I have been following this case obsessively for year. But never new if anyone made any corroborations for the bowl of pineapple that was found in the kitchen. I know JonBenet had eaten it. But did Patsy or anyone say that they prepared it for her?
No, no one admits to fixing the pineapple snack for JB.
You might get lots of replies to this - or maybe not. If you do get lots of replies you'll hear some fantastic theories about what the pineapple means in terms of who did what and when.
Bottom line, very little can be learned from the fact that she ate pineapple.
We know from average digestion times that she must have eaten it about 1.5 to 2 hours prior to death. Remember that there can be individual variation in digestion times, but lets say about 2 hours is a good estimate. (Because estimates, as opposed to exact times, are all we can get)
We know she couldn't have died before 10pm because the family arrived home sometime between 9:30 and 10.
We know she was in rigor when JR "found" her and brought her upstairs.
We know rigor sets in from 3 to 4 hours after death, reaching maximum stiffness in about 12 hours. We also know that dissipation of rigor is gradual so the body might be very stiff (but not at maximum stiffness) from about 10 or 11 hours after death, reaching max stiffness at about 12 hours, and still be very stiff for a few more hours) So our estimates of TOD can be off by a couple hours either way. Since she was stiff at 1pm she must have died roughly at 1am, give or take a couple hours.
The reason the "give or take a couple hours" is important is that there are many possible scenarios by which JB could have eaten pineapple. Predictably, many will insist that such and such scenario must have taken place because it fits with their theory of the case. In truth, multiple scenarios are possible, and probable. Therefore, the pineapple is largely a dead end.
The reason there is so much focus on the pineapple is that people tend to believe that the Rs have been caught in a lie, and of course, if they are lying they must be guilty, and interestingly, it doesn't matter which RDI scenario one picks, there will be someone to say that the eating of pineapple supports their theory - PDI, JDI, BDI, whatever.
Here are some possibilities;
1. The pineapple snack was prepared by PR, after the family returned from a party. Never mind that there was plenty to eat at the party, and never mind that it was well past the kid's bedtime, and that they all had to get up early to fly to MI.
2. The pineapple was still out from earlier in the day.
3. The pineapple was prepared by a mysterious intruder.
4. The pineapple was prepared by BR, later at night, after the adults went to bed.
These scenarios can be combined with JB sitting at the table eating, but apparently not handling any utensils, glasses, bowls.
Or BR could have brought some upstairs with him on his way to bed and given some to JB who was already in bed.
Or JB could have got up after the parents were in bed, went down and had some pineapple, then went back to bed. ]
Or JB could have come in the house under her own steam, as BR claims, went right to the pineapple which had been left out from earlier, then went up to bed. The Rs may or may not have lied about her being carried up to bed, they may simply not recall correctly (I know, they are supposed to have perfect recall and since we already think they are guilty they must have lied)
You'll find people insisting that the fingerprints are revealing, but fingerprints can't be time stamped and jprints are not always left behind, so we know PR handled the bowl, and BR handled the tea glass, but we don't know at what time, and we don't know whether JB was there or not -absence of prints is not proof of absence. But if she wasn't present how did she eat pineapple?
There are several possible combinations, and we can't say with any reasonable certainty which one actually happened.
It's possible the Rs are lying about JB going straight to bed. It's also possible that they are simply not aware that JB ate pineapple (because of one of the scenarios in which the parents didn't need to be present/aware of her eating pineapple) It's also possible that one parent is ignorant, the other knows she ate pineapple but can't reveal that.
Q: If both adults knew JB ate pineapple, why didn't they incorporate that into the story they told the police? IMO it is beyond the pale that they never considered there would be an autopsy.
My feeling is that if both parents knew then that becomes part of the story. So, imo, both parents are ignorant of JB having a few pieces of pineapple, or one is ignorant and the other knows but can't admit knowing.
As an aside, IMO, a deadly altercation getting started over a pineapple snack seems unlikely.
The main point is that there are so many possible/plausible scenarios that nothing concrete can be determined. She ate pineapple, about 2 hours before death. That's it. Nothing more to be learned from the pineapple. We don't know if BR spoon fed her from his bowl, we don't know if she got some with her fingers, we don't know if BR brought some up to her, we don't know if she got up from bed and got some later in the night. ........etc.
But no, no one admits to preparing the pineapple snack. At least not to my knowledge.
