First of all, it is not only the polygraph exams that are problematic.
Secondly, I daresay an opinion rendered by the FBI behavioral team cannot be dismissed lightly. As far as I know, no one posting on this board holds the credentials required to dispute it.
Call it what you will -- lying, inconclusive, less than truthful -- bottom line, the parents have not been forthcoming with their knowledge of DeOrr's disappearance.
Do we have the facts to draw any further conclusions? No.
Sheriff Lynn Bowerman, Lemhi County: They were the top persons of interest, but I believe they are suspects. (The decision was reached) after an extensive week of interviewing, re-interviewing and an announcement from the FBI that they were being less than truthful on their polygraphs.
Plus there are a lot of irregularities and discrepancies in their interviews (so) I felt it was necessary to come forward and say the parents are being less than truthful.
Eaton: Where have they been inconsistent? Can you go through a few examples?
Bowerman: Our timeline has constantly changed. A lot of small facts – things that should be important to them, important in their memory – have changed. From who made the decision to do what or who cooked that morning or who took a fishing pole down to the creek – just minor changes like that constantly changing.
Eaton: What has their reaction been since Monday? Are you communicating with them?
Bowerman: I’m not personally. Most of the communication has been from Bonneville County detectives because they’re down in the area where the family and the friends live. They have helped us extensively on the investigation.
All along (the parents) have been very cooperative and met with us but when confronted with the irregularities and the being less than truthful, they haven’t changed their story.
http://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/01/sheriff-i-just-pray-little-deorr-will-be-found/
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SB: Well, after a pretty intense investigation and what I consider a lengthy investigation, we asked all the parties involved to take polygraphs. We were expecting a couple of them to come back inconclusive, and that would be the grandfather and the grandfather’s friend. However, the first polygraph indicated that the parents were being less than truthful, and that concerned me, but you know I take polygraphs with a certain grain of salt so… I sent out their interviews to the FBI, their Behavioral Team.
They examined them and found multiple inconsistencies, and so we asked them to re-polygraph, and they said they would, and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th polygraphs, the same conclusion was made by the experts that they are being less than truthful. They know what happened and where Deorr is currently.
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