RelationWatch Research Brief #07
A descriptive analysis of verified public cases with a recorded secret affair, concealed communication, or private/hidden meeting. This Brief does not claim that a third person was introduced as a friend, relative, or colleague: that subtype is not separately coded in the current public data.
Fixed cohort: 519 verified public casesSignals and outcomes can overlapAll 519 cases have one or more structured third-party concealment signals. The pattern may describe reported behavior by any involved person; it does not prove deception, causation, or the precise social role of a third person.
355 cases with this signal. Arrows show recorded co-occurrence, not a causal pathway.
281 cases with this signal. Arrows show recorded co-occurrence, not a causal pathway.
47 cases with this signal. Arrows show recorded co-occurrence, not a causal pathway.
Cases can have more than one signal.
Recorded outcomes may coexist in a case and are not a sequence.
Conditions recorded within this fixed cohort.
Dataset composition, not a national comparison.
These examples show the structured signal used for inclusion. They do not establish a uniform motive or outcome.
Recorded signals: Secretive communication patterns
Recorded signals: Secret affair
Recorded signals: Secretive communication patterns
Recorded signals: Secretive communication patterns
Recorded signals: Secretive communication patterns
Recorded signals: Secret phone communication, Secretive communication patterns
Future source intake can separately record an alleged introduction as a friend, relative, or colleague only when the source clearly supports that specific statement.