*Somewhere, I remember reading that JR stated to Officer French (Boulder Police) that after the 'discovery' of the ransom note, he had personally checked for unlocked doors and windows and found the house locked up as it had been left the night before. Last night, while reading JR's latest book, I see*in Chapter 7 where he laments: " The actual evidence conflicted with the impetuous conclusion of the police, and that became a problem for them. There was foreign male DNA. The footprints and handprints did not match anyone in our family, plus the open window and door were evidence enough that an intruder had entered our house that night. The butler pantry door was open, and the killer may have escaped through that door..."
Whaaat?! Wasn't the handprint proven to be his older daughter's, and didn't someone on the scene after the 911 call say they had opened the butler pantry door? And, of course, there is the contradiction of what he said to Officer French...arrgh! So much in his book seems sincere, but then the inconsistencies rise to the surface.
*Somewhere, I remember reading that JR stated to Officer French (Boulder Police) that after the 'discovery' of the ransom note, he had personally checked for unlocked doors and windows and found the house locked up as it had been left the night before. Last night, while reading JR's latest book, I see*in Chapter 7 where he laments: " The actual evidence conflicted with the impetuous conclusion of the police, and that became a problem for them. There was foreign male DNA. The footprints and handprints did not match anyone in our family, plus the open window and door were evidence enough that an intruder had entered our house that night. The butler pantry door was open, and the killer may have escaped through that door..."
Whaaat?! Wasn't the handprint proven to be his older daughter's, and didn't someone on the scene after the 911 call say they had opened the butler pantry door? And, of course, there is the contradiction of what he said to Officer French...arrgh! So much in his book seems sincere, but then the inconsistencies rise to the surface.
Not interested in finding or interviewing to further look into the possibility of anyone (not even having to include himself or his son) being involved, finding out who murdered his daughter, especially with his deceased and now former wife deceased with no answers. He's down to cash in on it though.
John claims Patsy assisted him in spirit to author his book,
It's a strange idea because at the time the plan was put into effect, JR had to fly his wife and son to the rendezvous spot and pick up his older son, then somehow head to South America. Vast distances and long flight times are involved. We don't even know that his private plane would have had the range to get there, do we? If he planned to fly commercial, he still had to get the older son and then arrive at an international airport. There's never been evidence that he booked tickets to SA, so we have to believe he was just assuming he could get tickets at the airport; but that would also mean he was prepared to wait for a flight once he got to said airport.
Moreover, unless JR already had large sums of money in secret, offshore accounts, he didn't have time once 911 was called to liquidate enough assets to support a long stay in SA.
So why initiate a plan (the RN, etc.) that would necessarily bring the police to the house at such an early hour? If his destination were Bolivia, JR could have left JBR in the cellar, locked up the house and told the pilot that JonBenet was staying with her grandparents. This would have given him time to get everyone else to SA. The ransom note did not.
By the time JR was heard arranging a trip to Atlanta in the afternoon, he may have been trying to get PR and BR away from Boulder police interrogation, but the body had been found and it was rather late to flee the country without being noticed.
http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-the-other-side-of3/
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Tricia
I wouldn't give him the time of day, let alone buy his cruddy bs book.
There's this invention. You may have heard of it. It's called a library.
BBMI wouldn't even borrow it.
I didn't want to give John money, but my audible credits are stacking up and I needed to get more of a feel of John himself. I'm halfway through. I'd like to flame this book, but I can't. My complaints about DOI was that it was more about John and Patsy dealing with the media, the police and the world than it was about the loss of their daughter. It showed arrogance. I didn't get the agony of loosing your daughter to murder in that book.*snip*
I didn't want to give John money, but my audible credits are stacking up and I needed to get more of a feel of John himself. I'm halfway through. I'd like to flame this book, but I can't. My complaints about DOI was that it was more about John and Patsy dealing with the media, the police and the world than it was about the loss of their daughter. It showed arrogance. I didn't get the agony of loosing your daughter to murder in that book.
This book is the paint-by-the-numbers story that DOI should have been. John goes into the pain of loosing his two daughters and his wife. I haven't been able to get as much of a sense of the pain of loosing JB. His description about loosing Beth and Patsy are more pronounced, but there was much more happening in his life when JB died. I'm not making excuses for it. John should have been in the Boulder police department every day after his daughter's death. He needed to forget about getting his life back and been so angry with the killer that he would have pealed the man's flesh off with a cheese grater if he was given the chance. His actions were unforgivable after his daughters death and I dance on the grave of his failed business due to his failed humanity.
I will, however, say that this book is exactly what's expected from a grieving husband and parent. I disagree with the premise that the loss of loved ones are lessons from God. I've been scarred by every loss in my life and there's an emptiness that I'll never get back. None of that has ever made me stronger or better. Somehow, somewhere, there needs to be a religious parable when bad things happen. It's all God's plan--No, it's life.
I also love the arrogance of being a rich westerner and becoming a missionary for the poor and starving in other countries. In one hand you offer food and in the other you give a bible. But hey, he made the world a better place right?
Imagine a book where John uses the stories of his life to describe how he came back to hope and happiness. Throw in some random religious, historical and literary quotes and you have this book. It's a faith affirming story. What's left out is truth and honesty. John and Patsy never argued. They never had any arguments about how to discipline their children. There were no problems in the family and everyone loved each other and got along all the time. No talk about the intimate life between a husband and wife and what a major hysterectomy can do to the intimacy of a marriage. No issues of jealousy. No talk about putting the daughter into a high pressure environment. They were a happy family all the time. That's the problem I have with these stories; they're not honest. But it's exactly the story it should be. John even addresses the readers and offers comfort that they'll get through their own loss with faith.