Well I've watched a good number of interviews myself and the impression I get is of a very ordinary young lady who is naturally not herself because of these charges leveled against her. Put yourself in her shoes. You've been accused of committing a crime you know you didn't commit -- murder of all things. Every word you say is going to be analyzed with a fine tooth-comb for "evidence" of guilt, and be sure that guilt will be read into it. Every hand gesture, every statement you make will have double entendres attributed to them. That's what we do when we believe someone is guilty of a crime. We "find" evidence that they did it in their "conduct" when there is no solid evidence to speak of.
We like to paint people in black and white terms when in reality there are many shades of gray. I didn't see any narcissism, just vulnerability and naturally apprehension of people who have sought to cast her as some kind of devil woman. And I don't see how she is manipulative if essentially all she is doing it to try to defend her innocence, which anyone would do.
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If I were wrongly committed of a crime I would shout out my innocence to whomever would listen and whenever I had an audience.
I would explicitly say WHY I AM INNOCENT.
I would volunteer for a polygraph test.
I would WELCOME every word I say to be analyzed with a fine tooth comb.
I would NEVER NEVER worry about slip ups in my story or my story changing with time because I would state plainly and firmly at the onset EXACTLY WHAT I DID AND WHERE I WAS. ONCE. I might add to the story details that I neglected at first but the essence of my story at the onset ie a 911 call would remain unalterably stable.
I would be exruciatingly precise and detailed about what I was doing and where I was when the crime was committed.
If I were smoking hashish I would estimate when and how much and all the details about my conduct.
I would NEVER NEVER conjure a story that is a fabrication.
I would NEVER NEVER implicate another person doing something he did NOT do. [Doing so really screws you!! - AK 's lame explanations notwithstanding]
I would never say the victim had her throat cut if I did not do it and I did not know how she died.
I would NEVER do cartwheels.
I would suggest to the investigators where to look and what to search for that would prove my innocence.
I would gladly have my body photographed and my hands analyzed for DNA or powder burns.
I would welcome police to search my room, my place of employment, and monitor all my phone calls.
I would NOT hide behind experts or go out and buy PR influence.
I would say my cell phone was turned off because I always turn my cell phone off at 10 PM. Please check my cell phone records.
I sleep 12 hours on the night of the murder because I am known to always sleep 12 hours. Check that out with my friends.
I shower in a cold apartment despite showering the night before because I always shower in the AM and the room temperature does not matter to me. Check that out.
If I happened into my home and found the front door ajar, a broken window rifled clothes, and blood in the bathroom and on the floors I would RUN AWAY as fast as I can and call the police IMMEDIATELY. Who would not do that (besides the culprit who staged it and knows why the blood is on the floor)??
I would NOT call the victim's cell phone at 12:10 hours and then 10 minutes later tell my roomate otherwise. IF I were genuinely concerned about the victim I would call both her cell phones AND I would let my other roomates know that is what happened.
I will not say my roomate locks her room all the time when she does NOT.
When given a chance to speak on national TV I would explain my innocence in clear simple detail once again stating where I was what I was doing and not babble on about the corrupt system.