How to tell when someone lies

Thats not a point at all. He WAS crying and sobbing the story says. You can be sad about previous emotions all you want, the fact is you cannot mask the anger and disgust.

He might have been crying for a reason that was not his wife's disappearance. That is what WW is trying to say.

without reading all of that, when I'm talking with a friend or something and I feel he/she is lying I start asking tons of questions, not directly, but indirectly and keep record in my own head of this, and try to peice together their story best I can until I determine if they are in fact lying, or not.