Chewy
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I think tovarisch made an interesting point about it being young people. Every once in a while I consider this scenario and realize how quickly the paradigm changes when it's shifted to a "teen or 22 year old aged person"
Then suddenly the ransom note takes on a whole different meaning. It doesn't sound "fake" any more, instead it sounds "immature" and "ignorant." Especially all the rambling "Ransom" details in the beginning.
Here's an observation from another site that I found intriguing
That plus VICTORY really sounds very different if you picture in your mind, not just a "random intruder" but a group of frat boys that put this together.
At least in my mind anyway. It would also answer a lot of the questions about access to the house, two people working together, why $118,000 was chosen. To a group of young boys, that's a lot of money. And they knew it could be easily gained.
The sarcastic comments are young, but not out of the range of boys trying to sound "older" and more mature.
Then suddenly the ransom note takes on a whole different meaning. It doesn't sound "fake" any more, instead it sounds "immature" and "ignorant." Especially all the rambling "Ransom" details in the beginning.
Here's an observation from another site that I found intriguing
And it was also someone who came from Atlanta. It was finally revealed -- as the result of a false confession by a child molester who came from there, and knew the Ramseys, although casually -- that "SBTC" stands for "Should Be The Conqueror," an expression which had caught on among teenage boys in the Atlanta area, but not elsewhere. In fact, the letter invited John Ramsey to "use your good old Southern common sense," another expression that indicated that the writer came from the South.
That plus VICTORY really sounds very different if you picture in your mind, not just a "random intruder" but a group of frat boys that put this together.
At least in my mind anyway. It would also answer a lot of the questions about access to the house, two people working together, why $118,000 was chosen. To a group of young boys, that's a lot of money. And they knew it could be easily gained.
The sarcastic comments are young, but not out of the range of boys trying to sound "older" and more mature.