If you write mysteries or any type of police procedural, here’s a useful article for you. It provides examples of how the FBI and other law enforcement officials analyze a suspect’s written statement to see what it reveals.

For example, in a case of a missing person, it is normal to describe the person using the present tense. “Jenny always comes right home after school.”

Making a statement about the missing person in past tense may indicate that the suspect already knows what happened to the missing person. “Jenny always came right home after school,” might indicate that the suspect knows Jenny is already dead.

The numerous examples given in the article will provide realistic words you can put in your characters’ mouths to prove their innocence or guilt.

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