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Forensic Linguistics and Certified Fraud Examination

Unlocking the secrets of communication.

Finding facts for better decisions.

 "Asking for help isn't giving up,' said the horse. 'It's refusing to give up.”
Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

KMI Investigations, LLC is a licensed and bonded Grand Rapids, MI-based private and professional investigations company led by our founder, Joe Koenig, Forensic Linguist, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and author. We utilize only highly trained, skilled, and experienced private investigators and consultants who are experts at gathering factually accurate data, witness information, and evidence critical to our client's objectives. KMI is your expert in many investigations: Forensic Linguistics, Interview/Interrogation, due diligence, asset discovery, reliability of statements, and objective assessments of case facts. You may wish to have us obtain very detailed information from your client to disclose unknown case facts.

KMI specializes in Forensic Linguistics - using language/communication as evidence. Forensic Linguists will accomplish various things for you. Understanding what someone is really communicating to you is essential to get things done – Forensic Linguistics gets you there. Every word, body movement, facial expression – everything that's communicated is the result of a decision. Nothing is an accident. Forensic Linguists can calibrate to the individual's standard communication patterns and understand what they are really communicating by studying their changes in communication patterns.

A forensic linguist is a language/communications expert who analyzes communication in legal contexts and provides various services to assist in legal investigations and proceedings. Here are some of the things a forensic linguist can do for you:

  • Authorship Identification: Forensic linguists can analyze written texts to determine the likely authorship of a document. This can be important in anonymous threats, forged documents, or disputed authorship cases.
  • Linguistic Profiling: They can create linguistic profiles of suspects based on the language used in written or spoken communication. This can help law enforcement narrow down a list of potential suspects.
  • Threat Analysis: In cases involving threats, harassment, or extortion, forensic linguists can analyze the language used in communication to assess the seriousness of the danger and help law enforcement take appropriate action.
  • Language and Discrimination Cases: They can analyze language use to determine evidence of discrimination, hate speech, or biased language in various contexts, such as employment or housing discrimination cases.
  • Expert Witness Testimony *: Forensic linguists often serve as expert witnesses in court, providing testimony based on their linguistic analysis to help judges and juries understand complex language issues. 
  • Document Examination: They can examine documents for signs of tampering, alterations, or inconsistencies in language that may indicate fraud or forgery.
  • Language in Confessions: Forensic linguists can analyze the communication process used in confessions to assess their reliability and whether they were coerced or influenced by law enforcement. A Forensic Linguist can discover probable False Confessions.
  • Language in Contracts and Agreements: They can review contracts and agreements to analyze the language used and ensure clarity, precision, and legal compliance.
  • Jury Selection: Forensic linguists can assist with jury selection by analyzing potential jurors' language use and identifying potential biases or prejudices that may affect their ability to be impartial.

Overall, forensic linguists use their expertise in communication analysis to provide valuable insights and evidence, helping to uncover the truth and ensure that justice is served. Their services can be essential in criminal investigations, civil litigation, and other legal matters.

 

KMI practices the principles revealed in the founder's award-winning book, "Getting the Truth," and teaches those principles to his ever-growing number of speeches on Forensic Linguistics. These principles unlock the secrets of communication, which go to the heart of getting the truth and understanding the real message. Evidence obtained using our principles will save you time and money. You get the right evidence in the right way. For example, when our work results in a confession, our process minimizes the possibility of a false confession. 

We also work hard to ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We try our best to instill in the confessor that, while their actions were wrong and they need to be held accountable, this is their opportunity to view this setback as a catalyst for growth and improvement. We emphasize the need for introspection, not anger. Understanding and accepting our mistakes leads us to a better way forward, a foundation to build.

Using Forensic Linguistics in Due Diligence investigations is a little-used and powerful tool for making better decisions in mergers and acquisitions. We can help you determine how committed they are and identify those areas in which you need to gather more information before making those all-important decisions.

False confessions are being discovered at an alarming rate. We offer opinions on possible false confessions, helping to identify, analyze, quantify, and present the evidence in those false confessions to help prove innocence. Joe has the unique and powerful combination of experience and skills as a court-approved expert* to help you defend those falsely accused. 

Joe was the 2020 recipient of the Michigan State Police Retiree of the Year Award in part for his work in providing crucial Forensic Linguistic evidence leading to the release of two convicts from prison for crimes they didn't commit in separate cases. Joe regularly works on Innocence Clinic projects.

Use KMI to assist in your legal and audit risk assessment interviews. Use KMI to interview your client(s) to get detailed minimally contaminated statements to help determine the truth and secure those hard-to-get details needed to construct your best legal/audit strategy. We also assist counsel to help identify deceptive testimony and witness statements.

 

*Lawyers: For Innocence (or False Confession) Cases

Ask your client to handwrite a response to the following, send it to me, and I can tell you if I, as a Forensic Linguist, have reason to believe he/she is or is not involved:

"For the day of the homicide (or other offense) for which you are charged, tell me everything you did from the time you woke up until the time you went to sleep."  

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 616 366-5856 to discuss details

 

Autographed books ("Getting the Truth" and "Getting the Truth: I am D.B. Cooper" with free shipping) are available by clicking the "BOOKSTORE" tab above, or unautographed books are available through any bookstore. KMI incorporates the books' principles in everything it does. That is something you won't find in other PI firms. "Getting the Truth" is the 2016 Montaigne Medal Finalist Award Winner and the 2016 Indie Non-Fiction Finalist Award Winner. Please get in touch with us anytime at 616 366-5856 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  @JoeKMI on Twitter and Facebook: Author Joe Koenig and #gettingthetruth; #getthetruth; #joekoenig; #AuthorJoeKoenig.

*Expert Witness testimony on Forensic Linguistics (admitted as Expert Witness, 2019 Michigan's Sixth Circuit Court Judge Rae Chabot [State of Michigan vs. Kevin Boyd])

Finding Facts for Better Decisions

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".. unlocking the secrets of communication." - buy Mr. Koenig's autographed books at BOOKSTORE.

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