The small amount of blood for such a brutal crime is another peculiarity of the case. Traces of blood are difficult to remove; so there most likely was not much more if any. I believe that the plumbing was gone over by LE with nothing detected. The blow to the head did not bleed externally. This must have surprised its agent. The conclusion drawn may have been that JB wasn't hurt badly. Or if staging, the desired effect may not have been achieved.
The RN and the WC scene are not connected. There was not enough time to undo BR's mistakes? Patsy did the best she could with the RN, which has an undertone of the Patty Hearst kidnapping for me.
proust20,
The small amount of blood for such a brutal crime is another peculiarity of the case.
So we have JonBenet bleeding, something so obvious to the killer/stager and reflected in Coroner Meyer's opinion that she was wiped down:
December 29, 1996, BPD Search Warrant for Boulder, Colorado 15th Street, Excerpt
Det. Arndt informed Your Affiant that Dr. Meyer stated to her that he observed red stains in the crotch area of the panties that the child was wearing at the time that the child's body was subjected to the external visual examination. Dr. Meyer stated to Det. Arndt that the red stain appeared to be consistent with blood. Det. Arndt further informed the Affiant that Dr. Meyer stated to her that after examining the panties (as described above), he observed the exterior pubic area of the child's body located next to the areas of the panties containing the red stains and found no visible reddish stains in that area. Dr. Meyer stated to Det. Arndt that his opinion is that the evidence observed is consistent with the child's pubic area having been wiped by a cloth.
From Why_Nut's Screen Capture
LAB CLASS XX???-2136(?)-4153(?) SECTION: DNA TESTING
AGENCY(?) NAME – CD0878136 – F2 ACBLDER(?)
EXTRACTED(?) BY: blacked out EXTRACTION DATE: 123196(?)
ABSTRACT(X) AFA(?) ?/? ??? (would this be the control sample?)
RAMSEY, PATSY W/F
RAMSEY, JOHN W/M
RAMSEY, JONBENET W/F
Two lines BLACKED OUT
DATE COMPLETED/JANUARY 13, 1997
EXTRACT(?) DESCRIPTION
#5A,5B# (?) Bloodstains from shirt
#7 Bloodstains from panties
#14B Bloodstain ????? from JonBenet Ramsey
#14J DNA? Or Swab? with Saliva????
#14L, #14M Right and Left hand fingernails from JonBenet Ramsey
#15A, #15B Samples from tape
Bloodstains from white blanket
#17A, #17C Bloodstains from nightgown??
#13A, #13B Semen ??? stain from black blanket
Bloodstain Standard from John Andrew Ramsey
Check all the references to blood in Why_Nut's list above. Is that not an appreciable amount of blood distributed over many items?
i.e. a
small amount of blood seems to have gone a long way, and for a homicide alleged to have happened in the basement
why is the blood confined to the wine-cellar if she was killed and sexually assaulted in the basement?
Bloodstains on the blanket, nightgown, and shirt, size-12's, these are items that should be separated in time and space.
Is it possible JonBenet was assaulted elsewhere in the house, wrapped in a blanket and hidden somewhere in the basement. Later bloodstained items along with other forensic objects were dumped into the wine-cellar?
These are items the killer could not remove, unlike the paintbrush tip, or size-6 Bloomingdales, suggesting two different staging sessions?
The blow to the head did not bleed externally. This must have surprised its agent. The conclusion drawn may have been that JB wasn't hurt badly. Or if staging, the desired effect may not have been achieved.
Yes, could be BR in a panic whacks JonBenet on the head to provide a reason for her being in a coma?
If the whack was a bona fide assault then it's safe to assume JonBenet was stopped in her tracks, knocked out cold?
It's Coroner Meyer's opinion that JonBenet was sexually assaulted:
12-29-1996 Search Warrant for 755 15th Street, Excerpt
Detective Arndt told Your Affiant that she witnessed the autopsy of JonBenet Ramsey which was conducted by Dr. John Meyer on December 27, 1996. Detective Arndt told Your Affiant that she observed Dr. Meyer examine the vaginal area of the victim and heard him state that the victim had received an injury constant with digital penetration of her vagina. Detective Arndt told Your Affiant that Dr. Meyer told her that it was his opinion that the victim had been subjected to sexual contact. For further details on the autopsy see the attached document entitled Addendum To Search Warrant.
Coroner Meyer's Seeks a 2nd Opinion
Foreign Faction by James Kolar, Excerpt
He (Dr. Sirontak) would observe the same injuries that Dr. Meyer had noted during the autopsy protocol and concurred that a foreign object had been inserted into the opening of JonBenét’s vaginal orifice and was responsible for the acute injury witnessed at the 7:00 o’clock position.
JonBenet Autopsy Report, Excerpt
Vaginal Mucosa:
A small number of red blood cells is present on the eroded surface, as is birefringement foreign matarial
According to Steve Thomas the
birefringement foreign matarial was a wooden splinter recovered internally.
So if the above
acute injury witnessed at the 7:00 o’clock position represents staging why bother wiping JonBenet, or even dressing her in long johns?
The RN and the WC scene are not connected. There was not enough time to undo BR's mistakes?
Sure, no time to restage, no time to run clothing through the washing machine, no time to redress JonBenet, just enough time to move her body to the basement?
Patsy did the best she could with the RN,
which has an undertone of the Patty Hearst kidnapping for me.
Did Patty Hearst not suffer from some kidnap syndrome, or was this just a later rationalization for an early release?
The staging is so amateurish it stretches credulity to think it the work of clever adults attempting to hide any family connection to JonBenet's death?