam C: She was seeking some uh mental health - um - care - and uh, she wanted to - she didn’t want to go to any place in Kansas City, uh, but she wanted to go to a place uh, that she was familiar with...

[on mental health facilities not releasing information on patients unless you have the ID number]
Adam C: I understand why they do that to protect patients, but this is a life and death situation

Adam C: She’s a loving mother, loving wife, uh, we have a great relationship, um, I miss her terribly, um, I want her home


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Video published 8th August

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3hhNSwABfrs

Hey Jude said...

Appeal by husband - the video is on “Find Marilane” Facebook page:

Hi, everyone. This is Adam Carter, uh husband of Marilane Carter, who’s been missing for a week now, and first thing I do, I just want to say thank you so much for your prayers and support - it’s been overwhelming to uh - just s-sense those prayers and see the support both to just not to myself but our entire family, so thank you so much for that. Uh, many of you have reached out and said how you can help and the biggest need that we need help with right now is we need volunteers to help us search the river right on the i55 bridge there in Memphis. We need people who have a boat and a very - very good sonars and experience navigating the Mississippi River, and so if you, if you can do that or if you know someone who can, you can do that by sign up at Find Marilane dot com, that’s Find Marilane dot com, there’s a sign up sheet on there - uh, that would be a huge uh help to us as we’re attempting to rule out uh the worst possible case scenario uh of uh - the river in that area.So if you could sign up on Find Marilane dot com that’ll be a huge help and blessing uh to our family.

Again, thank you so much for - for your-your words of encouragement- we see that encouragement and so we just uh want to say thank you and continue to pray that, uh, we can have Marilane home, our three kids, uh, miss her, I miss her, and we want to have her home.

Hey Jude said...


More snippets from Adam Carter, from an August 8th news video:
https://tinyurl.com/yymefzqg

I mean every time I see not even a GMC Arcadia but a car dark colour with GMC on it, I mean I’m about to just jump out of my seat.

That was not able to be able to be confirmed by security camera footage but we - we saw two employees who felt very strongly they did see her there

I think what’s been, I guess reassuring, is that tips are coming in, we don’t know what’s - what tip is real, what tip’s not, um, but it is reassuring to know that people are - are looking.

It’s just a gut instinct. I believe she’s trying to get here, so I want to be here to - to find her and take care of her

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I am looking for the video wherein Adam eulogises his wife - I’m sure I saw it somewhere yesterday, but there are so many videos it is like looking for a needle in a haystack..

Maybe it would begin to be reasonable to eulogise after this much time has passed, but I think it was made the same day as this one as he was is in the same setting, white furniture, white shirt, so that would only have been about a week after Marilane disappeared.

Hey Jude said...

[On women helping Marilane get gas]

Adam C: She cares deeply about people and so, um, I mean sh- she’d do anything for anybody to help someone, and so uh she’s helped a lot of people over the years, she’s helped me - uh, I-I-I’m forever indebted to her and so I think this is a way that all of us can pay it forward to her because she’s given so much to so many people.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vKutWo_xAU8



Really? Missing Mom did not have ten dollars for gas, but it may not have been Marilane anyway. Even so, let’s all it pay it forward just in case Marilane needs ten dollars again any time soon.

I think there was a report that Marilane’s card (f it was Marilane the lady helped), card was turned down. Maybe, but I can’t find it - memory not so good on the white shirt and furniture either,but the above is the eulogising clip.

How far would ten dollars of gas go? Why would Marilane’s card be turned down, if it was Marilane?

Why would you book a flight, then drive off into the night, possibly without ten dollars in cash?

Is air travel very inexpensive in the US, or can you cancel and get a refund? I wonder if pastor families are so well off as to be able to book and then not use air travel, though maybe it doesn’t cost much if booked last minute.

Why would your husband say mental health, brother in law insomnia, rest of family visiting expectant sister?

As it’s a long journey it would make more sense to visit after the baby was born, and to also meet the new baby.

Was it really a planned visit, an impromptu trip, a quick decision to leave her home, or possibly an escape attempt?

Nadine Lumley said...

