No argument there, BR was quite a bit taller.
I do believe whoever hit JonBenet in the head did so in a rage. And possibly she was laying down and the person doing the hitting was standing above when they lashed out to quiet her when she screamed Christmas night. I do think that striking out in a rage can give the person more strengh.
I agree she was struck in anger. It makes a lot of difference what the murder weapon was. I can't really see BR being able to swing the flashlight hard enough to cause that kind of injury. Could be wrong, but it seems more likely to me that if BR cause the head injury he did it with a golf club or a bat.
From way back, I've been a BDI. I believe if Burke caused his sisters death, that would be the only reason the parents would stage a coverup to protect the person responsible and would not go to the trouble of covering for each other.
Patsy and John Ramsey had a standing in the community. They were wealthy and wanted everyone to know. They also were arrogrant and could not have lived with the fact their son was involved in the death of his younger sister. Even if the laws in Colorado at the time prevented a child that age from being charged or convicted in a crime of this type.
But if Burke did it, then the Rs, and Burke, will live with the fact that he was involved in death of his sister. They only thing they attempt to gain by staging is that the general public won't know he did it.
I suspect that friends and family already wonder about it, so what really has been achieved?
The staging tends to implicate the Rs. Life in prison is a pretty steep price to pay to prevent the general public from knowing that your son accidentally killed his sister.
There seems to be the notion that the Rs would do ANYTHING to prevent some public embarrassment. But I'm unwilling to go along with that POV. It seems to me the risk is out of all proportion to gain, and I don't believe JR got where he was by making fools choices.
I have to go to work now, so I don't have time to offer my thoughts on what would have happened had they simply called 911 and admitted that BDI.
I'd like to hear from any BDI theorist on what would have played out had the Rs not staged an intruder kidnapper, but simply called 911.
This is all, of course, my own opinion. But, I'm sticking to it.
PS: If anyone has that photo, can you post it here for all of us to see the difference in the children's size. Thanks.