You are right, it is a contradiction. However, the RN/body is also an explanation. The two coincide. One does not exist without the other. This mainly works toward the RDI scenario, because if I've argued why wouldn't an intruder take the body or the RN with them when leaving? The fact it's a contradiction is completely irrelevant. In fact, it's why the RN is such a huge deal in the first place. With the RN & body in the basement (if RDI or IDI) it looks like something went awry during the attempted kidnapping. Let's sweep it under the rug, if you will. It's supposed to be right out of left field and make absolutely no sense. Hell, the FBI even said "this will end up as a homicide".
We can look at it one of two ways: RDI meant to dispose of the body later, after the police had left. Or, they always meant to find the body (either LE or someone else). I wish that -- like -- I'm trying to find the best way to explain it; but the only way I can say in layman's terms is the RN was just used to explain why. It doesn't matter where JB's body was; but the fact they go hand-in-hand together as I mentioned above. The RN was only there to explain why a child was dead. That's the only reason. I don't wanna sound like a broken record, but there was never a kidnapping in the first place. Something had to be done to explain the dire circumstances of the situation, thus the ransom note came into play.
What do you think, in lieu of a fake kidnapping, the Ramsey's should have done? (Aside from call the police after the headblow -- we have to assume JB is already dead at this point). To do a bit of roleplay here, what would you have done if you were in their shoes that night? Let's look at this from both POV: RDI and IDI.
I’m so sorry mocha, but I still can’t see how a ransom note can explain a body in the house. These things just don’t belong together and they never will. If they belonged together than they wouldn’t be contradictory; they would be consistent. You can’t have it both ways.
This idea of a failed kidnapping is interesting, but if someone wanted to fake something like this, then all they would have to do is say that they caught the kidnapper mid-crime, and he ran off without his victim; leave the body out in the open, near a doorway or open window. This point is moot as no evidence, real or staged, suggests such a thing.
The reason why no one has ever staged or reported a kidnapping to explain a dead body in the house is because it doesn’t explain it.
When people – the extorted as well as investigators, etc – are confronted with a ransom note they always, always, always and forever until the end of time realize that the victim has been taken away; they’re not in the home; they’re gone; the kidnappers took them. “We have your daughter.”
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You ask, “What do you think, in lieu of a fake kidnapping, the Ramsey's should have done?”
Maybe it would help to consider what others have done when faced with similar circumstances – a dead body in the house that needed explaining. People stage break-ins or accidents, but, no one – ask the FBI – has ever staged or reported a kidnapping to explain this.
What would someone do if you they were in their shoes that night? Where do you want to start? The head blow? Because I always get stuck at this step. Because most people would panic and call for help immediately – not the police, either. They would panic and try to save tier child consequences be damned.
But, let’s say there is something different about the Ramseys – both of them – and they take a different direction. If I was one of THOSE Ramseys, what would I do? I’d throw her down the spiral staircase. I’d put a shoe or a toy or something on one of the stairs, or at the top of it and say she must have tripped. I’d call an ambulance or rush her lifeless body to the hospital myself. Id’ call my lawyers; I’d get out of dodge.
This is the sort of thing that people confronted with a similar situation do. They fake accidents, or they stage break-ins.
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