changed throughout the years. when we spoke with matt, he is in the san diego county jail, awaiting legal decisions. he insisted he was an innocent man, the police had it all wrong. i ve been totally open with them, i passed a polygraph exam, i ve done literally everything i can think of to cooperate with them. i don t know what else i can do. so, why would they think you did it, if you are so cooperative? just because the evidence, they ran out of leads. the prosecutions freezer theory? absurd, said matt. i don t see how i possibly could ve stored a body, in a house, for that many years, three children living, they re five adults living there. multiple workman coming through, dozens of friends and family members coming through. the police search in the place, multiple times. without her been found. so how do you explain her
i m telling you the truth. the god awful truth. i m telling you the truth. you re not telling me the truth, jason. yes, i am. that day, jason agreed to take a polygraph exam. regarding the death of your mom, do you intend to answer each question truthfully? yes. did you physically hurt your mom last friday? no. he failed by a big margin? huge margin. so, he totally blew with the polygraph. ? he totally failed a
if convicted, he could face life in prison. agent mark ludwick had been convinced of jason carter s guilt ever since that initial interrogation a few days after the murder. i m telling you the truth. the god awful truth. i m telling you the truth. you re not telling me the truth, jason. yes, i am. that day, jason agreed to take a polygraph exam. regarding the death of your mom, do you intend to answer each question truthfully? yes. did you physically hurt your mom last friday? no. he failed by a big margin? huge margin. so, he totally blew with the polygraph. ? he totally failed a polygraph. not evidence, but guidance. strong guidance, yes. in march 2019, the curtain came up on the criminal trial. it was first degree murder and jason carter pleaded not guilty. as much as he wanted his son to face justice, bill carter knew there would be no winners. i knew there wouldn t be a good outcome. why do you say that?
results of the polygraph exam she took. joining us now is jeremiah hanafin who administered it. this is a photo of her taking it released by professor ford s legal team. mr. hanafin is a professional polygraph examiner. prior to that he served 25 years as an fbi special agent in part in that capacity, the usual caveats about polygraphs apply. generally, though, not always admissible in court. their use is disputed in the scientific community. appreciate you being with us. can you explain for us how the test sad madministered? i understand she told her full accounts of the allegations first. sure. polygraph is essentially three phases. you have your pretest, your preinterview phase. that s when you discuss the matter at hand. you talk we talked about the allegations. that process can take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour. you explain the polygraph. you want to assess the person, make sure she s fit to take a polygraph examination. so the interview prior to the exam, she described
restroom, get something to drink. that s when you have your second phase, the actual testing phase. you review every question you re going to ask on the polygraph test with the person taking the exam. so dr. ford knew every question. she was clear with the questions that i was going to ask. specifically about this event. is any part of your statement false? and did she make up any part of her statement? you conduct the exam. then the third phase is if someone does not pass a polygraph exam, it s the responsibility of the polygraph examiner to try to resolve that either with an interviewer and an interrogation. so it s a pretty formal process. everything that the person taking the exam is aware of everything that s going on. so you asked her two questions, is that right? that s correct. what were those two questions? the questions were, well, to put this in context, anderson, prior to the exam, she and her attorney, dr. ford and her attorney, wrote out a statement about what hap