Why is this interrogation coercive

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Question: You have arrested a suspect in the kidnapping of a six-year-old boy. The suspect has waived his Miranda rights and agreed to talk to you. You know that the suspect's accomplice has been found after apparently killing herself. The kidnapping has received major nation-wide media attention. Locating the child and returning him safely is your top priority. The suspect is denying any knowledge of the kidnapping. You turn up the temperature of the interrogation room a little and order that the suspect gets warm drinking water and that his meals are served cold. You lie to the suspect and tell him his accomplice confessed to the kidnapping and said that she knew where the boy was before the police killed her in a gun battle. However, you truthfully tell the suspect that the boy has diabetes and, if he does not get his insulin shot, he will die within 24 hours, adding charges of murder to the kidnapping charges. Is this interrogation coercive? Why or Why not?

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