questfortrue,
The big Q is, how does Beckner differentiate staging from an actual assault with the paintbrush, he must know something we do not?
The parents version of events is suspect, so JonBenet quite likely visited the toilet on returning from the White's? Bed wetting does not explain the size-12's, it might explain another size-6 pair, taken from her underwear drawer, but not size-12's, which even JR and PR would recognize are inappropriate size-wise, remember PR stated she fetched the long johns from JonBenet's bathroom drawer, so size-6 underwear would be easily available, and pushing on an open door, there would be nothing to prevent any urine-soaked size-6 underwear from being hand-washed and tumble dried then replaced on JonBenet. Why, because we know there was a staged homicide and the parents had all night to do it.
Highly likely, although Coroner Meyer patently has an opinion regarding why the bloodstain on the size-12's did not match any visible source?
Applying KISS and Occam principles here: The person who whacked JonBenet on the head, assumed she was either unconscious or dead, and proceeded with postmortem behavior, i.e. using the paintbrush?
Not quite, since its never been revealed that BR's touch-dna was not present, similarly for the size-12's, and long johns, in theory only PR's touch-dna should be on the latter?
Also there is no way to tie the knots on the ligature/paintbrush device while wearing gloves, so these were not worn by the person who asphyxiated JonBenet.
The parents fibers are there because they are implicated, not because they assaulted JonBenet, but because they fabricated a staged crime-scene.
One aspect of this case I feel I have resolved is whether it was an accident: and I reckon a sexual assault, a head injury and deliberate asphyxiation resulting in death was no accident!
Assuming Occam, or KISS: Whatever the sequence of events, someone deliberately inflicted three separate injuries on JonBenet then cleaned her up, and staged another crime-scene.
Since we have the parents forensic evidence at a crime-scene they claim no knowledge of, in fact they say JonBenet was abducted from her bed, so in principle JR's fibers should not be on the size-12's, and we know Patsy was ignorant about their use, q.v. her size-12 legend, the only way to explain this is if the parents enacted part of the staging? As indirect corroboration the GJ indicted both parents for child neglect and assisting a homicide.
So it appears to me that one person did it all, except the majority of the staging which was developed by the parents to mask those injuries which would be visible to the naked eye, i.e. internal injury and bruising to JonBenet's neck?
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Wow, a detailed response to my 4 month old post!
I’ve said before there are three things I’m sure about - that JB endured prior sexual abuse, that Patsy wrote the note, and that there was no intruder.
About Beckner -
Yes, how does Beckner infer it’s staging vs. an actual assault? Here are his words from the AMA - "While the head wound would have eventually killed her, the strangulation actually did kill her. The rest of the scene we believe was staged, including the vaginal trauma, to make it look like a kidnapping/assault gone bad." Beckner goes on to say that "because it (the sexual assault) occurred while she was unconscious, it just didn't seem to fit the totality of the circumstances. Remember, she was hit on the head first, hard enough to render her unconscious. Then there was the staging of a kidnapping. Why do that if the motive is purely sexual?"
While I can’t prove it, I do believe Beckner’s theory differs from Kolar’s. Either 1) there’s a child with an aberant vindictive fetish to molest. Or 2) there’s a parent wishing to create a fresh injury to cover up past abuse. And, of course, one can always say that Beckner was just being politically correct.
Gloves-
I disagree on someone wearing gloves not being able to make knots. The two sailors I know and several alpinist friends are very adept at tying knots while wearing gloves, in subzero freezing weather, horrendous wind conditions and rough seas.
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However one interprets the True Bills, the GJ had to have reached their decision on the basis of something other than tDNA testing which wasn’t done until 2007/2008. And WRT the GJ, the certainty that BR did it all was not actually a slam-dunk conclusion, if one wants to believe John Douglas. After he made his presentation to the GJ he states in his book Law and Disorder:
I recall one member asking me something like, “What if we told you there was evidence that two people were involved in this crime?”
“I’ve investigated and testified in cases in which I thought there were two people involved,” I replied, “but I don’t see it here.” Then I added, “But if you actually have the evidence you mention, then why am I here? Why are you talking to me? Go with your evidence.”
The mention of fibers found in incriminating places was not meant to imply one way or the other that the adult Rs were responsible for JB's death. The fibers do imply connection to the staged crime scene and could have added to evidence for an obstruction of justice charge. That's as far as I go about the fibers, except it's my personal hunch that the fiber discussion during the 2000 interviews struck a nerve with JR.
About Kolar's theory -
Kolar is a real Mensch, courageous, intelligent and one of JonBenét’s heroes. He may have it all correct. But, simply put, I have never been comfortable with a definite conclusion using the clues we’ve been given. Even Kolar didn’t want to stop; he wanted to subpoena medical records, ask BR some questions at a GJ. But he was shut down. Now Beckner claims that the only way the case can be solved is from a confession. A confession which I believe will occur at the end of time.