Well, don't you think that Patsy letting somebody visit her daughter is an inside job? Some man hurts her seriously... she panics... gets him out of the house and tries to cover up the damage. What else is she going to do ? Say she pimped out her daughter and he killed her. Wreckless endangerment of a child and a party to murder.... Do you think that trying to cover that up isn't an "inside job" ?
First of all, those charges against Patsy may have been to get her to confess to what she knew. And for all we know, maybe John or Andrew committed the murder, but they convinced her that her 9-year-old son had done it! Remember that Patsy was very intelligent but she was a little strange.
Second of all, this is a premediated murder, not an accident. And didn't they have money, why pimp out her daughter?
No routine "sexual predator" frames the mother anyway. They frame the father.
And how would Patsy get the "sexual predator" out of the house? She was a fairly small woman.
The suspects are John and John Andrew. The motives are 1) to silence JB so that she cannot report PRIOR sexual abuse; and 2) to frame Patsy
Plus you need to frame Burke a bit, so that Patsy will be convinced that her 9-year-old son did the murder.
The father and stepson have these two motives. Remember the suitcase with the incriminating evidence against John Andrew? Is Patsy responsible for the incriminating evidence in the suitcase? Is Patsy the one who has been molesting her daughter all this time?
You are doing exactly what John and/or John Andrew want - blaming Patsy, blaming Burke, blaming intruders, blaming routine "sexual predators"
Read the note: Doesn't it sound like something that a young man would write? A young man like John Andrew? And look at the evidence in that suitcase!
Read the note: Does it sound like something a woman would write? Women are not raise to use such violent language.
Of course, the person who composed the note copied some of Patsy's expressions, choice of words, and such. He was trying to FRAME her. And they had to frame Burke a bit, so that Patsy could be convinced that Burke did it!
Why would Patsy cover for her stepson? Well, lack of witness protection programs. And maybe John her husband convinced her that her 9-year-old son had done it - but Burke did not do this.
It's most likely that John and/or John Andrew wrote the ransom note. They could type up on a computer and then trace onto the writing paper. This would disguise the handwriting. And with John's business and its dubious connections and dealings - John could even hire someone to do the physical handwriting and "mimic" Patsy's handwriting. (Though I don't think it's a very good match.) You really should check into John's business - it was pretty dark and dubious.
Remember that this was a premeditated murder. It was done to silence the little girl. They had to choose Christmas time because there were no servants in the home.
Besides, Santa was recovering from heart surgery, far away from JB. Several witnesses saw him at home, recovering from the surgery.
Another clue - the writing paper was taken from the "middle" of the notepad. Not from the "top" of the notepad. Doesn't that suggest that somebody snuck out a few pieces of paper, and took the pieces of paper from the middle of the notepad, so that Patsy wouldn't notice the papers gone? This was planned beforehand.
Another clue - the oversized underwear. Do you think a woman would do that?
Another clue - where would Patsy learn to construct a garrote?
Another clue - do you think any woman, especially a mother, is capable of something like that? sexual torturing her own daughter?
Another clue - if Patsy had strangled her daughter, is she going to incriminate herself by using her own paintbrush? And if she did, why leave it there? Why not destroy the evidence?
Nobody incriminates themselves by using their writing paper and their writing pen AND their paintbrush. And who do you think was molesting the little girl all this time? It certainly wasn't Patsy!
Only two people have the motive to 1) silence JB; and 2) frame Patsy.
They are John and John Andrew, perhaps working together.
And no, pageant Moms did not do this. Women rarely kill, except in self-defense. Plus, they 1) don't frame themselves; and 2) stage "sexual crimes" Did Susan Smith frame herself? And did she stage it as a "sexual crime."
By the way, I'm anti-*advertiser censored*, anti-prostitution, and anti-sexual exploitation. But you have to understand that the beauty pageants most likely did NOT play a role in this. Although John and John Andrew want YOU to think that they did.