Edward John Primeau

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Edward John Primeau
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Born1958 (age 64–65)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)Audio forensics, Forensic video analysis
Board member ofAmerican Board of Recorded Evidence, American College of Forensic Examiners, Audio Engineering Society, International Association for Identification
Website www.primeauforensics.com

Edward John Primeau (born 1958) is an American audio and video forensics expert based in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He became known for working on the audio analysis of cases such as the killing of Trayvon Martin, Air Force One radio transmissions after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [ excessive citations ]

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Early life and education

Edward Primeau was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. From 1979 to 1985, he attended the University of Detroit, majoring in communication studies and minoring in criminal justice.

Career

In February 2012, Primeau worked on the Trayvon Martin shooting case. Primeau was asked to determine whether the 911 tape showed that Trayvon Martin or George Zimmerman was screaming. He said he believed it was Martin. [7] [8] [9]

In the same year, Primeau was approached by author and JFK assassination researcher Bill Kelly, who wanted technical help in combining two audiotapes of Air Force One radio transmissions. Primeau concluded that parts of the original tape were missing. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [ excessive citations ]

In October 2013, Primeau was hired by an Orlando Sentinel journalist to analyze the voice of Susan Bennett, an American voice-over artist, known for providing the female American voice of Apple's Siri. After finishing his analysis, and the comparison of the Siri voice and Bennett's, he claimed the voices were a 100% match, thus confirming Bennett provided her voice for Siri. [20] [21] [22]

In 2014, he was working on the case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Primeau concluded that tape edits were obviously made. [23] [24] [25] Primeau was asked by CNN to analyze tapes made by Trump attorney Michael Cohen. This included a three-minute conversation of Cohen with Trump regarding payments made to a Playboy model. [26]

Bibliography

Primeau is the author of one self-published book on audio forensics:

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