I thought it was an incomplete introduction of his wife....

indicating a poor relationship?

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frommindtomatter said...

It appears Marilane Carter was acting on impulse as opposed to rational thinking. She couldn’t wait a few hours to take her pre-booked flight and opted to take a long arduous drive to her desired destination instead. As Peter stated insomnia can lead to all kinds of metal and physical impairment. A person can become confused easily and operating machinery should be avoided. Driving at night on unknown roads/routes requires an even higher level of concentration and awareness than normal, and someone who is not capable of thinking and reacting to changing circumstances quickly is in danger on multiple fronts. Falling asleep at the wheel is one possible danger, or drifting off mentally and straying to the wrong side of the road or off the road is another. Becoming disorientated and lost can lead to a person running out of fuel and becoming stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Bad decisions lead many times to bad outcomes. If her husband is guilty of anything it would be of letting her go in the first place, I imagine it is something he will be reflecting on often.

Most will look at her sudden need to leave and think her having done so equals desperation and look for a rational reason for it. That will be based on their own rational thinking of why she would do so without a legitimate reason. The problem there is that irrational people don’t use logic when making decisions, but are rather driven by impulse. When asked why they did a particular action they cannot give a logical explanation for it, but will say that it was something they just “had to do”.

As time elapses the situation worsens. That her vehicle has not been found is worrying as an abandoned or damaged vehicle is usually spotted by someone at some point. That would be key in determining many factors. Was it damaged, was it out of fuel, possible last known location etc…

Adrian.

Statement Analysis Blog said...

Adrian

good post.

I do not know this to be so, but consider it a strong possibility----

Q. why did he let her go?

A. he may have been worn down, himself, and even fearful of a false accusation if he tried to stop her.

There can be extraordinary pressure upon a SB pastor to "have it all together", which can exasperate a marriage and impede the growth of the children.

Beneath mental health issues is often heartache and messy situations.

Peter

frommindtomatter said...

Thanks Peter,

What you suggest makes sense. He uses “mental health” in reference to her condition rather than “insomnia” (her brother’s description). It shows from his perception there are deeper issues than just lack of sleep. If there was just the two of them taking care of the three children and she was suffering psychological issues, the strain on him would be heavy. Like you said it may have worn him down, and letting her get her own way may have been the easier option for him under the circumstances.

Adrian.

Hey Jude said...

Adam reported Marilane missing 3am Monday - yet she was missing from at least Sunday evening
Brother in law (sister’s husband) said it was the first he had heard of Marilane having mental health issues.
Brother in law said Marilane did not pack many bags -that she left in the clothes she was wearing, with maybe a backpack. Surveillance shows Marilane with a pull along suitcase and carrying a backpack. She either had or bought a suitcase en route.

I find it surprising if neither husband or parents asked police to try to locate and check on Marilane en route if she sounded confused and lost en route, especially if she really was suffering from mental health issues- she knew the route, having travelled it many times with family, yet should obviously have been considered particularly vulnerable travelling alone - she was described by her family as sounding lost, confused, frightened, and on dirt trails, yet not reported missing for many hours after her phone activity ceased. Were they, or were they not, frantically worried?

Marilane posted a video of herself to YouTube three months ago in which she sought for enrolment on a course to become an elementary school teacher. She appears very head together. Was Adam aware of her intentions?

Marilane was received into full membership of the Catholic Church in June 2020, a process which can take up to a year, and is not undertaken lightly. It is difficult to imagine this was not a problem given Adam’s position as a lead pastor of a Southern Baptist congregation.

Adan apparently interviewed for a new position on the Friday of the weekend Marilane went missing.

Each of them were making, or hoping to make big life changes.

There are many unanswered questions - round why and how Marilane left on an arduous and risky road trip rather than wait to travel comfortably with the possibility of a nap on the plane.

It was both a planned and impromptu trip - had Marilane really intended to visit her family that weekend - or was she originally planning to visit when her sister’s baby was born?

I am not content to simply accept that Marilane had suffered from mental health issues, or insomnia, particularly as it was the first the brother in law had heard of it. Nor that she would willingly leave her three children in an “impromptu” manner on a Saturday evening knowing her pastor husband would have Sunday services to attend to.

