Comments by "" (@CYMotorsport) on "Son Spends $275,000 of Dad’s Money on Virtual Girlfriend" video.

  1. 11:50 usually a pretty clear warning flag for a suspect to refer to the person they are accused of killing in the past tense unprompted. 29:12 this is so hard to listen to. You are essentially asking your suspect to implicate themself. In his mind, if you know what happened, you wouldn’t be having this conversation. It would stand to reason based on this that you need something from him that results in handcuffs being put on. So anyone with decent intelligence will simply reciprocate the topic’s veiled toned with vague language. You’re asking him to go against his own self-preservation instincts with zero downside. There’s no establishing further details about what the suspect appears to be perfectly comfortable offering up. He seems to think he’s a clever guy - let him tell you all about what it means for his father to put hands on him. Seems like physically removing him seated on a couch contradicts his own narrative that his father “put hands on him” last November. Why would he not have him expand on his “virtual girlfriend”? He’s already admitted it’s “embarrassing” with no pressure. Why not focus on having him elaborate on why money is needed for her company, what is being purchased, how many others can do exactly this with her too , etc? He’s already also confirmed he understands why his father was upset with him when he said “I know what I did” re: his stealing. Why not have him spell out what exactly his father is upset? Capitalize on his mistake validating his own motive: not only did he steal from his parents, he lied to them despite knowing full well the consequences as laid out by his father. Then, instead of toothlessly asking him to “fill in the gaps” and dooming his own chances to get out of this, package up HIS own statements into a tidy sequence of events chronicling the timeline resulting in what amounts to a rhetorical situation where he doesn’t feel there’s any valid way to lie without accepting how terrible this looks. Then your implied threat, which was actually the correct one, that only you here & now can help him but if we walk out this is it, will have teeth. He’s handed them a reasonable enough motive that removes his safety net he presumes he has via plausible deniability: - Financially he’s unstable & struggled for work as things in his professional life are declining. - was shameful how everyone around him was supporting him financially & the burden he was causing which again was his own sentiment he offered. - was embarrassed about his “virtual girlfriend”. Which is why it was important to establish earlier the motivations behind this to recall organically here so it’s another reminder this isn’t the detectives’ narrative - it’s his own words. - was publicly shamed about his having to go to his retreat. The suspect seemed to shun any notion he needed “help” likely meaning he saw this as taboo and understandably held a grudge given he again foolishly offered up it was against his own will and wishes. - was being asked to end things “cold turkey” with the person he has feelings for and whom he admitted he’s stolen an enormous amount of money then lied about it. - will financially be be cut off from not just his support system financially but the source of his “virtual girlfriend” tokens thus eliminating that relationship. - was physically overpowered by his father and further shamed for his actions then removed from his home essentially forced with being homeless. “You sure you didn’t go back to that house for anything..?”
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