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Inside History on Instagram: "Follow (us) @InsideHistory to learn something NEW everyday 🧠💫 Throwback to when a fake sign language interpreter crashed a major police press conference in the U.S.! Derlyn Roberts, a woman with a history of fraud charges, posed as an interpreter during a live media briefing announcing the arrest of a suspected serial killer in Tampa. Instead of accurate translation, she signed complete gibberish. Outrage followed, especially since one of the victim’s mothers is d