All could be accounted to irrational behaviour due to a mental health crisis, but as she was not even booked into a facility, and as it was news to at least her brother in law that she had health concerns, I think it’s reasonable to wonder if she was not fleeing the home due to domestic circumstances. It sounds as if there was a lot going on - how can we know she was not afraid to spend the night at home? It is unusual for a mother like Marilane to put herself unnecessarily into such a high risk position.

It could all be accounted for by a mental health crisis - yet that could also be a convenient way to explain away something else; for as long as Marilane remains missing, she cannot give her own account, so all aspects of her life leading up to her disappearance should be looked into.

General P. Malaise said...

Blogger Hey Jude said...
Adam reported Marilane missing 3am Monday - yet she was missing from at least Sunday evening.

I find that the time "3am" to be unexpected. it was claimed he was ok with her leaving so did he wake at "3am" and decide she was now missing? why did he decide to call the police is not given. WHY?

the last phone information from her, we were told was at around 8 pm.

Hey Jude said...

Also somewhat curious as to the husband’s organisation of a volunteer led sonar search of the river after it had been established by the people who know about the river that there were no indications Marilane’s car had gone into the river, and no reason to believe it had. The worst case scenario, for Adam is the river, after it was ruled out that her car went in - if she had jumped in, she would have been carried off - a sonar search would not be likely to recover a body? The detective meanwhile, said he was looking “logically” at where Marilane might be - they have not used police resources on searching the river for the car because they do not believe Marilane’s car is in the river.

There are arguably other worse case unknown scenarios, but if Marilane was robbed, abducted or carjacked, it’s likely a perpetrator would have used or tried to use her bank card, and she or her car would have been found by now.

Best case scenario is that she is somewhere safe, with her car out of sight on private property, and sooner or later she will let her family know she is safe. Considering her change of religion, and her hope of career change, maybe she wanted to start a new life - maybe she ran away from conflict. All this time with no contact, though, and a missed birthday of her youngest - it doesn’t look very hopeful. She was actively changing her life - I’m not convinced she wanted to end it.







Hey Jude said...

General - I find it unexpected that Marilane wasn’t reported missing when she left her home to drive through the night to a mental health facility into which she was not booked, and to visit a baby who also was not born - but if Adam really was comfortable with all that, I suppose it’s fine he waited till Monday 3am, too - more than thirty hours.

Marilane’s mother said that Marilane said she was lost, confused and frightened. She seemed fine on the cctv - but mental health issues. I wonder what Marilyn said in those phone conversations to mother and husband. More, why they didn’t alert police to go to Marilane’s aid? Why would you not? Young mother, in the middle of nowhere - dirt trails, apparently with mental health issues. Oh, she’s fine - she’ll get here sooner or later. (?) But they don’t say she was fine - she was confused, lost, frightened, and she was hours late - if she had taken the Sunday flight she would have arrived sooner than she made her last phone call.



Hey Jude said...

Also, General - Adam did not call police, he “came to make a report” about three or four in the morning, according to Detective Larsen - a walk in report. Did he not want to be recorded/analysed? See how quiet the family all have been since Peter’s analysis. Might be a coincidence, of course.

Hey Jude said...

MAybe he already had childcare organised and just couldn’t sleep knowing hist wife was missing, lost, confused, frightened - he would surely have picked that up by ithe second night, especially as she had mental health issues - allegedly.

Hey Jude said...

It is very strange - Marilane must have know that the pastor’s wife converting to Roman Catholicism was not going to help her husband’s ministry as a pastor in the Southern Baptist Church. It’s a long process, up to a year, involving classes, confession, and first Communion. Catholics are meant to raise their children Catholic. It sounds like a family heading towards big conflict. There is a sermon by Adam in which he is addressing the subject of Communion really well (IMO) - I wondered if it was somehow meant to be conciliatory towards Marilane, or towards his congregation and Marilane - in it he said he was desperate to talk with Catholics, and that he has Catholics in his family.

