Back to finish my post above from yesterday, (I can’t edit previous post to add this detail). Transcription by me. This interview is always worth another look, IMO.
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3/12/09. Meredith Viera interviewing Ronald & Misty on the Today Show couch. Just after the wedding. Meredith invites Misty to address inconsistencies in her story. It seems...specifically...where Haleigh was sleeping.
Short commentary: I noticed watching this time - Misty starts the story by shaking her head "no" while she says she put Haleigh to bed a 8 o'clock...
Also noticed, in various other parts of this interview, that it seems to me Ron has a nervous smirk come over him whenever he's telling what we now know to be not exactly the truth. e.g.: They absolutely both passed the lie detector tests. John Merchant told him that Misty is not a suspect.)
My final comment here - defensive/defiant interview. No one here is in mourning.
(@ Six Minute Marker):
Meredith:
I think part of the problem has been, Misty, that there has been a certain number of inconsistencies – inconsistencies - or what’s perceived to be inconsistencies – because you first said that Haleigh was in bed with you, then you said she was on the mattress next to you.
This is an opportunity to clarify. You’ve had time to think through what happened that night. Can you walk us through it one more time Misty? Your best recollection of what happened on the night Haleigh disappeared.
Misty:
Well, I put her to bed at 8 o’clock. I was washing my blank-uh- our blankets and … after that was done I put her blanket over her - she was sleeping - when I put her blanket on her…
Meredith:
Was she in the bed?
Misty:
She was in her bed.
Meredith:
Her bed.
Misty:
In her bed. And … Junior was in the bed with me. And … it was about – I don’t know - what time - it was about 10 oclock. I finally lay down and went to sleep. I woke up at 3. And I noticed that - I got up to use the bathroom, and I noticed that the kitchen light was on. So I walked into the kitchen and that’s when I seen the back door open. So I run back to my bedroom to grab my phone to call Ronald. And … that’s when I noticed Haleigh was gone.
Meredith:
And so you called Ronald, and then Ronald did you come home?
Misty:
He...
(clears throat)
Ronald:
I was pulling in the driveway.
Misty:
He was a-pullin' in the driveway.
(my note: Misty simultaneous-echoing of Ronald here)
Meredith:
At shortly after 3 o’clock in the morning, you’re saying.
Ronald:
Yeah. I was pulling in the driveway - just home from my shift at work.
Meredith:
So why were there … ins … help me out Misty, why were there inconsistencies? Why did you say one thing one…one time and one thing another…one thing the other? …
Misty:
Um…
(loooooooooooonng pause...Ronald stone-stare ahead.)…I don’t know.
Meredith:
But you … but you know you did do that.
Misty:
(Pause…Yeah
Meredith:
And you’re not sure why.
Misty:
No.