Detective on Dale Bruner questioning: "Something was wrong" | Forensic Files

we always wanted to talk to Dale the husband so on Wednesday when I brought him in my only job was to tie him down
we knew something was wrong the stories were kind of off of each other we needed
to figure out what the story was I'm bringing you down here I'm TR by the way okay um one is you know there's three
options here when it comes to a Miss in person okay she left to start a new life or
could commit a suicide okay she could have been murdered right all right he just seemed calm and
then until he started crying and then I'm like you okay no I'm not okay I know I am sorry my kids I know I know the
reason I wanted bringing you down here is just one to to verify some situations basically to try to eliminate you as a
suspect keep going on I have other people going I want to do that as quickly as possible so we get to find
where she is well I want to tell you we not stop looking for as you know I'm just in here doing this everybody else
has got their little Avenue Tak care of great okay um so I had nothing to hide Absolut grateful and then he became a
total different person he was casual he was calm about things so he went from crying I'm not okay to relaxed and calm
and he did not seem like a person who was looking for his wife I got that little feeling you just something's
wrong you don't care about her because you don't go from crying and getting upset to relax did he seem nervous he
did appear a little nervous cuz I was asking questions you know I was thinking did you go look for oh oh yeah yeah I
did go look for her all of a sudden um and so we were we were just wanting to know different things about the
situation what was what what exactly was she wearing how do you know she was wearing that and ask him those questions
and then I asked him would you be willing to to do a a light detector test and he's like no he's basically was
afraid that he was going to fail I'm only scar to that cuz the way my I my heart is racing now and I just don't
think it's very um conductive at this point I I don't just because my emotions are all over the place okay and so
legally I'm scared of that I don't want to be a tin stuck in me just because I tested poorly and I went to my sergeant
and I said he did it he's either she's something's really wrong with her and she's dead or he knows where she's at
and he doesn't want to tell us

When Stephanie Roller went "missing" in November 2010, Silverthorne Police Det. Theresa Barger brought Stephanie's husband, Dale Bruner, in for questioning twice. Barger tells" 48 Hours" what she took away from those interviews.

Brief Summary

The episode examines a husband's suspicious behavior in a missing person investigation.

Key points

The Emotional Shift. The husband goes from crying to calm, raising suspicions about his involvement.
Lie Detector Test Refusal. The husband refuses to take a lie detector test, citing fear and emotional instability.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

You don't go from crying to relaxed.

Observing the husband's emotional shift during questioning.

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