Iowa Patrol Trooper Shot Dead Amid Standoff With Barricaded Man He could also smell a slight odour of decomposition, he said. What do you need?, Well, do you want to supply things like fingerprints, blood samples. As a production about the murders of Jessica Lloyd and Cpl. "There are people behind these stories. Ontario Provincial Police is part of the Government industry, and located in Canada. He then elaborated on the difference between and interview and an interrogation and the techniques used. The interrogatoralso cannot make it appear as if the person was forced to confess. [2] Modern police tactics are much more benign and non-adversarial. I was a Military Police Officer for 3 years prior to joining the OPP in 1993. Yeah, no, I understand, Williams interrupted. Theres a search warrant being executed at the residence in Tweed, and your vehicles have been seized, okay?. Jim Smyth, the star Ontario Provincial Police interrogator who famously pried a confession from sex killer Russell Williams, has a reputation that demands a screenplay. Smyth asked him if he was concerned about whether the Buccal (DNA) swab they had taken would match any samples taken from the four crime scenes. Thats the early part of the highway and Im just heading out. Retired homicide investigator Steve Roberts told The Canadian Press that investigators such as Smyth always try to find a suspect's weakness and use it to their advantage. your credibility is gone, okay?, Smyth leaned forward and looked down at his cowering adversary, whose mind was clearly swirling as he assessed his options. Have you spent much time thinking about it?, Yeah, but I dont know the answers. Williams took a long pause, his eyes glazed. I have to know the numbers.. "It's a smart man being outsmarted by a smarter man.". This law enforcement biography article is a stub. Williams politely reminded the detective that he had already told him that he had been attending a high-level aircraft acquisition meeting in Ottawa that day and did not return to his duties at the base until Wednesday. Just that. Smyth is biting, even to the point of doubting the honesty of his testimony under oath. We were trying to gather information from Miss McClintic, again, assess her credibility. Dafoe grew up with the 27-year-old Belleville resident, who was killed in 2010 by the former commander of CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario. Wisely, Smyth was careful not to overreact to the horrors he heard. He was an avid photographer, and he stored and categorized all of his digital photos in his office on individual memory keys, with each key assigned to its own cardboard box and clear plastic baggy. Hundreds of police officers tirelessly worked for months to try to solve the disappearance of eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, but in the end it came down to a veteran officer with a hunch on a Sunday drive. That's what you're going through right now," Smyth is seen telling McClintic. Many people, such as journalist Michelle Lund, have commented that Smyth's soft-spoken interrogations are now textbook examples. Smyth began his career with the York Regional Police in 1988 before joining the OPP in 1997, according to the Toronto Sun. Born in Britain, he had immigrated to Canada as a boy. He looked at the floor dismissively, as though growing increasingly annoyed with repeating answers to questions that he had already answered. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. During the Easter weekend in April 2010, guards prevented Williams from choking to death on a cardboard toilet-paper tube he had shoved down his throat. What do four of the world's top body language, behavior, and interrogation experts want to know from Ontario Provincial Police Detective Superintendent Jim Smyth? Williams raped her and made her pose for photographs. Because this is, this is getting out of control really fast, Russell. Smyth drove to the top of the laneway, got out of his car and saw a rock pile to his left. but I appreciate that. Williams sat quietly as he looked to the floor. Their goal was to cover all aspects of true crime: Read More, Contents Copyright 1998-2020 by Crime Magazine | J. Patrick O'Connor Editor | E-mail CrimeMagazine.com, Designed by Orman. Jim Tomsavic and his department issued grenades. Like the victims' loved ones, Smyth and the OPP decline interviews, in part because of the healing process. In 2003, Smyth completed the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship Understudy Program, resulting in . Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Eight months after the crime, with the investigation effectively stalled, Mr. Armishaw was arrested out of the blue and charged jointly with a sexual assault that the judge described as minor, and which was not ultimately prosecuted, but which likely added to the sense that police were overwhelming him, the judge wrote. Inciting such an argument was a dangerous move for the detective, who risked losing the ground that he had earlier gained. Smyth said the investigation was complete, solved by science. Which direction are we heading in here? Smyth prompted. Lloyds ordeal continued until about 8:15 p.m., when Williams cracked her skull with a flashlight and strangled her with a piece of rope. [1][2][3][4] Smyth also discovered the remains of Tori Stafford.[5]. You and I both know that the unknown offender male DNA on Marie-Frances body is going to be matched to you, quite possibly before the evenings over. "Its a further demonstration this was not induced, this is her doing it.". Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. So your wife now knows whats going on, Smyth said. Can you tell me what the issue is youre struggling with?. As you can see here, everything in this room is videotaped and audiotaped, Smyth said, drawing the colonels attention to three mounted cameras that were recording their meeting from different angles. The case remains open. Constables went door-to-door in search of information that might lead them to the prowler locals called the Tweed Creeper. The few people who were close with Col. Williams have said Curio's death, which took place around the 2008 Christmas holidays, had a profound and visible impact. It would remain an active crime scene for the next twenty-four hours, as forensics officers descended on the cold and frigid brush that had been Jessicas resting place for almost a week. and probably a lot of other peoples DNA., Smyth continued, As we talk, you know a little bit of saliva comes out of our mouths. Memory-Lane-II The colonel raised his head and looked passively at the police officer. The judge also said he did not believe the dishonest testimony of another detective-sergeant at the Guelph Police Service, who also exhibited laziness [and] indifference to the judicial process. Sure, the colonel responded, rather foolishly. Jessicas body, meanwhile, had remained lying in the woods for close to a week, her bleeding head wrapped in towels, amongst scavenging coyotes, brush wolves, and foxes. However, the confession contradicts McClintic's claims at the ongoing trial of Rafferty that she was the one who dealt the fatal blows to the eight-year-old girl. Jim Smith interrogated the killer for six hours before handing the interview over to Det. Snook said this type of approach relies on having an officer build a rapport with the suspect and listen carefully to what is said. Williams sniffed and held his open hand against the side of his bowed face, resting his chin on the heel of his palm. Some werent aware at the time that their homes had been violated, or hadnt noticed anything missing. I thought she was a very nice girl, Williams said. Check, Williams replied, in the macho tone of a pilot readying for takeoff. Smyth expressed sympathy over Ms. Lindemans disloyalty, and said the time had come to accept responsibility. I do hope that you find a way to succeed. In that same year, the director received a $10,000 Toronto Arts Council grant as a writer for a book of poetry and his company, which was established in New York in 2002, received $11,000 for a different undertaking in 2015. your boots walked to the back of Jessica Lloyds house on the evening of the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth of January.. Theres no issue about the fact that youre the one that caused these injuries to Jaydin, okay? Det.-Sgt. Age: 43. To assist police in their grim task of finding the girl's remains, McClintic had drawn a sketch of the area where she said she and boyfriend Michael Rafferty left the body. . ", While Seelig said he and the theatre company have responded to concerns like this, Dafoe said it's a "stockreply. Suddenly the unshakable colonel looked very uncomfortable. The searches of Williamss properties turned up his camera, a duffel bag containing a black skull cap, a manual for lock picking, and boxes and pillowcases stuffed with underwear and lingerie. Marie-France Comeau, along with . that contains our DNA. In 2012, Smyth was promoted as detective inspector to the OPP's major criminal investigations branch as a major case manager.