Man accused of killing wife, daughters spoke to 9 NEWS

This interview with Christopher Watts is very disturbing on many levels. His body language and statements is telling me he knows more than he is stating. He has a complete lack of emotion, his consistent shoulder shrugs, lip compression, hugging himself in a attempt to self sooth, his smirks  and complete lack of body movements except for his swaying back and forth is telling me he wanted out of this interview fast. 

When a person is being deceptive they are thinking about what to say and there is a lack of illustrators or body language "tells." His talking about himself, more than showing concern for his missing wife and children. Statement like "I have no idea, I have no inclination, etc.  This is called "perception management." He is talking more about himself and attempting to lead people away from him. This man is talking like someone came on to his property and stole his lawn mower.

During his interview he is popping his shoulders up consistently it did not matter if he was stating something he was unsure of which would be the norm when someone does not know something but when making a definitive statement, shoulder shrugs tells me he is not committed to his statements.

The smirks during the interview is something you should never see. You should see anguish, worry, concern and anger not what I call "duping delight." His lack of emphasis when talking, no real body language expressions. No pounding of his hands on his chest, like when he is stating " I want my family back" I would be hitting my heart area pleading for their safe return. My palms and hands would be open while talking begging for their safe return. During the entire interview he is talking more about himself in what I call "perception management" as stated by Joe Navarro on his four domain model on deception, trying to lead people and investigators away from him. 

There were many red flags to me in his interview. The three reds flag to me was when he was talking about his daughter Bella he states she "was" scheduled to start kindergarten using past tense language. He should have stated she "is" scheduled to start kindergarten. This tells me he knows she is already dead. In missing persons cases loved ones will always speak about their missing loved ones in "present and future tense language" long past the point of reason. Stating his daughter " Bella was to start kindergarten" should have been " Bella is starting kindergarten." That statement alone should have flagged the Psychologist that Mr. Watts  knows what happened to his family. 

Second red flag is when he states he just wants them back so bad and we have a smirk known as "duping delight."

The third is when he is talking about the police and the K-9 dogs and he states "they can lead us, maybe to where they are at."  He caught himself and used the word "maybe" he was going to say "where they are at." How did he know they might be on the property? He has stated he had no Idea where they were or what happened.

He could not stay in the house because that is where he killed everyone, not because it was like a Ghost Town. Even that statement is very telling. He is talking about a Ghost Town. The word Ghost or Ghost Towns are associated with dead and non living people. This is "leakage" or what some would call a Freudian slip. Why would someone use such a term when talking about your home, wife and children. He used this term knowing that everyone in his home was no longer living.  

He knows more than he is telling everyone. A lot more.