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Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Helps Authorities Solve High-Profile
Crimes
LEWES, Del., March 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past few years US
law enforcement agencies have quietly switched from the old polygraph,
developed over 100 years ago, to a technology that the latest peer
reviewed, published field study of the system reports it's accuracy to
be over 96%, validating the claims long made by the Computer Voice
Stress Analyzer's (CVSA) over 1,800 law enforcement users. According
to the National Association of Computer Voice Stress Analysts,
examples of it's accuracy abound:
A Toledo attorney and former city councilwoman who went missing was
found three days later just outside Atlanta (GA). Mrs.
McConnell-Hancock was found about fourteen miles northwest of Atlanta
where she flagged down a construction worker. The construction worker
stated that Mrs. McConnell-Hancock was crying and asked him to call
911.
When being questioned back in Toledo by police, Mrs. McConnell-Hancock
stuck to her story of being kidnapped by three individuals at gunpoint
in downtown Toledo. About halfway through the interrogation Mrs.
McConnell-Hancock was offered a CVSA exam and she agreed to take it.
The CVSA exam, conducted by Detective John Gast, showed clear
deception and after being confronted with the charts, she subsequently
confessed that she had fabricated the story because she was "tired and
needed to get away. "
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A serial killer was on the loose in Orange Co, FL, and both the Orange
Co. Sheriff's Office and the Orlando P.D. were working the case. By
the time the body of a third woman was discovered, detectives had
developed a few suspects, but the top suspect was a man named Larry
Powell. Detectives questioned Mr. Powell and during the questioning,
asked him to take a Computer Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA) exam.
Despite the evidence that clearly implicated Mr. Powell, the results
of the CVSA were that he was not the killer and was not involved in
the murders. Detectives began reexamining the case and developed
another suspect, Fredrick Cox. After an intense investigation, Mr.
Cox was arrested for murder and was later convicted of all three
murders.
Michael DeFrancisco, an investigator with the Columbus (OH) Arson and
Bomb Squad and also a regional director with the National Association
of Computer Voice Stress Analysts, states that fierce opposition from
the entrenched polygraph community is the only thing that has kept the
CVSA from being acquired by every law enforcement agency in the US.
"When our agency first began researching the CVSA, we heard nothing
but negative comments from the polygraphers that we talked to, but
when we spoke to the agencies that had actually acquired the CVSA,
they all had very high praise for it," stated DeFrancisco. "Since
acquiring the CVSA in 2006 we have had nothing but success."
For more details on the CVSA@ II and how this revolutionary
crime-fighting tool is being used at over 1,800 law enforcement
agencies, contact Carol at NITV Federal Services, 1-888-266-7263 or
email. Read more Real Cases at: CVSA1.com/realcases.htm.
For further information on the NACVSA, contact Diana Montoya at
888-358-5025 or email.
Read more news from National Association of Computer Voice Stress
Analysts.
SOURCE National Association of Computer Voice Stress Analysts
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