Michael Roseboro
On July 22, 2008, at 11:03 pm, funeral director, Michael Roseboro called 911:
What we look for in an emergency call is for the caller to ask for help for the victim and to show urgency.
Operator: Lancaster County, 911?
Michael Roseboro: I believe my wife just drowned.
“I believe” indicates that there is room for doubt therefore we expect Roseboro to show urgency and to be proactive to save his wife.
“my wife” is an incomplete social introduction. We always note the incomplete social introduction, usually a signal of a poor relationship. Anyway we assume that during an emergency call the reason for an incomplete social introduction could be the urgency.
Note the use of “just”. “just” is a dependent word used to comparison. Its communication is found in dependence upon another thought and as other dependent words reveals withheld information.
If his wife “just” drowned, we suppose he was there when it happen.
Operator: I’m sorry?
Michael Roseboro: I believe my wife just drowned.
The social introduction is still incomplete.
Operator: Okay, and what happened?
Michael Roseboro: Uh... I had gone to bed about an hour and a half ago and… she is outside and I came out and saw the lights on the pool but… Oh God… her shorts and shoes are still on, I came out and I found her in the deep end of the pool.
Note the pauses.
Note how he goes back and forth, something that people who are not fishing in their experiential memory often do. Note how much time he is loosing recalling how he found her, this shows that he is not in a hurry to save her and tells us that he didn’t introduce his wife properly not because the urgency. After these three answers we assume that Michael and Jan Roseboro at the time of this call had a poor relationship.
If he went to bed “an hour and a half ago”, why does he “believe she just drowned”?
Note “she is outside” not “she was outside” as expected. This is unreliable. He shifts from the past tense “I had gone to bed” to the present tense “she is outside”, it may indicate that he is fabricating reality and not recalling from experiential memory.
When someone is speaking of an event in the past, it is expected the subject to use past tense language. Present tense language is deemed unreliable. Deceptive people often use the present counting on us to interpret and assume that they are speaking of the past event.
“her shorts and shoes are still on”, “are” not “were”. What message is he sending the operator? Is he speaking of something he saw before going to ben at the present tense or he is describing her right now?
Deity is invoked. The use of divinity is always noted as is a red flag for deception.
Operator: Okay, is she breathing?
Michael Roseboro: No, she’s not.
Operator: Is she still in the water?
Michael Roseboro: No, I pulled her out.
Operator: Okay, do you want to try to start CPR on her?
Michael Roseboro: I will, I will… will, yeah.
Operator: Okay, do you need help to do that? I can give you instructions on what to do.
Michael Roseboro: I… I… I was a lifeguard. I… I know.
Note the stuttering “I”, a signal of increase in anxiety.
Operator: Right, I can walk you through it if you want help.
Michael Roseboro: As I said, I wanna get her out of the pool.
This is unexpected as he said before “I pulled her out”.
Operator: What’s that?
Michael Roseboro: I wanna get her out of the pool.
Operator: Is she still in the pool?
Michael Roseboro: Yeah.
Roseboro said twice “I wanna get her out of the pool” and answered “Yeah” when asked if his wife was still in the pool.
This is incriminating, Michael Roseboro had no intention to save his wife. As a lifeguard, he knew exactly what to do in case of drowning.
Operator: I though you said she was out of the pool?
Michael Roseboro: Yeah, I… Oh my God… I’m sorry, she is out of the pool… uh… yeah. Help me through it, please.
Roseboro is caught off guard.
Note the stuttering “I” and the pause “Uh”, signals that the question is sensitive to him.
Note “Oh my God” and “I’m sorry”.
“I’m sorry” is often an indicator of a form of regret that usually enters the language of the guilty.
Note the word “please” at the end of his answer, a signal that he feels the need to ingratiate himself with the operator.
Operator: Okay, so she is out of the pool?
Michael Roseboro: Yes.
Operator: Okay, what I want you to do, is there anybody else there?
Michael Roseboro: My… my children are asleep.
Operator: How old are your children?
Michael Roseboro: Twelve, nine and six.
Operator: Okay, what we need to do is get her on her back.
Michael Roseboro: Yes, sir.
Note the word “sir”. This is unexpected politeness.
Operator: Okay, you have her flipped over on her back?
Michael Roseboro: She is on her back, yeah.
Operator: Okay, I want you to check and see if she has a pulse. Do you know how to do that?
Michael Roseboro: I do.
Operator: Okay.
Michael Roseboro: There… there’s no pulse.
Operator: There’s none?
Michael Roseboro: There’s none.
Operator: Okay, what we’re gonna do is we’re gonna start the CPR, okay?
Michael Roseboro: Okay.
Operator: Keep her head titled back. Pinch her nose. Cover her mouth with yours and give her two deep regular breaths about one second each.
Michael Roseboro: Okay.
Operator: Okay, is that the siren from the fire department there?
Michael Roseboro: Yes.
Operator: OKay.
Michael Roseboro: Hold on, I have to throw up, please, hold on.
He uses the word “please” to ingratiate himself with the operator.
Vomiting is a typical response to stress. Stress can induce general trouble with the digestive system due to the physiological changes a body goes through (General Adaptation Syndrome).
Operator: Okay.
Michael Roseboro: I’m sorry.
Note “I’m sorry” enters Michael Roseboro language for the second time in this phone call.
Operator: Okay, that’s fine, is there somebody there?
Operator: Okay, what we’re gonna do is, we’re gonna start the compressions, okay? Go ahead and put your hand on her chest, I want you to pump her chest hard and fast about thirty times about twice a second.
Michael Roseboro: Okay.
Operator: Okay. Let the chest come up all the way between pumps and let me know when you have done it thirty times, okay?
Michael Roseboro: Okay.
Operator: All right, go ahead and do that.
Michael Roseboro: Okay.
Operator: You did it about thirty times?
Michael Roseboro: Yes, sir.
Note the word “sir”. This is unexpected politeness.
Operator: Okay. Go ahead and look in, I want you to open her mouth and see if there’s anything in there.
Michael Roseboro: No, there’s not.
Operator: Okay.
Michael Roseboro: The ambulance is here, sir.
Operator: The ambulance is there?
Michael Roseboro: Yes, sir.
Note the word “sir”.
Operator: Okay, sir, go get them, okay?
Michael Roseboro: Thank you.
“Thank you” is also unexpected politeness. He has a need to ingratiate himself with the operator.
Operator: Alright.
ANALYSIS CONCLUSION:
Deception indicated.
Michael Roseboro did not ask for help for his wife Jan nor he showed any linguistic concern for her nor he showed any urgency.
He never introduces his wife as expected. The social introduction is a key to understand a relationship. His linguistic disposition towards his wife tells us that they had a poor relationship at the time of the call.
“I’m sorry” is an indicator of a form of regret that enters Michael Roseboro’s language twice.
Roseboro showed a need to ingratiate himself with the 911 operator in different ways.
Micheal Roseboro has guilty knowledge of what happened to his wife Jan.
Jan E. Binkley and Michael Roseboro
Lancaster County Forensic pathologist Dr. Wayne Ross who performed the autopsy on Jan Roseboro’s body found out that she was the victim of a homicide and that she was beaten, choked and drowned in the swimming pool at the couple’s home.
On September 2009, Michael Roseboro, 43, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Jan E. Roseboro, 45, on July 22, 2008.
At the time of the murder Michael Roseboro was having an affair with Angela Funk, 38, who was pregnant with his child.
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