"There are experts that believe the blow was struck first."
Yes.
"And it makes more sense, if you study the lack of function in how the garrote was constructed, being tied with her hair entagled in the knot, not something you do on a concious victim. The garrote smells staging."
Absolutely! The garrote was purely for visual effect. The FBI CASKU division went over it and said that the ligature, the wrist ties and the sexual assault were staging. They based that on several facts: 1) the autopsy showed no real damage to the neck internals; 2) the garrote was constructed in such haste that the killer tied her hair into it and was constructed in a way where it effectiveness as a practical weapon was very limited; 3) the wrist ties were so loose, the coroner was able to just slip them off; 4) the injuries from the sexual assault were minimal, not at all like you'd find from a prolonged session of molestation; 5) a ransom note was left. The motivations of pedophile kidnappers and ransom kidnappers are different as night and day. Pedophiles don't leave notes asking for money. If an intruder broke in intending to molest her and kill her, then decided to leave a note, wouldn't it read more like, "Do you know where your daughter is? I do. She's a great



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"I do not recall an "expert" who thought as you said. Do you have particulars?"
I do, Wudge. Werner Spitz, Tom Henry and Henry Lee are just two of them.
"I have no recollection whatsover of Dr. Lee saying that."
Look in his book "Cracking More Cases."
"This poor innocent six year old child was not only murdered, she was grossly TORTURED. And this FREAK Dr. Lee has the absolute solid brass dingle-dangles to even IMAGINE that there was NO killer???"
You don't understand, doc. There's no real evidence that she felt anything beyond the head blow.
"By reading tho autopsy you see that the strangulation is a very gentle one. No trauma to the bottom of the tongue or the thyroid cartilage. This impliactes that the garrote was staging. If the garrote was staging then why?"
Exactly! Why would a sexual predator intruder stage a scene to LOOK like a sexual predator intruder?
"Cause of death is asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma. No indication of which happened first. The brain was swollen, IMO indicating that the blow happened first."
Yes. People forget that it's actually common to have massive skull fractures with no bleeding at all. Her brain swelled against the skull. That's the important part.
"I agree tumble. I believe that someone (Patsy) went into a rage and pushed or threw JB against a fixture in her bathroom. She didn't mean to kill her but she didn't call 911 either. I think that when Hennry Lee states it may be an accident, he is thinking along those lines. JMO"
Yes, when he says "accident," he means the murder was not intentional, but more along the lines of, "Oh, God! She's dead! I didn't mean to hit her so hard! i just wanted her to be quiet," etc, etc.