Recently, the mother of slain 13 year old Hailey Dunn has, through her attorney, asked that her daughter's remains be returned to her. Thus far, officials have refused to. Without ever naming her a "suspect" formally, they have treated her and her now ex boyfriend Shawn Adkins, as such, particularly in refusing to take her calls.
From the beginning, both Behavioral Analysis and Statement Analysis showed:
Guilty knowledge of the death of Hailey Dunn, by both Dunn and Adkins.
Need to control information by Dunn.
Inclusion of sexual perversion and substance abuse to the element of violence.
Behavioral Analysis: No urgency, no desire to search, hinder the flow of information, hinder the investigation, protect Adkins, etc.
No one has been charged in connection to Hailey's murder, to date.
Dunn's attorney, John Young, was unable to keep Dunn from speaking to the public, as he watched her own words entangle her, including linguistic indication of the "second finding" of remains, being those of Hailey's, as they were found in the "ugly fields" she mentioned.
Dunn's supporters from social media, pointed only to Shawn Adkins. Recently, in her attorney's statement, he wrote about a single suspect, rather than the unknown, "person or persons responsible..." as expected. He, like the rest of us, is subject to the principle of 'leakage' in language.
Here is an old Q & A from Facebook that someone recently sent me for analysis.
Knowing what we do about the case, including the failed polygraphs, is it still of value?
True enough, much is now known since this interview. Do the words still reveal information to us? Let's see:
Billie Dunn answering questions...In her own words. All gathered between Sept 3 -6 2012
Q.. last week on Hailey's birthday we got so many messages saying that you and Clint are back together and I told them all that it is just rumor until it comes from you so are the two of you back together?
A..We aren't back together as a couple,but he was here on haileys bday. He stayed two days. It was great. Clint & I were best friends before he got w Naomi. Now that they aren't together we can be close again. I love him. I spent half my life with him,but we've been separated 4 yrs.
If it got Hailey back we'd be together forever in a heartbeat.
Right now,I'm dating someone,I'd rather not comment on his personal life.clints,I mean.
Q...I would like to ask Billie if C-City LE is still helping and communicating with her?
A..no ccity le doesn't communicate with me. I communicate with FBI & rangers.
This is a truthful answer.
The word "with" when found between people, indicates distance. The subject communicates with "FBI & rangers", but they do not communicate with her. This is the same with C-City LE (Law Enforcement).
The word "with" when found between people, indicates distance. The subject communicates with "FBI & rangers", but they do not communicate with her. This is the same with C-City LE (Law Enforcement).
The law enforcement agencies assigned to this case did not communicate with the subject, whom they believed held guilty knowledge, therefore, treated her like a suspect, without formally naming her a suspect to media. She had been interviewed, interrogated and failed her polygraph and lawyered up. She was not a mother of a missing child but one who was in conspiratorial communication with Shawn Adkins, her boyfriend at the time of Hailey's death.
Q..You say that since you and Shawn have been split up that he has done some things and now you can't stand him so what I want to ask is now that you see the things he is doing do you truly believe that Hailey was afraid of him?
A..Hailey didn't like Shawn at 1st,that's the 100 th time,but I know u probably haven't heard me say it. So no it took her a while to quit blaming him for me & Clint not getting back together. I still don't think she was afraid of Shawn. Haileys loud,strong & outspoken. She has me,her dad,my bros,my uncle's,any of us,she would've said.
The subject had known of the threats made against them, but still invited Adkins back into her home after reporting the threats to Law Enforcement. This may cause some to question the word "think" used here.
Q..Was it the first time Hailey would have stayed at MB's house for the night?
A..No its not the 1st she wouldve stayed at MBs. She rarely stayed at friends though,they usually stayed with us. She also went to mbs all the time just to hang out for a little while even.
This was the story that came from the then Nancy Grace Crime Library in which a young girl on her way to a sleep over had been assaulted. The subject had downloaded and printed out this story and used it in her cover up story. This was eventually recognized by Nancy Grace who commented upon it, as the story the subject floated fell apart.
Q..I do hope DA Investigator Billy Sides finally let you see what was on that xbox?
A.. Billy sides never did show me the pics & Idk that he ever did anything he said he would.
Note the use of first name only.
Note the insult that continues about him doing "anything" he said he would.
He worked to build a case against her and Shawn Adkins because that is what following the evidence led him to. At any given junction, he could have said he would attempt to do "this or that", as requested by Dunn, especially to keep the flow of information going. This is not to 'break one's word' but an investigator must:
a. loyalty towards truth only
b. seek to balance the flow of information while protecting the integrity of the case
c. Listen with empathy towards Dunn for the sake of the case.
There is often a feeling of 'betrayal' for a guilty subject when she realizes that the investigator does not work 'for her', but for the truth.
