Ok, so can I assume you subscribe to either the bedwetting (shoved into an object) or the molestation by JR (hit accidentally/purposely by the flashlight) theory?
Regardless, the head bash happened either in her room or in her bathroom on the second floor.
Now we have an unconscious JBR and either one (PR) or both parents wishing to cover for themselves and what occurred.
So, then, why do they carry her to the basement?
Nice, out of the way place.
When did the 'ransom' idea come to them?
First hour or so, would be my guess.
So, now she is in the basement, unconscious.
She is placed on her back, her clothing removed and the paintbrush shoved in hard enough to cause bleeding. Was the paintbrush used because it was handy or was this the reason for her being placed in that area (the paintbrush was near)?
Handy, I'd say.
If it was done to cover the prior sexual assault then the head bash must have been inflicted with the flashlight by PR following finding JR molesting her, otherwise, why do it at all?
Well, I sort of agree with that idea.
How would PR know she had been molested by JR prior to that night? Doesn't seem right that she was head bashed before he confessed to his previous behaviour?
My idea is that JB let it slip.
Then she was wiped, with what?
Then her clothing was replaced. She was rolled onto her stomach -- why?
Make it easier to strangle her. Easier at least in the sense that they wouldn't have to look her in the face.
.Then the cord was wrapped around her neck and pulled tight till she died. It was then tied off with a knot and the paintbrush was broken at both ends
Sounds right.
The brush end was put back in the tote and the other end (with blood on it?) was put where??
God knows.
The long piece of the cord was wrapped around the (paintbrush) stick, why? Then her arms were tied with 15" of cord between them, why?
Lack of experience.
Then one of the parents moved the suitcase under the window and opened it.
I thought it was FW who put it under. And whether or not they opened it is debatable.
They then went upstairs, took the batteries out of the flashlight and wiped them, replaced them and wiped the flashlight outside. What did they wipe it with? Why did they leave it on the bench rather than replace it in the drawer? It was the murder weapon, wouldn't that look suspicious?
What's suspicious about a home flashlight?
They then wrote the RN. Why was it so long?
Patsy's agitated mental state and theatrical nature.
Why did it threaten to behead her and deny her remains for burial, when she was downstairs strangled?
To sound impressive.
Why was the RN left on the stairs rather than on her bed?
That's EXACTLY the point! It just HAPPENED to be left in a spot where Patsy was KNOWN to leave things out of habit. HMM!
Why did they call 911 at 6am rather than earlier or later? Why didn't they wait till after 10am to call the cops, thus obeying their own instructions?
Not obeying their own instructions presents a reason for JB to be dead, doesn't it?
Why did JR go to the basement and find JBR then pick her up and carry her upstairs and ruin all their good work in staging the crime as a kidnapping gone wrong?
You'll have to forgive me, but the notion that doing so would "ruin their good work" has never held any truck with me.
Please RDI, kindly help me to understand your theory.
Anything I can do to help, I will do.