Pineapple doesn't take more than maybe 3 hours to metabolize in the slowest metabolic system. It doesn't matter WHO you are.
Actually it does. It would depend on what was in the stomach before, If that person has digestive issues or conditions. It does matter.
the quotes I posted earlier indicate that the whites were questioned about pineapple being served that night, and the answer was "no."
What's interesting to consider is that the Rs became aware of a great deal of info regarding the case prior to being questioned, which included autopsy info. Any questions they answered on the 26th were posed in the context of a kidnapping. Once her body was found, focus turned toward LE trying to secure the crime scene and clearing the house, and explaining to JR that they couldn't leave the state.
Completely distancing themselves from any knowledge of a post party snack effectively removes the Rs "from the scene of the crime." Perhaps they didn't want to say "well maybe she snuck down later and made a snack" b/c that could lead to questions about whether or not Burke was with her.
No it doesn't. It can not be both ways.. that they planned this well enough to not get caught but then lied about something obvious. It is obvious that they did not lie. They did not try and cover it up, They just didn't know she ate it.
A couple of links...If you could provide me with some links to research that indicates such, it would help tremendously. Everything I've read contradicts that, so I'm eager to see what variations would contribute to hours and hours for digestion of pineapple. Thanks!
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Based on the condition of the pineapple in her intestine, the experts estimated that jonbenet had eaten it an hour and a half or two hours before she dies, most likely after the family returned home that night. However, one Boulder medical examiner stated it could have been eaten as early as 4:30 p.m. before the Ramseys left their home for a dinner at the Whites. If Jonbenet had eaten the pineapple after 10:30 p.m., that made the approximate time of death not earlier than midnight. PMPT; p. 777-778
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I don't see how people think it is weird that they don't remember her eating it. She is 6 not 3. She can get food for herself and she can feed herself. So that she got it and ate it and they did not know, Does not strike me as odd at all.
Here's our exchange upthread at #358:
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I don't know why people think that there is no possibility she got [the pineapple] herself. My kids go in the fridge and get things all the time without me knowing.
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I believe people tend to discount the possibility because both parents do in their 1998 statements. John says he didn't think JBR could open the walk-in fridge door. Patsy says no, JBR wouldn't have gotten the pineapple herself.
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So what's odd is that, to get the pineapple herself, JBR would have had to get it from the fridge, and neither parent supported that theory.
I don't see how people think it is weird that they don't remember her eating it. She is 6 not 3. She can get food for herself and she can feed herself. So that she got it and ate it and they did not know, Does not strike me as odd at all.
A walk-in fridge? Is that like a walk-in refrigerator you see in large commercial settings? Is that what the Ramsey's had in their home and where the pineapple was stored?
Then why not say "we had pineapple in the house, she could have had some"?
This lie is very telling
The reason it seems suspicious is kind of being lost in this debate.
The pineapple itself doesn't matter.
If you believe RDI, I'm sure that would have been the last thing on their minds, as it wasn't incriminating and a whole lot of other stuff had to be dealt with. I don't think they'd be thinking about it being found in her stomach and causing any problems, but if they did, I think they would indeed just make up a plausible story - "we gave her some pineapple and she went to bed shortly after." There's no reason for them to deny the obvious when they could easily explain it.
The problem is that it gives the impression (which may be completely incorrect, but it still stands out) that they had a narrative for what happened- a prepared story. They get it all nailed down about what they will say about putting her to bed and finding the ransom note and the timeline and all that, and say she was asleep and went right to bed, because that's an easy, safe story. They forget she had a quick snack the night before because there were so many other details to focus on. After being insistent that she'd gone straight to bed, they get caught off guard by the questions about when she would have had the snack, because if they acknowledge it, it looks like they are changing the story. Obviously, denying it also comes across badly, but they were so committed to the narrative that they deny it because they are flustered, instead of trying to make up some reason they forgot to mention that.
It's the fact that the snack isn't in their story that is weird - if they had said JB was up and out of sight while they cleaned up presents, it would be more plausible that she just got it herself or something. But when you say a child went right to bed, that story is now pretty limited and you can't say that you just forgot that a particular thing happened. Anything that occurred would directly contradict going right to bed. And if it had somehow slipped their mind or they knew she sometimes got up for a snack, you'd expect them to be like "oh, yeah, that pineapple, she must have had a bite on her way upstairs" not "no." It just seems like they have a story prepared - that's what makes it suspicious. Not telling, but curious.
Man, the more I look at that floor plan..the more i realize what an effin' maze that house was!! How could a complete stranger navigate that place!!!