Tara Grinstead, from Ocilla , Georgia has been missing since October 24, 2005. Can reverse speech analysis reveal clues to what may have happened?
It is reported Tara was upset in the days before her disappearance, by the break-up of a relationship that had lasted nearly 6 years. Her ex-boyfriend, Marcus Harper, former Ocilla cop and ex-Army Ranger, had returned to Ocilla shortly before Tara’s disappearance. Tara Grinstead wanted to get married to Marcus Harper.
What Does Reverse Speech Analysis Reveal?
In an earlier interview from Fox News, Marcus Harper’s speech reversals indicate several times they had arguments. Tara’s sister, Anita Gattis , confirms this as well as a reversal from her indicating physical violence prior to Tara’s disappearance.
Click on the reversals to hear the audio.
Dateline NBC 4-30-06
She gave me an ultimatum. Madame spawned our babies. (At some point was she pregnant with their child?)
It was either get married, or she was moving along. All her limbs didn’t show. Here I make good use of it. (Was the baby handicapped?)
I’ve never hit, hurt any woman, and never will. We will win it.
She wanted me back you know, and I told her… Had me in the noose. (“Noose” is a metaphor in reverse speech, which is referred to as an instrument of self destruction. The way it is used here, he felt she was a noose around his neck. Combined with the previous reversal it indicates that he wanted a way out, and definitely would find a way.)
…I said uh, Tara… Her wrist(s). Tied this up. (Was this domestic abuse, or does this indicate he had something to do with her disappearance?)
I’ve started shoppin’ outside of Ocilla, think you need to do the same. I was stupid ass.
Fox News – On The Record With Greta Van Susteren 11-7-05
(Question: Did there come a time when this dating relationship ended?) October two thousand and four. Fought with her, I think it was awful.
(Question: What were the circumstances surrounding that?) She told me she felt like it was time for her to move on. I remember her for mastering her life. (When this interview was done Tara had been missing for 2 weeks. Does it appear he is thinking about her in the past tense?)
(Question: Were you upset by that at all?) …you know brushed shoulders off went on, and started dating other people. It was an ambush. Don’t want to face relationship.
(Question: Did she say why in October 2004 she wanted to call it quits to your relationship?) I think that uh she was looking more for marriage. Because we shouted. (The reason why they broke up?)
… she was crying and was upset about something. It was somebody special. (Could this be referencing a pregnancy?)
I do not know that information. He shouted at her. (Speech reversals are known to occur in the third person.)
(Question: Anything unusual about that afternoon?) She said she wanted to hug me… And I now wished deceased. (His response was “She said she wanted to hug me”. I don’t know if that would classify as unusual, but in wanting someone dead badly enough that it shows up in a reversal is what I would call unusual. On the day she goes missing his reversal indicates he wanted her dead.)
…for her last time. I tell off.
(Question how many times have you talked with the GBI?) Four, five times. Should have proof.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Gary Rothwell
What Are The Details?
Agent Rothwell is the lead investigator in this case.
Update: 11-15-10
During the TV show Disappeared: Investigation Discovery there is a short segment where this website was mentioned. A clip of audio was played from one of Agent Rothwell’s speech reversals I had posted from the 48 hr. interview. The reversal played was a bit long, and not the clearest of reversals. The producers only used a small segment of that audio and played it from the slowest speed (the reversals are played at three different speeds), which made the reversal appear to be unrecognizable as information revealed from reverse speech. In light of that I have since removed the weaker reversals. The remaining reversals should be clear enough for most people to hear regardless of where a clip may be played from in the recording.
In July of 2008 I contacted the Georgia Bureau of Investigation about my findings from Agent Rothwell’s reversals. They have my full contact information. I gave them opportunity to notify me if anything revealed should not be made public. They never responded. Apparently they may have thought it opportune to try and discredit any findings through reverse speech analysis during this show.