To my mind, it was a very contrary course of action for Marilane to have taken, given her husband’s position. I wonder at the counsel of the priest, and how Adam felt, whether he was accepting of Marilane’s theological differences, or if it seemed like a rejection of Adam and his ministry, of her believing she had found a superior faith to his. It would be so interesting to know how all that came about, how it was received, and why Marilane found it necessary.

There’s a lot we don’t know.

General P. Malaise said...

Blogger Hey Jude said...

"... or if it seemed like a rejection of Adam ..."

the husband is a manipulative person, this could be a big motivation/humiliation to him.

Hey Jude said...

Recent family silence - quit speaking while you’re ahead?

They are not calling out to Marilane - they spoke about her but not to her - do they know what has happened? What is their reason to not appeal to her to come home directly, though the children are crying themselves to sleep? They say variously that they need her and want her home, yet they don’t say it to Marilane.

Why, in the little said, is none spoken to Marilane?

Maybe they were all mad at Marilane for becoming Catholic, and somehow can’t bring themselves to speak to her now, or maybe she said something to cause them to believe she has killed herself. Suicide can be considered a mortal sin in Catholic teaching, so it’s questionable as to whether a new convert, freshly schooled in Church doctrine, would rush into it.

Mental health issues, though - it can cover every unlikely thing, and maybe it did - there’s still an awful lot of strangeness about this case,

Hey Jude said...

It would be a terrible humiliation - it could also have potential to end his misery. He’s very intense in his preaching - not an easy person, IMO. In one sermon he repeats the words “compliance” and “compliant” so much you know he is the type who expects it - whatever Marilane was, she could not have been complaint to have become a Catholic. He might have taken it as a personal affront, and it might also have been intended as one - it is so strange.

Hey Jude said...
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Hey Jude said...

Misery was meant to read ministry, but maybe both could apply.

Hey Jude said...

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/missing-kansas-mom-likely-found-dead-shipping-container-west-memphis/H7VGCDORANCKND4MCCW57U2FAI/


Tragically, Marilane has been found dead.

Hey Jude said...

How can foul play not be suspected quite so early on? It sounds like a crime scene. At least, a murderer might find it necessary to hide a victim and car in a shipping container in a field on gated private property - how often does a mother who commits suicide do something like that?

Marilane believed she was being followed - by drones? Who said by drones? Is it possible she really was followed? Lured, forced, trapped on the private property?

Or maybe she did wander lost for hours, or drove round actively looking for a suitably isolated place to end her life. Why not in the hotel, where she could lock the door, and where many people commit suicide? Why fill up with gas if she didn’t intend to continue the journey?

It all becomes more bizarre - also that her uncle found her - how awful for him, and another unlikely turn. I wonder why he stayed behind after the others has left, if anything had raised his suspicions. Also why the police did not check the containers when they searched that land previously. Maybe they were shut or appeared locked - you probably can’t close a shipping container from the inside, though.

I find it difficult to believe a young mother would choose a shipping container over a hotel room if she was going to end her life, but maybe, if she did kill herself, she did not want to be found. You can suffocate in a shipping container - but how would you lock yourself inside, or even just find one in a field and drive your car in - why bother with the hassle of driving the car in - it looks a tight space? What would it matter - so strange.

Hey Jude said...

Even given Marilane somehow found her way to a shipping container in a field on gated private property, the question remains as to how Marilane was able to navigate her car into such a tight space in her apparently confused and disorientated state, then exit the car in order to close the door of the storage unit/shipping container behind her. There does not appear space for a car door to open enough for a driver to exit, yet the container doors were closed (just slightly open) when the uncle found the vehicle and Marilane.

When I saw the photo I thought it looked like a crime scene, so incomprehensible the thought that a woman would choose to end her life in any way in such a place - if it’s not been treated as a crime scene, just in case, I hope there is at least an inquest into Marilane’s death. The police must have definite knowledge to be able to rule out foul play and say whatever happened, Marilane did it herself, even ahead of an autopsy. Seems off, and premature, to me.

Gut wrenching outcome, heartbreaking for all those who loved Marilane.

General P. Malaise said...



