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I don't know what PMPT is - I'm assuming one of the books by the people you mentioned - but his attorney shouldn't be talking about that stuff and I highly doubt he did. I mean, in the course of representation/PR he may have told that story, and it may well be true, but he's not going around...

This sort of thing creeps me out because I would be terrified to not just stop and comply. I would want to confirm, and if things were super suspicious I probably would call 911, but I think a lot of police officers would not know what I was doing or not care. If I kept driving or refused to...

Agreed that it would not be unusual for a family to pack up and leave quickly from a trailer park, but since the police investigated it at the time, I imagine they asked people if a family had disappeared suddenly. While people don't always speak up or make the connection, if they were directly...

People keep saying if a family disappeared, then someone must know something. I keep thinking that people would be much less likely to know something if it was a family - it is much easier to assume they all moved, the killer would likely be a family member who would not report it, and it is...

People who do things like this obviously have issues. Those issues also lead to isolation and dysfunctional relationships (or stem from them - chicken/egg problem). It seems in many cases there isn't a lot of family, and if there is, the family doesn't ask questions. It's a bizarre...

Read about this case a few times and saw it on my feed, but the discussion seems much more general on this page so I'm not sure if there are recent developments. A few things caught my eye. Aren't homicide rates on a steady decline? I don't think they are more prevalent versus the 60s...

Someone spiraling doesn't need a significant trigger - it is possible for little things and a bad mental condition to build over time, with another little thing setting off a spiral. So while it wouldn't surprise me to learn these things were all part of an overall deterioration that finally...

If you watch any of those series that recreates accidents and the investigations, a lot of this becomes clearer. It is very fascinating. An aircraft breaking apart because of a structural failure is definitely not unheard of and has caused many high profile accidents. There are lots of...

I agree with your assessment of what he said, but I disagree that it doesn't imply anything else or that it was "all" he said. Maybe he was just rambling or trying to sound vague, but there are a lot of extra words there that don't really make sense - I can't tell if he implied anything else.

Weird/incomprehensible phrasing ... people often speak this way, but clean it up a bit in writing because they have the opportunity to review it a bit, even in a quick AMA. I get the first part - he doesn't think it was staging, and thus obviously someone wanted to asphyxiate her. "its use...

I realize the conversation has moved on quite a bit, but the reason I said "skipping past obvious debates" is because I wasn't getting into whether or not he should be there or what his duties should be, but what they are. While people probably would casually say he is there to protect the...

It could well be more indifference than resistance. I think what is going on in her head is a good question. We had maybe 2 kids in my grade that were out of control - both boys with messed up home lives - one was the child of a policeman and made that known as an excuse. They had what went...

Skipping past all the obvious debates, this officer is there to keep order in the school. Sometimes that may involve force; at no time should it involve escalating a bad situation or losing one's temper. I have no doubt that most police would have resolved this in a manner that did not look...

I don't think those are degrees of the same thing, though, legally. The problem is that "manslaughter" is not a "lesser included offense" of murder, at least not in the traditional sense. I mean, obviously someone could not be convicted of both in the same situation (both charges can be...

The defense raises reasonable doubt; it doesn't present it. The defense has a much lower standard. I feel like the issue really lies more with the word doubt than the word reasonable. If I have a true doubt, then it is reasonable to me - it may not seem so to others, but otherwise I wouldn't...

The jury had to indicate more than guilty - they had to pick what she was guilty of. Everyone says the prosecution presented enough to show she was guilty, but of what? A lot of people say "at least" the lowest charge, but that's kind of the issue. It wasn't clear what happened - she wasn't...

The jewelry thing is common in a lot of cultures, and strange in a lot of other cultures. I'd say it definitely is a clue as to the background because there is likely a cultural connection, but I see it not at all as a shocking or nefarious thing. Certainly not ritualistic or connected to...

Finally started reading this. He seems reasonable. He comes across to me as having a strong suspicion as to who did it, but understandably does not know 100%. Unfortunate that he felt words were being put in his mouth, essentially, which does not surprise me. Having a pretty good idea of what...

I'm sure the lawsuits were noted by those involved, but anonymity is usually enough to override that. There are ways of finding out the source, obviously, but usually it is not worth it. Plus, there was almost nothing the Ramseys could have won a suit over - of course, the expense of fighting...

If all the press could get was the idea that B and/or the parents might have done it, I take that to mean there wasn't much else. It's not like once the story got even bigger, people spoke up a bit more to explain/defend the assertion or against contradictory claims. I think it is entirely...