Holdontoyourhat said:
The crime scene was staged, IMO.
An intruder staged a brutal child murder to appear as a kidnapping for ransom. The ruse was directed at JBR's parents and police, and lasted for several hours.
The intruder left a long ransom note in a conspicuous place, to be found by the parents before they found JBR. She was left in a remote corner of the basement.
Holdontoyourhat, I dont see anything wrong with your theory as far as it goes. But I think there are indications and even some evidence that point away from your theory.
To start with I think that had there been someone stalking the Ramseys, they would have noticed, probably not at the time, but in retrospect after the murder I think they would have remembered some strange behaviour by someone who would have been hanging around them before the murder.
I also think that after the murder, a person such as you suggest as being responsible would have bragged about it to some, if not many of his acquaintances. I imagine any acquaintances of his would have been prepared to go for the reward and he would have been exposed by now. I also think he would have offended more than once and his DNA would have gotten on the national database and so he would have been identified by the DNA evidence that was left behind on the panties, under the fingernails, and in the pubic hair on the blanket.
I also think that someone who was into the drama and ostentatious display of staging a body that he had molested and violently murdered with two!! murder weapons, as being the victim of a fake a kidnapping plus his leaving behind a verbose and histrionic ransom note would be quite some odd guy and would have come to the attention of LE by now. I just dont think people as deranged as this blend into society too well and that someone, somewhere would have pointed the finger at him by now.
I also find it very hard to understand how anyone, and you must be one of them, who thinks that Patsy is telling the truth. To me she comes across as someone who is so clearly lying, that it must be obvious to everyone. But that is just a matter of opinion.
There is evidence I think, that points away from your theory. A few that come to mind are the pineapple, the extra tie in her hair, the red heart drawing on the hand, the body wrapped in the blanket. There is also the chronic inflammation of JonBenets thyroid, which I see as evidence that she had been subjected to the application of breath controlling cords around her neck on many previous occasions.
I would like to know more about the intricacies of the knots and loops and the precise arrangement the wrist cords on the body as I think this information would give further indications as to their purpose and therefore the reason she died.
How do you think the perpetrator kept JonBenet quiet as he was taking JonBenet from her bed to the basement, and during the sexual assault, which I understand you believe that he committed also? This is pretty important to the credibility of your theory, as she would surely have been able to scream during this time. Maybe you think he applied a gag to her mouth before he took her from her bed. But if that was so, there would have been a functional gag found on her mouth and not that tape that I suspect was only a fake gag placed there after death, because I cannot see such a short length of tape actually working as a real gag.
I probably havent got your full theory correct, I was guessing a bit, so please tell me if and where Im wrong.
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