I have been a visitor to this post often but have rarely posted. I have never believed the Ramseys were guilty of this heinous crime.
I believe the perpetrator(s) of this crime was some narcissistic male, a "friend" of the Ramseys that was seriously jealous of their success. It is obvious they wanted the crime to look as if the Ramseys had done it and covered it up.
I believe this person is someone that had easy access to the Ramsey family, who knew them all personally, and someone with a key.
I do not think this person did it himself. I think he "hired" someone to do it. With access to the house and the close relationship to the family this person could have been in and out of the house anytime.
I think this crime was planned very carefully and methodically. The ransom note could have been written days before on paper that had been taken say from the party on the 23? Think about it...how hard would this be to fabricate if you knew them and had access to their home????? Also if you were going to go to the trouble of kidnapping a child wouldn't you want more than 118k!!!!
Also, the 911 call during the party makes me think the person responsible for her death was at this party and made this call. Maybe to further suggest suspicion on the part of the family. The family is always the first suspect so it is easy to make them appear even more suspicious. As I said before, I think this crime was well planned and I think the whole motive was that someone was jealous of the Ramseys and wanted to absoutely ruin their lives and unfortunately they succeeded.
I think it is ridiculous that people would judge the Ramseys actions after something of this magnitude,,,how do you know how you would react unless it happened to you. People behave differently and I am sure they were in shock! Yet I also think they had a gut feeling the whole time about who may have done this but were so shocked they didn't quite know what to do...except get out of Boulder!
Also, from a psychological perspective...no-one likes a wealthy woman. She is often the subject of scorn and ridicule from others. Also, there are plenty of children that participate in pageants every year...that doesn't make PR and evil person. Had I been active in pageants and been successful, I am sure I would have wanted my child to have that same opportunity.
I have an idea of who I think this person is but I just hate to name someone based on pure speculation........This is just my two-cents worth.
God be with the Ramseys, grant them peace and let us solve this case definitively!