Hola all - I've had yet another hiatus. Life happening, unplanned as usual.
Just to devil's advocate...should I start a new thread? Not sure...
Anyway, what, just what if the Ramseys were innocent...and the reason it's all so screwed up & backwards is because they didn't know precisely what they needed to cover. This exercise in well, futility, I imagine, doesn't paint a good picture of them. Here's what I'm thinking - they are 'powerful' 'important' folks, right? So, something happens to their daughter, unfortunately as impossible as it sounds to good & well-adjusted humble parents, they think they only about protecting themselves from an investigation they know will focus on them (most of these crimes are on the part of the parents) and they think, we'll protect ourselves, get our own, we aren't 'average', etc., etc. So, they come up with, or try to come up with some simple scenario...starting with their daughter asleep & carried up to bed.....otherwise, too complex, they might not know she was up, ate snacks, god knows what...because they are innocent...? Now, this scenario does not account for so many factors...just to begin with the ransom note...did they invent that, and when, did they already find her body, or did they not? They do seem the type of folks who would think they are above the law & even in these circumstances cover their own butts even if they were innocent. Just thinking....
Either that or they are accidental geniuses in the complexity or true genius...all the niggly details will NEVER add up....either that is fluke or intention. One thing that bugs me (oh, yeah, just one, pleeze..don't get me started..anyway) - & shows this 'complexity' is the semen & kid blanket in that suitcase by window. Now, whats with that? Creepy all the way around. However, maybe they thought to throw a kids blanket in a suitcase to make it seem as if someone is planning an abduction, now, first who plans with a suitcase (patsy's idea?) and they probably didn't know about semen...this is a detail that is either fluke or genius....I don't know! This is how I ALWAYS feel!! Why oh why do I do this to myself...