SuperDave said:
Yeah. If he knows anything, it will still be a while.
I agree with you, SuperDave. In an earlier post on the now-locked MNSBC Breaking News Thread, I commented (totally personal opinion) that when certain 'eyes that can no longer see and ears that may no longer hear' - so will Burke speak up. This whole situation threw that family under intense scrutiny that there's NO WAY Burke 'slept through it all'.
No way.
He'll speak up. And HIS will be quite a story; he'll get to a stage where he's not only ABLE to separate truth from blunder (and/or a forced silence) - but where he is COMPELLED to understand and repeat everything ON HIS TERMS and relay it all as and how the events unravelled ... in HIS MIND.
He'll never be judged as and when that day comes when he might, or does, try to gain closure. He was as much a victim; he was never allowed to talk - be it the presumed truth or not. Gosh, I'm sure he misses his sister and has missed the hugs, attention and recognition he deserved as A PERSON. He's been a 'background voice and a legal prop', IMO, and qite pitifully so.
It's tragic he's lost his mom; more tragic his sister was murdered while they were both so utterly vulnerbale and completely upsetting that such speculation has controlled or been a major part of his entire young life ... whatever his 'role' was.
He'll have his say, I think. He's long entitled to it. Burke needs his own questions , memories and comments recognised and answered. There HAS to moments, times, conversations and events he's had to block out - but will his reflection on his childhood be that of happy, carefree 'normal' memories?
I think: not.
If (and that's reitereated IN CAPS: IF) Burke was in any way involved - or may remember, well society has a responsibility here and NEEDS to uncover this NOW to avoid another damning situation (for example the murder of Teri and her niece Michelle after Hurricane Ivan, Florida in 2004.) That's IF. And that's not JUST in case he was responsible. It INCLUDES what he witnessed at such a young age. The ABUSED become the ABUSER. His knowledge, frustration or memories may just burst one day and I happen to think mom and dad could have been more honest.
A mystery? Perhaps. To some, not me. IMO.
Best: PSA