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Why is a man who is ignorant regarding who killed JonBenet want to flee the scene of a crime?.
There seemed a real effort to keep Burke out of the picture and not speak to anyone. He exhibited no inquisitiveness as to his sister's whereabouts. You would think he'd be asked if there were any good hiding places in the home and be asked to show them.
Patsy, who despite being able to make the 911 call and the call to her friends, devolved into a blubbering, vomiting mess once everyone arrived- certainly she was distraught, but some found the severity of her grief as more of a performance that kept her evasive and through her fingers covering her face, watchful of the police. She did no searching of her own- even by her own accounts, she did not look into the basement after finding the ransom note and checked only JonBenet's room and (possibly) Burke's.
John while unnaturally calm, was seen as somewhat helpful that morning, and also seemed inquisitive about what had happened. The desire to leave, not answering questions, etc. that all happened once the body was found.
I think a lot of this case is who knew what and when. I'm leaning more towards the idea that no Ramsey knew everything and still does not. Even in the interviews that took place years later, John and Patsy had conflicting accounts, and Burke's were even more different. As they years continued to pass, their stories became self-conflicting. Even by the Dr Phil interview, John and Burke didn't seem to have all their ducks in a row. I think the individual lawyers helped each person structure a story that served them best though they had to evolve as more evidence was found. The lawyers themselves probably don't know what happened- their only concern was maintaining their client's innocence.
At first it seems absurd when the Ramsey's themselves claim to have not spoken about the case, never read the whole ransom note, never read the autopsy, hardly ever read the reports either from the detectives, their own investigators, or the news in general. By now, their lack of clarity both individually and as a group seems to convey a sense that they knew something bad happened, they each played a part, but it was best to leave it at that and stand together- unwilling to further their losses or lose faith in their family.
So, is it possible the family never spoke among themselves in detail? Burke may have had knowledge about the initial incident, but not the staging/ransom. Patsy seems most closely linked to the ransom note and staging, but if BDI, may not have known what actually occurred. John may have been involved in the staging or may have known nothing until his lost time the next morning. He may have pieced enough together on his own to decide to get Burke out, keep Patsy at a distance, and go explore the basement on his own. Once the body was brought up, he decided to circle the wagons and retreat. I also get the sense that the extended family was told nothing more than to support the family and avoid speaking about it.
Again, while most seem to believe that when the police showed up at their door on the 26th that the Ramsey's were all in collusion, I think what it was more a group that stuck together no matter what and didn't ask about what they didn't want to know.