The additional reversals found on Agent Rothwell appear to reveal more information investigators discovered at the home of Tara Grinstead. More than two years later a reversal occurs again about making an arrest while talking about Marcus Harper in the forward speech.
Also, it would seem he sees reverse speech, as found in his own speech reversal, as being accurate.
Through reverse speech analysis, has it been revealed who Agent Rockwell believes to be the true offender? You decide.
48 Hrs. 7-1-08
…we discovered that Tara led a very complex life both socially and professionally. No (staff) of males shows up as this marker. (DNA was found on a latex glove found in the front yard of Tara’s home. There have been no matches reported. This reversal from Agent Rothwell appears to confirm this. “Marker” would be a reference to a DNA sequence that can identify cells, individuals, or species. In this case his reversal indicates that the marker is from a male. 144 people have been tested for a match, all males.)
You can see that Tara’s clothes that she had been wearing that night are on the floor here in her bedroom. That leads us to believe that she certainly had come home since she left the cookout. I looked at her business.
We learned that Tara and Marcus had a relationship lasting approximately 6 years. The lad is a cop. May arrest. (Marcus Harper is an ex-police officer. In the forward speech he is talking about Marcus Harper. Who does it look like he believes will be arrested for Tara’s disappearance?)
(Question: Could Anthony Vickers have been involved in Tara’s disappearance?) We looked into it extensively, at this point we can’t draw a connection. He over snitch. (If a “snitch” is an informant, it would seem that Agent Rothwell believes Anthony Vickers has told investigators everything he knows. It would then seem this reversal is congruent in that Agent Rothwell doesn’t see a connection with Anthony Vickers and Tara Grinstead’s disappearance.)
There’s someone who knows something, has a person they know that is involved in this case, and was withholding that information for fear that we were not going to be able to prove it. There’s the ex involved. Hasn’t won yet. (Marcus Harper is the ex-boyfriend of Tara. Could this be who he is referencing in the reversal as who he believes is involved?)
This case can be solved. I believe it will be solved. Possible revealment.
Disappeared: Investigation Discovery 10-11-10
Brackets [ ] indicate where the reversal occurs. Click on the audio to hear the reversal.
The clothes Tara was wearing on the night of October 22nd were on the floor in her bedroom. [Which indicated to us that she had indeed arrived home]. A broken vase. That’s how they make an issue. (He is giving the same information about the clothes in her bedroom as he did more than two years ago in the 48 HR interview as can be seen above. There are different reversals that occur between the interviews. Investigators seemed to have been looking at more than her clothes on the floor.)
He said that on [Saturday night he had, had gone to the] White Horse Saloon in Fitzgerald where he visited with some friends until approximately two in the morning. More than likely, make an arrest. (In the forward speech he is talking about Marcus Harper, where he again has a reversal about making an arrest.)
With all of the media attention there were a lot of armchair sleuths all over the country [that were contacting us, and some] conducting their own investigation. {Narrator: One website called Backward State goes so far to present excerpts from one of G.BI. Agent Gary Rothwell’s television interviews played backwards.} Mostly seen as accurate.
Anita Gattis sister of Tara Grinstead
The following is from an interview of Anita Gattis on Fox News. There are two main questions viewers wanted answers to. 1.) Is it true that a mother of one of the suspects entered Tara’s home before police arrived? 2.) Was there any deception indicated by those who were given a polygraph test?
Fox News – Because You Asked Segment
(Questioned if someone went into Tara’s house before police.) It was her ex-boyfriends step mother went in the home with his father. And they’ve fueled the terror.
I’m not sure what they found. I do know that she... Here shared the news, then I have had the worst on that.
…listened to messages on Tara’s answering machine. Picked up a portable phone that was laying on the bathroom. hung the phone up. They’re acting like they decide business.
(Referencing polygraph tests.) You know or told people had passed them but… That not fair. They would be watchful without see you in it.
…we just feel that someone knows what happened to Tara. Arrest isn’t a battle.
