When our client’s son’s behavior and attitude changed over time, she decided to book our Essex lie detector test service to find out and establish why.

Abby’s Case

Abby’s 19 yr old son, James, had always been a well-adjusted teenager until his parents divorced and father left the home.  During the six months following his father’s departure Abby noticed significant changes in her son that became a concern.

He stopped going to college and started staying out late and hanging around with a different group of friends. James had become very withdrawn and extremely secretive in where he had been or what he was doing, taking questions from Abby as an inconvenience.

One night as she sat up waiting for James to come home, she decided to look through James’ bedroom for clues as to why his behavior had changed so drastically, was it the divorce or was it something else.

In the back of her mind, she knew James was close to his dad and really missed him. In lots of ways she felt so guilty searching through his belongings but was alarmed when she found a small bag hidden in a drawer that contained a small amount of white powder.

Rather than conform James with this Abby waited until the morning and spoke to him, he denied the drugs were his and refused to answer any more questions which really worried Abby. Was he telling the truth or had her son been using drugs?

Abby consulted with James’ father and they decided to book a polygraph test in Essex to get the truth from James, as he was reliant upon their financial support, he was unable to refuse.

The test: 

In the pre-test James broke down with the examiner and admitted he had been using Cocaine for the last six months but he had recently stopped.

Questions for the test were set accordingly and we were able to offer not only a confession to Abby but proof certain aspects of James’ drug abuse were true.

The Result:

He is now having counseling and his relationship with his mother has improved and he is back at college.