Sides avoided the spotlight and worked the case. He could have sought traction for his career by going on The Nancy Grace Show and other media outlets.
He did not.
If one wishes to consider the subject's criticism of Billy Sides, one should realize how easy it would have been to seek fame from the case rather than stay within his profession.
The x-box contained pornography. One can imagine how this personally impacted the investigator's relationship with the subject. Knowing that the x box was accessed by two children, it likely bothered the investigator, who, like a professional, would have to seek to conceal his own disapproval.
It is not easy.
Q..Billie were you mad with LE that they would not let TES come in?
A..Heck yeah I was passed when le refused help,it wasn't just TES either,it was also team Adam,also another le dept.
Statement..For the record I don't watch NG anymore I dislike the way she cuts people off if their opinion is not the same as hers.
Response..I'm still glad Nancy got Hailey national attn
no matter what its done to me,it's got her attn,right? That's all that matters. It's hurtful & ppl are so mean but at least they know haileys face.
Texas Equasearch (TES) learned a valuable and expensive lesson in the case of Casey Anthony: they do not work with parents who lie about their "missing" children.
Nancy Grace began her programming supporting the subject, as did Marc Klass. Both Grace and Klass turned on the subject, first with Grace discovering:
New Year's Eve party while Hailey had just been reported missing;
drug use;
failed polygraph;
pornography including child pornography and bestiality
Klass publicly shamed the subject, specifically after making a strong effort to assist her.
Both Grace and Klass work as "brand names." Klass raises money for the foundation to help families. He owed it to the families to separate himself from murder.
Grace is also a brand that people watch as she presses for justice. She would not partner with the subject, either.
Q..Billie, I have really thought alot about the true stories that were found in your house. Who picked the titles that you were reading?
This is a good question. It would have been better asked without the statement before it. The statement alerted the subject as to the Interviewer's thought process.
The question is, "Who picked it?"
A..1st of all,I can't read crap like that now that my daughter's missing. I had never heard of those stories either until I logged onto true crime,likeany other ppl I worked with. There we're about 7 or 10 stories,all we're disturbing & creepy as hell.
And no,I had not read them all,but like I said before,I just can't understand how those wicked ppls minds work.
I can't do anything about my character being judged by the fact that those stories use to intrigue me,instead of being judged based on who I am.
The first thing the reader should notice is the question: "Who picked out the stories?" For new readers, these were true crime stories downloaded with some printed out from the subject's work computer and office printer. Included in these, was the story of Carlie Brucia, a little girl who was assaulted while going to a sleep over. This is where the subject got her cover story for Hailey.
Notice now that the question is "Who?", which is answered by "When."
She was not asked "When did you...?" This is critical and indicative of not only deception, but the sensitivity of timing.
Here we have a good deal of information.
The subject took one of the true crime stories and made it her cover story for Hailey. Keep this in mind as you read what the subject said:
3. "either"
This is a common tag for liars. It allows them to change their opinion or answer with it. It alerts the listener that they are not going to get a firm answer.
4. "like any other ppl I worked with"
This is to suggest that "I am as normal as the ppl I worked with" giving us the indication that this is anything but normal.
Remember, these additional words are not necessary. Unnecessary words become the most important for us. It shows that she has a need to sound normal
5. "I had not read them all" is also "unnecessary" wording. If she had 10 stories, did she read 9?
Note the need to make them "plural" ("all") because there is one story, in particular, that she wishes to avoid. This is a early teen-like attempt to say "everyone was doing it" to the scolding parent, attempting to hide guilt within a crowd. Parents learn this early.
The story of Carlie Brucia: http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2012/09/did-billie-jean-dunn-copy-true-crime.html
6. "Creepy and disturbing"
These are interesting terms in light of both child pornography and bestiality (besides homemade pornography) in their possession.
If the true crime stories are "creepy and disturbing" it would be interesting to learn about her reaction to the other things found on various computer and memory devices in the possession of herself and Adkins.
7. "like I said" is a self-reference, as she is not speaking from experiential memory, but memory of what she stated previously.
8. judging her character.
Many people do read true crime and it is not expected that reading true crime would cause anyone to judge her character. This is likely an example of leakage, where she is not thinking about the true crime stories, but of what other things they possessed that were not known by the public: child pornography, bestiality and the "blood lust" videos where violence and sexuality are linked.
Statement..what I didn't understand is why you stood by Shawn when everything pointed to him.
In the Nancy Grace appearances, the subject told us two things:
1. Hailey was deceased
2. The subject needed an alibi
This statement is unnecessary. Both she and Shawn failed the polygraphs and she was the spokesperson for the two. It was her language that indicated deception.
Her response will show how they are linked together.
Question: What is it within her language that links them together?
