Glynn County police like computer lie detector test

BRUNSWICK - Glynn County police helped crack a murder case with the use of a Computer Voice Stress Analyzer, calling their version of a lie detector test a great investigative tool. Other law enforcement agencies aren&#39;t so sure. <br> <br> Glynn County police point to the recent case of William David Tatro, convicted of killing his wife earlier this month, as an example. <br> <br> Sergeant Chip Anderson said Tatro initially told authorities two different versions of what happened to his wife, Yukie Tatro. <br> <br> Anderson said Tatro first told them he didn&#39;t know where his wife was, that she driven away in her car. He then agreed to answer questions about her disappearance on the CVSA. <br> <br> Anderson said, ``Mister Tatro changed his story after we confronted him with results of his voice stress test, which showed that he had been deceptive in his statements about her disappearance. That&#39;s when he told us that he killed her accidentally.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Police found Yukie Tatro&#39;s decomposed body October fifth, 2000 buried in the front yard garden of the couple&#39;s home. Tatro is awaiting sentencing. <br> <br> About 1,200 law enforcement agencies nationwide have the CVSA, including 38 in Georgia and 124 in Florida. <br> <br> Police say the instrument basically is a laptop computer with a specialized program designed to detect, measure and analyze the micro-frequency modulations in a person&#39;s voice, which are different when they&#39;re lying as opposed to telling the truth. <br> <br> But neither voice stress analysis nor polygraph tests are admissible in court as evidence in Georgia, Florida or federal courts. <br> <br> Some law enforcement agencies, however, refuse to use it, saying the voice stress analyzer just doesn&#39;t work. <br> <br> The National Institute for Truth Verification, a West Palm Beach company, is the only manufacturer and distributor of the $9,950 analyzer. It began marketing the instrument in 1988 to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

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