Dateline NBC 4-30-06
(Question: Why would he (Marcus Harper) have wanted to hurt Tara?) (Anita Gattis) They had several volatile fights in couple of weeks prior to her disappearing. Watched the law, will recite they hit. (“Law” is a metaphor used in this case it would mean a predetermined behavioural action or pattern. If they would both hit each other in view of others, what could happen behind closed doors?)
(Larry Gattis – Husband of Anita Gattis) She was a very frugile person and watched money carefully, and she’ gotten some cash… I was still (freakin’) I’m so mad when the circle of fib released. (Rumors had been circulating that he had something to do with Tara’s disappearance. If that is what he is referencing, he appears to be upset about that accusation.)
You Tube “CatchMeKiller” Claims To Have Murdered Tara Grinstead and 15 Others.
Update Added: 2-23-09
On February 4, 2009 a person who had a screen name of “Catchmekiller”, on You Tube,, made a comment on my You Tube Video about Tara Grinstead (below is a copy of my email notice):
catchmekiller has made a comment on Marcus Harper says “Her wrist(s). Tied this up.”:
“This Man Doesn’t Have The Ability To Kill. You Reverse Speech To Find A Man Guilty?Reverse Mine See If I Am Innocent”
On February 5, 2009 he made a comment claiming to be the killer of Tara Grinstead (below is a copy of my email notice, which he later removed from the site a few days later):
catchmekiller has made a comment on Marcus Harper says “Her wrist(s). Tied this up.”:
“Reversing Ones Speech Is Not A Science. It Is A Theory, Seeing A How Mankind Knows Nothing About The Subconscious, Other Than The Theory’s Of Another. I Know For A Fact That This Man Did Not Kill Her. I Can Tell You What She Was Wearing On The Hour Of Her Last Breath.”
He had made a video claiming to be the killer of 16 women. His “game” in the video was to provide clues to the whereabouts of their bodies. He has since removed the video and deleted his account. He tried disguising his voice electronically in the video. I have the audio from the video (Click to hear the MP3). I have increased the pitch by 20% to try and normalize his voice. Perhaps it is close enough for someone to recognize. You will notice the audio appears to end abruptly, but that was purposely done on his part. At the end of the video he scrolled his “clue” on the screen.
What Does Reverse Speech Analysis Reveal?
He started off his video with a speech reversal “I’m not a killer”. The “clue” seems to not be one, because his speech reversals suggested that “There is no proof in it”. One of his reversals indicates he wants to get caught. People make false confessions in high profile cases, and one of the reasons is for the attention. Although his reverse speech seems to indicate he has had nothing to do with Tara’s disappearance, it does seem to indicate he did this video for attention.
Update – May 29, 2010
Andrew Haley was convicted of felony tampering with evidence, making false statements, and was sentenced to two years in a work-release jail.
Update 7-3-09:
The “Catch Me Killer” has been identified as Andrew Haley, and was indicted by a grand jury on charges of making false statements and evidence tampering on June 30, 2009. Andrew Haley turned himself in on July 2, 2009.
CatchMeKiller
I’ve decided to confess a few things. I’ve decided to do it on You Tube because there are millions of people that can help play my game. I am not a killer.
Each person out there that decides to play my game, has the chance to become an actual hero. You have the chance to become something that I’m not. I like this. Much desiring it. I like discussing it.
The only clues that I’m giving you, are clues never released by the press, or by police department. Sheriff of Ocilla will manage a referral. We need this where I was employed. (Does this mean he needed a background check from an employer?)
The IP address that this is being down loaded from… I forego my medicine.
…and uploaded to, are two completely different IP addresses. You’ll never be able to track which one is which. The IP address will bounce every 33 seconds. That’s why you won’t be able to find me. I will prefer to be caught.
This is going to be your first clue. And I’ll give you a clue to the first video. And the clue where the key for the first video is… There is no proof in it.
The first person to solve this first video, I’m going to have you send me an email. I’ll post the address for the email… Are you excited?
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