Response..,im just now,for the 1st time,hearing about other stories shawn supposedly told. and to now know how he has harassed me & creeped me out n the last 6 mos,just makes me wonder. makes me sick that i let him n my house.
he had me convinced that everthing le told me about him was a lie,bcuz hell,i know they lied about me. painting haileys rm,,having a party,when my family came together during a time of need. etc
i just seen such a completely different side. & i thought he loved us. him & hailey played around like buddys. he always tried to keep me positive.now i see something else in him.
i tried making him leave for months before he did. i would drop him off,he came back without even asking. everyday i begged him to leave until finally i threatened him with my uncle & he left & im so glad,i feel so much better! i have more friends,more money! ive never once missed him.
Note that the subject ties herself, linguistically, to Shawn Adkins in the topic of lying to law enforcement.
Q..Was Luminol Testing done in her house and or Clint and Shawns Grandma's house?
A..Luminol,only in my house.
Q..you said that the night Hailey was to be at MB that David came into your room at either 9 or 10 on that Monday night and he said mom I don't like Hailey over at MB her boyfriend is always there, did Hailey and MB bf not get along?
A..David was only letting me know that boys we're allowed at mbs.
Q..There was a poster that was removed from your bedroom wall, what was on the poster?
A..The poster was actually clints,it was of a skeleton riding a motorcycle. They took ridiculous things. Some of it I just think they liked.
The word "actually" is used to compare two or more things. Here, she is thinking of someone, but blames Clint, instead.
She then adds insult, claiming that law enforcement took things from her home they they "liked."
What would she be thinking about that they took just because they "liked"?
This is a very strange statement.
Does the subject think that police would steal common items?
Or, might the subject be thinking of the pornography that she filmed of herself in the home?
The word "actually" is used to compare two or more things. Here, she is thinking of someone, but blames Clint, instead.
She then adds insult, claiming that law enforcement took things from her home they they "liked."
What would she be thinking about that they took just because they "liked"?
This is a very strange statement.
Does the subject think that police would steal common items?
Or, might the subject be thinking of the pornography that she filmed of herself in the home?
Q..Was it normal for you to wash the coveralls on a regular basis or did SA come to you at this time and ask you to wash them for him?
Note that the question pins the washing of the coveralls to the subject, Dunn, herself.
A..I always kept up on the laundry,so no he never asked me to wash them.
as far as I know the coveralls are missing. I never washed/seen them after he told me he quit his job.
Please note that the question is avoided, making it very sensitive to her.
The coveralls should be looked at in context, as Adkins talked about "gutting a deer" in relation to Hailey's disappearance.
Q..Billie what were / are your thoughts on the way Shawn quit his job?
A..Shawn never would hold down a job,he's lazy,so I just don't know what to say about him walking out the minute he walked in.
Q..Do you know why Shawn tried to put Hailey in a negative light saying she was promiscuous?
I also believe that charges will eventually be levied.
A..I certainly don't know why the loser would say that. It's one of many statements he claims le lied about.
But I don't want to speak for him & hate speculating on what I think happened. I only know facts where I was present
Not knowing why Shawn made this claim, itself, is buttressed with "certainly."
"Certainly" is a word used when we do not want to be questioned.
Not knowing why Shawn made this claim, itself, is buttressed with "certainly."
"Certainly" is a word used when we do not want to be questioned.
Q..Ok I gonna ask the Christmas photo's of you Shawn, Hailey and David...... was Hailey upset?
A.. We were at Shawna mom,the kids don't really know them,so I know she was already uncomfortable,plus she didn't wanna go in the 1at ace,she wax ready to go to Snyder & get presents from my mom & brothers.
she wasn't mad,just anxious to get to gmas!
Q..Billie, I was going to ask you to speculate … do you have a ‘gut’ feeling?
A.. I've honestly always felt it was a stranger abduction,I can't say why. But I do think without evidence,anything is a possibility.
Maybe bcuz human trafficking is so prevalent here in TX,maybe bcuz we lived off of a major interstate.
And cc le will not consider human trafficking,they absolutely refuse.
Bivens laughed at me when I said I thought she was abducted.
Note the word "honestly" to trigger the listener that she really wants to be believed here. It weakens the assertion of "stranger." It also begs the question as to why, in other areas, she did not need the feeling of adding "honestly" in other places.
Next, note that with Hailey "missing" this long at the time of the interview, that the mother of a missing child would have many thoughts and have thought these things through extensively. Instead, we get the honest admission:
"I can't say why."
"Can't" means to be restricted.
What has caused this restriction?
a. information, or the lack of it.
b. consequences.
a. information. Since she has had such a long period of time to think through why it was a "stranger" and not Adkins, as she claimed that police told her it was, or that her lawyer sought to blame, it is difficult to accept that it is a lack of information.
b. consequences
The subject is intelligent.
