otg
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When this occurred, there was no such thing as "touch DNA." DNA testing was only done on areas that were known (or at least suspected) to have bodily fluids (blood, saliva, etc.). When the tDNA testing was developed, the DA at the time (Mary Lacy) had some selected items submitted for testing. I don't think the RN was one of those things tested. Neither do I think testing it would prove anything conclusive that couldn't be explained away -- considering it was written on a pad that the Ramseys admitted belonged to Patsy and that John Ramsey handed over to investigators. Anyone in the house (or who had even been there) could have handled the pad or any of the pages in it.This is very important. PR claims to have picked the RN pages up off the staircase. Paper is extremely absorbant, and her fingerprints and her TouchDNA would be left on those pages - if she had picked the pages up as she claimed. Given that it is large notepad paper and not some small card stock, one would not be to pick the pages up by only holding the edges. And there are NO fingerprints, and NO TouchDNA, so whoever wrote the RN wore gloves, and whoever placed it on the stairs wore gloves. If PR wrote the RN and placed the pages on the stairs, she was wearing gloves. Whoever wiped down the flashlight and batteries was wearing gloves. Were any animal (beaver or wolf or other) found anywhere other than with JBR?