I am new to this forum, so my heartiest hello. First, I commend you all for continuing to seek the truth. As painful or as ugly as the truth in this horrific case may be, I strongly believe it needs to be uncovered and revealed to the world so this case may finally be put to rest. Unlike many of you who having been closely examining this case for years, I have only begun taking an interest in it for a few short weeks now, so please excuse me if I egregiously make an error in fact. After reviewing this site and others, and reading much on the case, Im of the belief that all the physical and circumstantial evidence lends itself to a RDI theory, most likely a BDI theory, with both parents staging a cover-up of the crime or truth to attempt to make it appear that an intruder did it.
I believe the entire case is predicated on four motives: sex, shame, embarrassment and tremendous overwhelming fear. First, on the part of BR in the murder or accidental death of JBR, and second, on the part of the parents in staging a cover-up.
Ive theorized eleven BDI scenarios so farsome involving BR committing premeditated murder, others non-premeditated or accidental death.
Outlined below is the BDI scenario I most suspect. I welcome your highly regarded expert feedback on this and would like to know if any of the purported facts or evidence, that you are all so aware of, outwardly disprove this possible scenario.
[NOTE: I apologize up front for the uncomfortable discussion of child sex below, but it is sadly a huge segment of this case, and the sexual violation of JBR somehow plays into her death no matter whom or what killed her.]
ONE BDI THEORY SCENARIO
Its a fact that JBR often slept with BR in his bed. I think this close bodily contact, late at night, under the covers, warm bodies beside each other, led to touching, cuddling and sexual games. BR was just shy of his 10th birthday and 10-year-old boys are sexually curious. Kids play doctor. Kids play house. Most kids are sexually curious and most kids sexually explore; their own bodies, friends bodies, and sometimes even siblings bodies. Its common.
I think at some point BR began to fondle JBR during these sleep togethers. It was light touching, possibly genital touching, and JBR enjoyed it. Not unheard of for girls as young as 6 to enjoy genital stimulation.
As these nighttime games progressed, BR may have wanted more. He may have wanted JBR to touch his penis or even may have suggested the idea of penis-vagina penetration or oral sex. JBR resisted. That was too much. But the urge to try more may not have been too much for BR. *advertiser censored* was extremely prevalent by 1996 and it would have been easy, even likely, that BR may have been exposed to images of adult hardcore sex by seeing adult magazines, videos or images on the internet. Boys have a way of finding, stealing and getting *advertiser censored*. And pornographic images are designed to stimulate sexual urges which can be overwhelming and confusing to a young boy on the verge of puberty. JBR was also an unusually sexualized child because of her participation in beauty pageants which could have further lead to BRs stimulation.
Approximately a week before JBRs death, BR struck JBR in the face with a golf club. An extremely dangerous act that can potentially maim or kill. Unless this act was a total accident, someone usually strikes someone because they are angry at them or frustrated by them. I theorized BR was sexually frustrated by JBR. He wanted to go further with their nighttime games and she didnt. Hitting her with the golf club was an expression of his growing sexual frustration towards her.
In the early morning hours of the 26th, I think either JBR came to BR (or vice-versa). One or both were hungry and they went to the kitchen for food. They returned to either JBR or BRs room. Got into bed together. Touching began. BR again wanted to go further this time and he did. He either digitally penetrated JBR or penetrated her with his penis, and it broke her hymen. That sharp pain really hurt her. It may have caused bleeding. Reacting to the sharp pain, JBRs first instinct was to go tell their parents on BR. As JBR made a move to go do this, BR got extremely scared. He filled with shame, embarrassment and fear at what he had done to his little sister and the fear of what his parents might do to him. Maybe he even saw that what he did had caused bleeding from JBRs vagina which would have terrified BR. JBR made an attempt to go tell on BR to their parents. Filled with shame and fear, BR tried to stop JBR. In the struggle she was either pushed, tripped or fell resulting in her smashing her head into something hard and cracking her skull. Or its possible, out of sheer panic-stricken terror, that BR struck JBR (again) with the flashlight, the bat or another object to stop her. Either way it resulted in her being knocked unconscious. Now
even more filled with fear, BR is faced with his sister: 1) bleeding from her vagina, 2) intending to tell on him for sexually violating her, and 3) knocked out cold from head trauma and possibly dead. BR may have thought that he had killed her. Bottom line is he was terrified. In his mind, the game of sexual exploration he was playing with his sister moments ago had now turned terrifyingly tragic. Kids fear getting in trouble most of all. They live in fear of doing things that will make their parents angry at them. So
BRs reaction is to avoid taking the blame for his sisters bleeding vagina and death.
So
BR drags JBRs limp and seemingly lifeless body downstairs into the basement. Takes his Swiss Army Knife with him. Penetrates her vagina with the paint brush to make it appear that that act caused her bleeding vagina, not his finger or penis. Ties the noose around JBRs neck (having learned how to tie knots in the Boy Scouts) and strangles her from above causing her death. His plan is to completely deflect the blame of her genital bleeding and death onto other reasoning and/or possibly another person, possibly a mysterious home invader.
At this point, BR may have been caught in the act by one of his parents. Possibly PR heard noises and ended up in the basement and found JBR deadstrangled to death and with a paint brush sticking out of her vagina--and BR with her. This may have resulted in the reported scream. PR screaming upon seeing JBR dead. Or
BR got his parents and showed them JBR in the basement. Either way, the parents immediately know it is BR that did this to his sister, not an intruder. Panic and horror ensue. Their daughter strangled to death, her head smashed and sexually violated by their son, the parents instantly realized theres no way out except to lie about what truly happened. If the truth comes out, that their son raped or violated and killed his sister, even accidentally, they realize Burkes life would be destroyed and their standing as a family in the community and business world would be shattered. Friends, business associates and people in the community would never look at them the same way again. Theyd be pariah, looked at as the bizarre parents of bizarre children involved in a bizarre incestuous murder/death. They would never again be revered, up-standing, Christian pillars of the community. They would have to live the rest of their lives in shame and embarrassment. And the fear of that overwhelmingly terrified them. So they attempt to stage a cover up of the truth. And JR and BR continue to do so until this day.