Statement..some girls were arguing with Hailey the day she went missing. They we're at the middle school playing bball. The parents didn't want the girls names released,so le never divulged that. It was 2 girls,I believe,haileys age. I don't feel the girls arguing is relevant.
Q..The hair dresser said she saw Hailey walking with a younger boy that Monday. Do you know who that child is?
A..It was naomis son.
Statement..Le said they took the dogs to all hotels & they picked up her scent at the one by the house. I personally seen the dogs going toward MBs. Obviously they picked up her scent at counts & mbs also bcuz she was there alot. I would've liked sex offenders cars checked by dogs. But that didn't happen.
Statement..I definitely don't believe there was any child porn on her Couter,someone would be arrested,if they can't pinpoint who then arrest everyone who accessed the computer during that time!
There was none on shawns flash drive that was at my house.
Please note that the Interviewer did not introduce child pornography into the statement, the subject did.
Note the sentence: "I definitely don't believe there was any child porn on her Couter..."
Note that "believe" is weak. "There was no child porn..." is strong.
Note next that "definitely believe" is the second layer of weakness to the statement.
Q..Billie, would you be so kind as to clarify if Hailey did walk to the ALCO and/or the dollar store on Sunday? What time? And did LE in fact see evidence of this on surveillance footage?
A..yes there is footage of Hailey on the dollar store Sunday.
Q..I noticed Hailey’s Facebook page does not show the posts that were viewable when she went missing.
May I ask why posts were removed?
A..connie took over her fb soon as she went missing,adding friends,changing things,even after le asked her to stop. sure she was trying to help so no,idk anything about it or why it was removed.
Q..Was Hailey playing the x-box in David's room, the living room , or her room?
A..she was playing xbox in davids rm.
Note that the x-box is what the investigator refused to tell the subject what was found on it.
Note that the x-box is what the investigator refused to tell the subject what was found on it.
Q..why you got a tattoo of Hailey so soon after her disappearance?
A..i needed a tat of her name,thats what i wanted bcuz i already had davids,but find myself staring at her pics all the time,so o got a portrait & am do glad i did. i csnt get a portrait of dave,he says it would embarass him.
Q..Naomi's son said Hailey was talking to someone in a whit van is that true?
A.. i heard he said hailey left in a qhite van too. i heard he told le that. with a mexican guy.i heard about the van from clint.
Q..I would like to know why were Hailey's classmates stating that she had told them that she hated Shawn?
A..Hailey did not like Shawn at all at 1st,it wasn't until the last yr they started playing around,getting along.
Note:
1. Shawn Adkins threatened Hailey, Billie Jean and Clint Dunn. Billie Dunn appropriately reported this to police. This was protective action.
2. Billie Dunn then invited him to move in to her home in which Hailey lived.
3. Billie Dunn defended this action by saying "he only threatened me" and not Hailey. This indicated she did not see the harm in exposing the child to violence against the child's mother.
4. Hailey "hated" Shawn, but the subject changed the language of "hate" to "did not like." This is to weaken, or minimize the topic of hatred.
Q..being Hailey has a MYSPACE & FACEBOOK account who monitored HAILEY while on the internet, if you had no computer at your home?
A..Connie monitored her acts,she's the one who have her permission to start them. I didn't know she had fb.
The question is, "Who monitored?" and she answered, "Connie." Yet, she went beyond the question's boundary to tell us what she did not know. This is to include herself into the answer, indicating a need for justification.
The question is, "Who monitored?" and she answered, "Connie." Yet, she went beyond the question's boundary to tell us what she did not know. This is to include herself into the answer, indicating a need for justification.
Q.. Billie do you know if it is true that Shawn's Mom had him take a private polygraph test and he failed?
Question is: Do you know if it is true? This is a "yes or no" question.
Question is: Do you know if it is true? This is a "yes or no" question.
A.. someone,who i dont trust,in le did tell me he took a private polygraph in dallas but shawn would not admit it to me.
Note the avoidance of answering "yes or no", instead using an explanation in an attempt to discredit law enforcement.
Please note that even her insults towards Adkins are tempered. She cannot push him too far.
In her response, not only does she avoid the yes or no element, but she defends Adkins by disparaging law enforcement.
Q..do you feel that Connie had anything to do with Hailey missing?
A..connie had nothing to do with haileys disappearance.
For more information on this case, and others, see at Amazon, the paperback,
"Wise As a Serpent; Gentle As a Dove: Dealing with Deception"
Also keep an eye out for an announcement Peter Hyatt's upcoming book on Missing Children.
This, and all posts in the Statement Analysis blog, are the personal opinions of the author. All parties, including those here, are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The speculation is whether or not someone who speaks publicly is believed. In this, and other cases, the opinion is given, but it is given with explanation.
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