In Episode 4, Dayna Boyko — child forensic interviewing specialist, president of Helix Investigative Consulting Inc., and retired Toronto Police Service (TPS) investigator — joins our Investigator Chronicles host, Christine Thomlinson, to talk about how to get accurate, reliable accounts from child complainants and witnesses. Drawing on 25 years with TPS, including 16 years with the Internet Child Exploitation Team, where she worked as a general investigator, online undercover officer, and lead child interviewer, Dayna explains how a structured, developmentally informed protocol, built on neutrality, open-ended questions, and non-contingent support, helps children provide evidence in a way that supports accuracy, rather than answers shaped to please the interviewer.
