I doubt the writer of the ransom note was giving any consideration to her TOD being able to be forensically established. Whether the assault upon JB's vagina was done to cover-up any sign of former sexual abuse that might have been suspected, or done to make it look like her death was part of a sexual attack, the perpetrator wasn't giving much thought to the fact that an autopsy would also provide other information.
JB's death and the connected ransom note was NOT done by seasoned criminals who would have given much thought to any of the technological aspects of forensic discovery. The goal of the cover-up provided was simply to explain away her death as having been done by someone other than a household member - preferably a couple of crazed foreign killers who just couldn't keep their hands off darling JB, but who would try to get away with extorting money anyway. I can't believe any R as a perpetrator of this crime would have even considered that JB's body might have been studied by autopsy.
Whoever staged her body tried to have her end up looking exactly like a child who had been assaulted and then strangled to death, end of story. I believe it was assumed that there would never be a question of cause or time of death. JB left the White's alive, the ransom note said someone took her that night, and IF she was going to be found dead somewhere later, it would be obvious how she died. My personal opinion is that the plan was to NOT have her be found, but the body had to be prepared to look as it did, just in case it WAS later obtained by the R's. There HAD to be a thought that there would be a possibility she could be found - otherwise, why all the preparation of her body?
midwest mama,
I doubt the writer of the ransom note was giving any consideration to her TOD being able to be forensically established.
You cannot be seereeous, really?
The primary purpose of the ransom note is to offer a reason/rationale for JonBenet being
moved from her bedroom along with accompanying
forensic evidence down to the wine-cellar. i.e. the R's were forensically aware, JR had read his John Douglas book. e.g. flashlight wiped clean.
I can't believe any R as a perpetrator of this crime would have even considered that JB's body might have been studied by autopsy.
I disagree 100%.
There HAD to be a thought that there would be a possibility she could be found - otherwise, why all the preparation of her body?
Forensic awareness, removal of prior evidence of any, blood, semen, hair, fibers, clothing, e.g. size-6 underwear; etc.
Just as no intruder would redress JonBenet in those size-12's no intruder would bother to bring along all the other evidence dumped into the wine-cellar or the basement, i.e. bloodstained Pink Barbie Nightgown, Barbie Doll, Partially Opened Gifts, and anything else we have not been told about.
This laundry list of evidential items alone indicates how forensically aware the R's were. It should also tell you that the R's knew their Kidnapping Scenario would not be particularly realistic.
The most the R's could attempt to gain from the crime-scene staging was deniability. Just enough smoke and mirrors in an attempt to avoid a guilty verdict. I reckon JR expected a court case, thats why he was lawyered so fast, with each family-member individually assigned different legal representatives. JR was going to use the cross-finger defense, regardless!
There could be
no post-mortem plan based on the ransom note since it was a work of fiction, and the R's could not predict future events, never mind if they would be arrested on the spot?
The R's basically cleaned up the mess upstairs dumped stuff into the wine-cellar, hid the most incriminating evidence, and crossed their fingers. They rolled the dice and hoped the police would not find JonBenet. Then leave the R's alone, with a search ongoing, the R's would have options of flying interstate ASAP, possibly with JonBenet's corpse in a suitcase, or relocate her locally?
The ransom note is staged artifact, so cannot be used to speculate on future suspect behaviour.
e.g. John Ramsey intended to fetch the ransom demand fake paying the money, then later
find, be notified, JonBenet was either in the wine-cellar, or elsewhere, why?
Because JR
himself decided to
find JonBenet, thereby denying that possibility! And also that since the Kidnappers
never phoned that morning, the option that it really meant the next day, was also denied!
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