Blogger Hey Jude said...

"Seeing an open door on one of the containers, he looked inside and found Carter’s dark gray 2011 GMC Acadia."

the article said the door was open on the container. they are wide enough to drive into, about the same width as a garage door.

it is strange that she would go into a container.

Hey Jude said...

General, the container has two doors - the area was previously searched; the containers were seen but the searchers assumed they were locked so didn’t investigate - from which it would seem the doors had been closed at the time of the earlier search. Reports vary - doors closed, a door which appeared to have been pried open, causing uncle to open it., or an open door. There is barely any space either side of the tyre tracks - I don’t see how, once you were in, you could possibly exit the car to close the container doors. More though, I can’t imagine a woman doing that even if she was suicidal, which I don’t think has been proved - there are better ways to die, and to be found, if you are just lost and not wanting to die. Marilane and her car were hidden where they may not have been found for years - I find it difficult to imagine she would have chosen that - do women very often do that? I haven’t heard anything like it.

Luke Jones TV on Twitter has posted photographs - it’s a very narrow container, barely the width of the SUV,, narrower than a single garage - you could drive in but it would be impossible to open the car door wide enough to exit.

General P. Malaise said...

Blogger Hey Jude said...

I am familiar with containers, I have one. on a normal one you can not close both doors from inside. if she wished to kill herself she could climb out the window or if thin enough through the car door. if she wished to use the exhaust to kill herself the doors do not need to be completely closed as the exhaust would build up sufficiently and quickly.

it is odd to me that she would find the container and choose to drive in. Now if she was paranoid and thought she was being followed it makes an ideal hiding spot and she didn't consider the exhaust would kill her.

I hope they tell us if she died by carbon monoxide poisoning or other.

Anonymous said...

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Statement Analysis Blog said...

“Information gathered from family members concerning her mental and emotional state during her final communications along with facts gathered from the scene have led investigators to believe that Marilane Carter drove the vehicle into the container and in doing so caused her demise,” t

The phone calls influenced the language of the husband.

Peter

Hey Jude said...
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Statement Analysis Blog said...

HJ

Was there anything in the husband’s statements that have given you suspicion?

Peter

Hey Jude said...

No, sir, more the lack of his calling out for Marilane, or saying, “I’m so worried.” in his statements.

I found it a little strange he told his kids they would find, mommy, but it might take a few days. They are so young, it seems wrong to build expectations of mommy coming home in a few days when she was missing without a trace.. That he organised a search of the river when it had been ruled out that Marilane had gone into the river - it could have been a distraction from looking elsewhere for a living Marilane. Also that he might be using mental health to cover other issues. The eulogising “pay it forward” video, in which he smiles makes me think he probably knew Marilyn was dead. His near silence on social media - his posting a picture of the car and asking people to look for the car rather than Marilane, and “if you see anything” rather than if you see Marilane.

There is very little by way of statement, it is more his lack of concern for Marilane’s welfare, delay in reporting her missing, his possibly “good guy” video appealing for sonar searchers, and his demeanour.

Marilane may have stated an intention to kill herself in the phone calls, which could account for Adam’s lack of calling out and concern for her welfare. As Anon said, her phone should be with or nearby as she was on a dirt road in the last call - it hasn’t been said if her phone has been found, just bank card and purse.

No, his statements have not created my suspicion, so much as his lack of calling out for Marilane and his willingness to publicise that she went to get some help with mental health - a possible need to explain her abrupt exit from the home, which seems to have conflicted with her family’s understanding.

Statement Analysis Blog said...

Jude

Have you put his statements into the context of knowledge, experience & concern of suicide?

Peter

https://youtu.be/cIdHzJJf8JY

Hey Jude said...

Thank you for posting the YouTube, Peter - I am thinking, albeit slowly.

Statement Analysis Blog said...

Insomnia is an acute mental health issue.

It impacts both physical and mental capacities. It can lead to impulsivity and to utter despair.

It can accentuate deeper problems, compromise the immune system, and cause a variety of health issues and impairment.

Peter

Anonymous said...

Insomnia is also a sign of depression.