Kim Nees of Poplar, Montana was found murdered on June 16, 1979. There was a substantial amount of physical evidence found at the crime scene, including the probability of more than one person involved. It was rumored that several girls may have been involved.
At the time of Kim Nees death Barry Beach was 17 years old. While being held for questioning in an unrelated incident in Louisiana on January 4, 1983, it was discovered by detectives through a background check that there was an unsolved murder in Montana. After being held for three days, he was questioned about Kim Nees’ murder. He proclaimed his innocence in not knowing anything about who murdered her. Detectives questioned him throughout the day.
According to Barry Beach, Detectives Alfred Calhoun and Jay Via had threatened him, and described to him in detail what it is like to be put to death in the electric chair. Barry Beach claims that Detective Calhoun also told him that unless he admitted to the Montana murder, Calhoun would personally see to it that he went to the electric chair in Louisiana. By the end of the interrogation, they had a recorded confession from Barry Beach to the Kim Nees murder. The tape has been declared by Detective Jay Via to have been erased. Jay Via however had a transcript of the confession. It has been said that nearly ninety percent of the confession did not match evidence at the scene. There is no physical evidence linking Barry Beach to the crime, nor were there any eyewitnesses. Barry Beach was tried and convicted in 1985 based primarily on that confession. He was sentenced to serve 100 years, without parole.
What Does Reverse Speech Analysis Reveal?
Barry Beach’s speech reversals indicate that he is innocent of killing Kim Nees. His reverse speech also indicates that he truly feared for his life when interrogated by Alfred Calhoun and Jay Via, which would make for a coerced confession. In Barry Beach’s speech reversals he talks of his innocence, being free, and being afraid during his encounter with Alfred Calhoun and Jay Via.
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