Several months back when I discovered the interrogation questions regarding the laundry room photos of Jonbenet, I was pretty stunned. Since that time, I have read and re-read those interviews several times, and it DOES seem to me that Haney and Demuth are trying to get at 2 different things in their questioning of photographs in the laundry room. TD is clearly asking about photographs of Jonbenet physically located in the basement laundry room. TH appears to be asking PR about photographs taken of Jonbenet IN the laundry room. But upon further reading, I think what TH is getting at is the location of a camera in the laundry room, not so much a photo of Jonbenet shot in the laundry room and later located in the laundry room. At this moment (and lord knows my thoughts might change tomorrow), I think TH's question about whether Patsy would run and get a camera if Jonbenet did something cutesy in the laundry room, was meant to focus on why a camera would be down there. JMO
Moving on, several things of interest struck me this morning regarding cameras and video.
1. No video taken of Christmas morning. John claimed he forgot to charge the batteries. I find a few things interesting about this. It was unusual for this family NOT to take video of Christmas morning, and John seems to offer up this piece of information out of the clear blue.
2. The still camera was used in place of the video camera to visually record Christmas morning. Were there many pictures taken of the event, or just a few? I don't know...I've only seen a few. One would assume there were many, since this is a recording of an event in the life of your children that is a pretty big deal, right? On this same camera, we find odd random shots of a cluttered hallway, note pad on a table, etc. Both PR and JR claim they didn't take those shots. Okay, then who did?
3. Video tapes scattered on playroom floor. I suppose this isn't a completely odd thing to discover in a home that wasn't very well kept to begin with, but when you look at that in light of the other odd occurrences regarding the still camera and the video camera, it stands out.
4. Another interesting tidbit...the binoculars located on the top of the armoire in JAR's room ending up on the floor. JR offers up a strange explanation for that if you recall. He used them to watch for unknown cars in the neighborhood when he thought his daughter was missing? Okay. But why were these binoculars stored in this particular location to begin with? Is someone an avid birdwatcher or something? One thing I noticed about this location is that this particular window is sort of catty cornered to Jonbenet's bedroom balcony. I can't help but wonder if one could see into her room from this particular location.
Just some random morning thoughts to ponder.
Nice points of interest to ponder, Kat.
Access to all crime scene photos would be of tremendous value to us. Many of the CS photos that we are familiar with today are thanks to Lou Smit for selling them.
Retired Lou Smit glosses right over what I believe is one of the most compelling pieces of evidence during his JR interview with regards to the very
photo taken before the children awoke on Christmas morning. Smit wanted the snapshot to be taken at the end of the roll because, otherwise, that would conflict with his intruder theory. The Ramsey's hired Smit. Many people made money from this beautiful child's brutal killing and many lost immensely.
The
"would you go grab a camera if she was doing something cutesy" question does not seem to imply grabbing a
video camera. Or does it? Patsy paid multiple professionals to take copious amounts and abundantly enough pictures of herself and her dysfunctional family. John seemed to be the videographer and photographer for the more intimate family gatherings.
1. Was the
video camera w/dead batteries taken into evidence? There is a still photo of a seemingly strained Patsy holding onto JonBenet a bit too tightly perhaps. When that photo was snapped, was JB already disappointed after opening the "casket" and seeing her Twinn Doll? [Patsy's thoughts initially]
2. Patsy knew the Christmas pictures were damaging yet she said, "It's nothing." She denied the tissue box was hers. She denied the pineapple setup. She could not remember when her daughter last bathed. She changed her story on which clothes JB wore to bed. She could not identify their flashlight from the picture, possibly due to fingerprint powder. She thinks it may be her daughter's little coat inside of her white Jaq shown to her in photo 63. Well, I think her sweater fibers are part of the garrote. She sent Burke away but warned residents to "keep your babies close". She owned a sailboat named "Miss America" yet never achieved or otherwise earned the title herself. She purchased writing pads that floated. She wrote the RN with a Sharpie to disguise her handwriting. She claimed her housekeeper asked to borrow money but that may be false. She never wore the red jacket into the basement. What was she wearing when she entered the basement to wrap gifts at midday on Christmas?
3. Video tapes are scattered on the floor in JAR's bedroom, too. And no way was the packing for the birthday cruise near completion although PR claimed she packed pull-up diapers for her 6yo daughter.
4. JAR was across the country in Georgia with an alibi. If JAR was a rock climber, as such, most likely, he possessed a compass, binoculars, ropes, backpacks that were stored in his bedroom that was two blocks from where he lived at university. Fibers vacuumed from JB's bed were consistent with the paper bag from JAR's bedroom. Those paper bag fibers may have been found inside the coroner's body bag, too. JAR had a suitcase with a dried DNA stained duvet hidden inside, along with an adult Dr. Seuss book. Duvet fibers were lifted from JB's favorite white blanket, iirc. Now how does that happen without JonBenet being in contact with the duvet or the one who stained it?
JR admits moving the blue Samsonite from the upstairs laundry area then downstairs to the basement laundry area. No one admitted to taking JonBenet's picture in the laundry room.
Did JAR wear size 8 1/2 Hi-Techs or have access to beaver hair like the one found on the tape that was placed on JB?
Has it been determined if the stack of pictures next to PR's paint tote could be the pictures located in the basement that is mentioned during Patsy's interview? Didn't PR enter the interview one morning, and without provocation, volunteered for clarity, that she cropped photos for portfolio purposes and kept paper cutter equipment in the basement?
SMO