[6]. Unlike the interrogation tactics of yesteryear, thered be no swinging lampshades with hot lights, no tired good-cop, bad-cop acts with testosterone-fueled shouting matches, and no pounding fists with rolled-up sleeves. . . This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. He served the FBI from October 1970 to November 2000 and specialized in Chinese counterintelligence. That interrogation, in June 2007, lasted just over an hour and ended with a vague confession that the judge ruled was involuntary, obtained by threats of harsh, severe and unsympathetic treatment from the courts if Mr. Armishaw did not give up the right to remain silent and confess.. . Other times he gained entry by cutting a screen, forcing a window open, or picking a lock. Smyth asked him the circumstances of how he learned of Comeaus death and what his schedule and routine was around that time. The humbled colonel began nodding his head ever so slightly. affairs, he said. Frustrated by their inability to find Jessicas body, they recruited the help of Williams himself. The video begins with. He was also registered as a sex offender. Rafferty has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping. The colonel nodded and continued to chew his gum. On the evening of 4 February, Williams was stopped at an OPP checkpoint on Highway 37. [He then stopped and scribbled through all the writing. He interjected his high-ranking military status strategically by adding, I guess the closest. . Use of this Website assumes acceptance of Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy | Accessibility, Published Friday, October 22, 2010 2:16PM EDT, Last Updated Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:00AM EDT, Taxpayers pick up cost of damage to Williams' home, Williams evidence should be destroyed, lawyer warns, After Williams trial, residents hold 'healing event', 'Sadosexual' killer Williams gets 2 life sentences, From the Archives: Fans celebrate Leafs 2004 playoff win, This globetrotter raises $300,000 for kids with disabilities, What you need to know about faded, peeling Ontario plates, CTV National News for Apr. Our blood or our skin cells contain our DNA.. [8] Smyths behavior could be due to the detectives efforts to keep talkinganother golden rule for interviewing suspects. Cause Ive sat across from a lot of people in your position over the years.. . "The non-verbals are ringing loud and clear on this one. The Behavior Panel is a non-partisan group, looking to educate and entertain the public with their interest and expertise in nonverbal communication, body language, deception detection, interrogation, and resistance to interrogation.Watch the Russell Williams full interrogation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndaaSxc1PPIThis behavior profiler group takes on the task of investigating the behavior behind the crime news that often forces us to think and feel the way we do. Beginning in May 2008, a rash of similar crimes occurred in the vicinity of Williamss home in Orleans. After 10 years of front line policing. ., That sounds right, Williams reluctantly admitted, then struggled to make the revelation seem less damning. "Its a combination of the two. Williams spoke frankly and matter-of-factly, showing no emotion as he described how he had planned and carried out the rapes and murders. Williams raped her and made her pose for photographs. An artistic Special Olympics athlete recently honored an Iowa State Patrol officer who died in the line of duty with a drawing and letter. no, Williams responded, shaking his head vehemently. I want you to rack your brain here, this is important. Williams was decorated for his years of exemplary service and for a tour of duty in the Middle East. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. [4] When it comes to police interrogations, the law in Canada varies significantly from its American cousin. He offered Williams another chance to explain how or why his DNA could have gotten inside any of the victims homes. . . Unlike his interviewers seat, his chair was without wheelsa standard police protocol. Smyth is seen in the interrogation videos at first trying to earn Williams's trust and offering access to a lawyer. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday tapped Jack Smith, a longtime federal prosecutor and former head of the Justice Department's public integrity section, as special counsel to oversee the . Williams seemed friendly and very agreeable, despite a touch of arrogance. That day, police had obtained Rafferty's cellphone records and saw that on the evening of April 8 his cellphone had pinged off a tower near Mount Forest, which was farther north than they had been searching to date. Used across North America, police don't rely solely on the Reid technique. Get email updates from your favourite authors. The isolated stretch of road would soon be flooded with police. Smith of Peterborough District Headquarters and Detective Sgt. Asked in court on March 30 about the details of his session with McClintic, Smyth replied, "It was an interview. As McClintic described it, the laneway crossed a small creek, went up on an incline, and then at the peak a large rock pile sat to the left. Williams unfolded his arms and leaned forward, his interest keenly focused on the photographs before him.