ManInTheBox said:
Once again not that I'm trying to completely defend him but If they passed the lie detector test when they denied knowing who killed JonBenet then either the lie detector test was given badly or they don't know that their own son killed their daughter (from the perspective of a person believing Burke did kill JonBenet)
ManInTheBox,
Good point, and you're right. It's been discussed many times here on WS. IMO the answer is the parents don't know FOR SURE who killed JonBenet.
My theory has two or more juvenile perps, one of whom is Burke Ramsey, and no one, including John and Patsy, knows FOR SURE which of them actually killed JonBenet. They only know that one of them did it, but they don't know FOR SURE which one.
Polygraph expert Ed Gelb's questions were designed with input from Lin Wood, the Ramsey's attorney, and, IMO, the questions were cleverly formatted to legitimately allow John and Patsy to pass the exam but still shield Burke as being involved in the death of JonBenet. It worked, and the results were checked and verified as accurate by Cleve Backster, considered the father of the polygraph.
Here's the questions that were asked separately of John and Patsy. They successfully answered NO to all of the questions without showing deception.
Series 1: (John and Patsy, answering separately)
1. Did you inflict any of the injuries that caused the death of JonBenet?
2. Regarding JonBenet, did you inflict any of the injuries that caused her death?
3. Were those injuries that resulted in JonBenet's death inflicted by you?
Series 2:
1. Do you know for sure who killed JonBenet?
2. Regarding JonBenet, do you know for sure who killed her?
3. Are you concealing the identity of the person who killed JonBenet?
Series 3: (Patsy Ramsey only)
1. Did you write the ransom note that was found in your house?
2. Regarding the ransom note, did you write it?
3. Is that your handwriting on the ransom note found in your house?
So the results of the polygraph exams leave John and Patsy innocent in the killing of JonBenet and leaves Patsy innocent in the writing of the ransom note. But where does it leave Burke? Of course, that's a rhetorical question, because I know where it leaves Burke, and so should you.
JMO