*snip*Someone in another thread pointed out that in this video (it is clearer on Dateline, as you said) John is wearing the medal for talent JB won at her last pageant. John told Anderson Cooper this story about how Crazy Aunt Pam had been mystically moved to grab it for him during her raid on the 28th even though he forgot to ask for it. He said JB gave it to him and it's so special that he carries it with him always. (At the very least it's a nice prop to pull out for TV interviews - Barbra Walters ate it up). But if he wore it out of the house that day clearly that never happened.
This is petty but I detected a hint of BS about his spiel on AC360 and was a little pleased to catch him in a fib, if that is indeed footage from the 26th. Both Ramseys (but Patsy especially) liked to talk about their religion as if they were so faithful that God was especially looking out for them. Not only did God cure her cancer, but he sent Patsy an "angel" who looked like Beth at her last clinic visit. And as Patsy told the Christian Broadcast Network in 2000, why would God cure her of cancer if he knew she'd go on to kill her daughter? (Of course, it did come back after the murder...) And someone up there wanted John to have JB's medal after her murder; the subtext is that would only happen to a faithful, god-fearing man, not a guy who was involved in his daughter's death.
This is the kind of logic that appeals to some of the Ramseys' most ardent supporters, like Lou Smit and Crazy Aunt Pam. The Ramseys are good Christians, ergo they could not do this and lie about it. It's good for TV and the Rams probably believe or have rationalizations for most of what they're saying. But I find it a bit over the top at times.
COURIC: You wrote quite poignantly, John, about a little pageant medallion...
Mr. RAMSEY: Mm-hmm.
COURIC: ...that you got from the house after JonBenet died that you wear around your neck.
Mr. RAMSEY: Mm-hmm.
COURIC: Do you wear that every day?
Mr. RAMSEY: Yes, I do. Wear it all the time, 24 hours a day.
COURIC: Can you show it to me? Or...
Mr. RAMSEY: Mm-hmm.
COURIC: Is it possible to get under there and...
Mr. RAMSEY: It's--this medal JonBenet won at her last little pageant. It was the Christmas pageant in early December, and JonBenet had won the Overall Talent award. And she took it off and came over and put it around my neck. And it was just her way of saying, 'Dad, I did really good in my talent.' And after she died, I--I thought--I wanted--I want that medal. That's the one thing of hers I want. And Pam went over to the house, Patsy's sister, in those early days to get some things so we could go back to Atlanta for the funeral. And she came up to me, she says, 'I don't know why, but I had this strange sensation I needed to give you this medal.' It was this medal. And that was, to me, a message that JonBenet delivered that said, 'I'm OK.' Because only she and I knew the significance of that medal. And only she knew that--that that's what I wanted.
Ms. RAMSEY: And it belonged on her dad.
Mr. RAMSEY: So it's never left my neck.
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Dr Hodges, in his book Who Will Speak for JonBenet, thinks the reason why John insists on always wearing JonBenet's pageant medal around his neck is because it's a form of undoing for him (i.e. I put something around your neck, so now I'm going to have something always around mine).