Revealed: How killer Miles Evans let slip TWO tell-tale signs of deception and faked his sadness
- 7 years ago
Schoolgirl Zoe Evans, nine, went missing from her bedroom on 11 January 1997
She was murdered by stepfather Miles Evans, who possibly sexually abused her
Days later Evans tried to look concerned as he took part in a press conference
But a body language expert reveals how Evans' eyebrows betrayed his apathy
Killer soldier Miles Evans let slip two signs of deception as he appealed for help finding his stepdaughter days after he murdered the schoolgirl outside her home in an army town, a new documentary reveals.
Nine-year-old Zoe Evans went missing from her home in Warminster, Wiltshire, on 11 January 1997, shortly after her mother Paula had tucked her into bed and kissed her goodnight.
Days later Evans, an army lorry driver, appeared alongside his wife in a televised police appeal for information on the missing girl, faking his concern as he told Zoe there would be 'lots of cuddles' for her if she came home.
However Evans, a Private in the Royal Logistics Corps, was only playing the role of the concerned parent in a bid to deflect police interest in him. For 72 hours earlier he had taken Zoe from her bed, punched her in the face and suffocated her with her own t-shirt before dumping her body in a badger sett less than half a mile away.
One forensic psychologist explains Evans might have 'routinely' sexually abused his stepdaughter and killed her when she tried to protest.
In the latest episode of Investigation Discovery's Faking It: Tears of a Crime, body language expert Cliff Lansley re-examines footage of Evans's appeal to reveal how he unconsciously gave away two signs of deception:
He closed his eyes in a bid to distance himself from his statements
He nervously touched his leg in an attempt to comfort himself
She was murdered by stepfather Miles Evans, who possibly sexually abused her
Days later Evans tried to look concerned as he took part in a press conference
But a body language expert reveals how Evans' eyebrows betrayed his apathy
Killer soldier Miles Evans let slip two signs of deception as he appealed for help finding his stepdaughter days after he murdered the schoolgirl outside her home in an army town, a new documentary reveals.
Nine-year-old Zoe Evans went missing from her home in Warminster, Wiltshire, on 11 January 1997, shortly after her mother Paula had tucked her into bed and kissed her goodnight.
Days later Evans, an army lorry driver, appeared alongside his wife in a televised police appeal for information on the missing girl, faking his concern as he told Zoe there would be 'lots of cuddles' for her if she came home.
However Evans, a Private in the Royal Logistics Corps, was only playing the role of the concerned parent in a bid to deflect police interest in him. For 72 hours earlier he had taken Zoe from her bed, punched her in the face and suffocated her with her own t-shirt before dumping her body in a badger sett less than half a mile away.
One forensic psychologist explains Evans might have 'routinely' sexually abused his stepdaughter and killed her when she tried to protest.
In the latest episode of Investigation Discovery's Faking It: Tears of a Crime, body language expert Cliff Lansley re-examines footage of Evans's appeal to reveal how he unconsciously gave away two signs of deception:
He closed his eyes in a bid to distance himself from his statements
He nervously touched his leg in an attempt to comfort himself