Havent I been saying that the killer may have stalked the Ramseys?
Why would that be my argument when the killer DID take the victim to the basement. :blushing:
I'm saying that it doesn't make sense to say that someone who highly premeditated the crime would take the risk. If the Intruder went to all that trouble to set up the ransom note and preplanned the mutilation of the body, then he'd not likely just "RISK IT" when it came to being detected.
This suggests a few things. One is that he didn't act alone. There could have been someone else in the house to write the ransom note and stay in the kitchen waiting to hear if the house awoke.
Having a weapon on hand would only make sense if you had the ability to use it. Meaning the second person would need to be waiting upstairs prepared to "act" if he heard people upstairs making noise.
Exactly. So that eliminates someone who premeditated the crime to the extent that you suggest in trying to write the note to "get the attention of the FBI"
I know you are and it doesn't make any sense. That's what I'm saying.
Yep we've seen people do this many times. Adam Leroy Lane for example broke into a house and attacked a 16 year old girl while her parents were sleeping in the other room. The parents awoke and ran in to stop him. The mother held onto the blade of the knife in order to save her daughter. Turned out the guy was a serial killer.
But this was not a highly premeditated "I'm writing the ransom note to get the attention of the FBI" type serial killer. Those ones stalk their prey carefully and avoid detection.
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Exactly. This is why I'm saying you need to spell it out step by step. Because it doesn't add up when you just jump around the theory like a pinball game. But you can deduct information about the chain of events that will lead you to a specific direction.
I think this is why so many people finally turned to RDI, because the more you look at how this thing was supposed to have gone down, the more it doesn't make sense.
If JBR was found in the basement garotted and dead, then it would make more sense to me that someone broke in and killed her. But that ransom note just doesn't make any sense.
Because they heard them in the house. Because Burke said the man took Jonbenet to the basement. Any number of reasons. Like I said, John could have been looking for a baseball bat or golf club and trying to run down while Patsy was on the phone. I AM NOT SAYING THIS HAPPENED I'm saying the criminal would have no way of knowing it wasn't happening. Even if he shoots John in the basement, there are TWO OTHER PEOPLE in the house who could be on the phone with the police and catch the guy in the act.
So this risk taking gives us important information. And so does the ransom note. The note being written in the house is ALSO a risk. It also indicates things in the note that let us know they knew John Ramsey, at least who he was. So that suggests careful stalking, not random serial killer psycho breaks in.
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I realize that Im not going to convince you of anything, but I missed this post and now that Ive discovered it, I cant resist responding!
How would the killer know that he wasnt seen entering (or leaving) the house? How would he know he hadnt tripped a silent alarm? How would he know that he wouldnt be captured on a security camera? Etc...
How would the killer know that Burke didnt see him? Because Burkes bedroom door was closed. Because it was the middle of the night Christmas night and as such it would be reasonable to assume that people were sleeping.
How would he know someone didnt hear him? Because he was cautious, and quiet, and sneaky, and he watched and listened (while writing the note, perhaps) until he felt certain that it was safe to act.
It may not make sense to you that someone who premeditated this crime would take such a risk as entering the basement, but this is no more than an argument from personal incredulity, and it ignores the fact that offenders of this sort engage in high risk activity as a matter of course. They just simply dont believe that theyre going to get caught. Narcissism, arrogance, etc?
It would not be possible to carry out a crime of this sort without assuming some risk. Just how much risk a person is willing to assume in any given situation depends on the individual and on what it is that they are trying to achieve.
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